FORBES HYBRID TEA ROSES IN POTS 
All are strongly rooted, 2-year-old, No.1 grade, field-grown plants established in 7 by 9-inch pots 
Four reasons for choosing Pot Grown Roses versus dormant bushes. (1) All plants are No. 1 grade, the best. 
(2) Forbes Pot Grown Roses have been growing in soil since February, equal to dormant Roses planted 
the previous fall. (3) When set in your garden, our Pot Grown Roses continue growth without loss of time or 
setback. (4) Before buying you see that our Pot Grown Roses are radiantly alive and growing. 
®Good News. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
The deep coppery pink buds slowly open to very large, 
double, globular strong-stemmed flowers of silvery shell- 
pink with glowing apricot centers and rich tea fragrance. 
The vigorous bushy plants are healthy and almost con- 
tinuously in bloom. This is an exceptionally fine dooryard 
rose. 60 petals. 8.0 
Helen Traubel. $2.95 ea.; 3 for $8.55; $33 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1952. The sparkling color 
varies with the weather, sometimes a light lively pink, 
more often a luminous apricot blending into orange. 
The unusually large buds are long and tapered and come 
singly on long stems ideal for cutting. The sturdy, vigor- 
ous plants are very large and bear flowers of pleasing fra- 
grance through the season under virtually all conditions. 
25 petals. 8.4 
®Katherine T. Marshall. $2.15 ea.; 3 for $6.15; $23.40 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. This clean, sparkling 
warm pink Rose comes on fine, erect-growing, very hardy 
plants with profuse, dark green, resistant foliage. The 
firm, slow-opening, long, pointed buds develop into large, 
cupped flowers of coral-pink with a golden glow at the base 
and delightful fragrance. 22 petals. 7.6 
Lowell Thomas. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1944. The vibrant chrome- 
yellow, slightly tea fragrant double blooms open from 
beautiful long, pointed buds. They all have high-cupped 
centers with outward rolling petals making magnificent 
glowing flowers often over 4 inches across when fully open. 
It is of compact, bushy, upright growth with leathery 
foliage and strong stems. 35 petals. 7.3 
®McGredy’s Ivory. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Very large, high-centered double flowers of soft, delicate 
creamy white merging into soft yellow at the base. They 
are delightfully fragrant. The buds are long and pointed, 
and very freely produced on vigorous plants with large, 
glossy, dark green leathery foliage which is quite disease 
resistant. 32 petals. 7.8 
®McGredy’s Scarlet. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The large high-centered, vivid rose flowers, with a slight 
Tea fragrance, become scarlet in the fall. They are abun- 
dant on tall, vigorous plants with large, glossy green, 
leathery foliage. 35 petals. 7.9 
®Mirandy. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, Gold Medal, 1945. The large, 
long-pointed, ovoid buds are glowing rich dark red with 
black shadings and open to large, full blooms of a gorgeous 
chrysanthemum-red and a delightfully penetrating Dam- 
ask fragrance. The plants are strong, free branching with 
stout stems and dark green foliage. 50 petals. 7.5 
Mission Bells. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. A beautiful deep salmon 
pink changing to clear shrimp-pink, with large, double, 
high-centered flowers borne singly with long stiff stems. 
Vigorous bushy plants with coppery green, disease-resis- 
tant foliage. The flowers, in profusion, have a pleasing 
tea-scented fragrance. 40 petals. 7.5 
Mme. Henri Guillot. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
Very large, slightly fragrant, urn-shaped blooms of deep 
watermelon- and raspberry-pink tones heavily veiled with 
reddish orange, giving an impression of flaming scarlet. 
The buds are Iong and slender and the strong plants have 
extra large, waxy foliage. 30 petals. 8.9 
Mojave. $3.25 ea.; 3 for $9.45; $36.60 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1954. Long slender buds open 
to pleasantly fragrant, large radiant orange-apricot flowers 
highlighted with tints of red, scarlet and vermilion. These 
are borne on long cutting stems. The upright, vigorous 
plants produce a succession of flowers into late fall. 25 
petals. New. 
®Mrs. Sam McGredy. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The pointed buds, with long bronze stems, are borne 
singly on vigorous plants with glossy, red-bronze foliage. 
The large, double, high-centered flowers, with Sweetbriar 
fragrance, combine copper, scarlet and orange and are 
flushed with Lincoln red. 40 petals. 8.3 
®New Yorker. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
The vigorous, 214-foot bushy plants, with very dark, 
glossy, disease-resistant foliage, carry an abundance of 
shapely buds. These open to large, high-centered, double 
flowers, of unfading scarlet with rose-red undertones. 
Delightful fragrance. 35 petals. 7.9 
®Nigger Boy. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The long pointed buds form strongly fragrant, double, 
globular flowers of very dark, velvety blackish maroon. 
The vigorous free-blooming plants have thick glossy foliage 
of bronzy green. 56 petals. 8.9 
®Nocturne. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1948. Extra-long, beautiful 
black-red buds. The fragrant, large, cupped flowers are 
cardinal-red with deep shadings of chrysanthemum- 
crimson. The color lightens somewhat in hot weather. 
The 3 to 4-foot, upright plants are vigorous, with large, 
dark green, semi-glossy, leathery foliage. 30 petals. 8.0 
Peace. $2.85 ea.; 3 for $8.25; $31.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1946. The large, ovoid buds 
are deep yellow, soon showing a cerise-pink picotee edging. 
As the flower slowly develops the color changes through 
canary-yellow, pale gold, cream, ivory and alabaster-white. 
The huge, mildly fragrant blooms are produced singly in 
endless succession. The hardy, vigorous plants have 
shining holly-like foliage. 45 petals. 9.4 
®Picture. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The lovely deep pink buds open to very double, high- 
centered, mildly fragrant, clean rose-pink flowers with 
undertones of rich salmon. They have good substance and 
last long. The plants are stocky, vigorous and free-bloom- 
ing, with dark green, glossy foliage. 34 petals. 8.4 
®Poinsettia. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
This is the most dazzling of all Roses. The buds, long and 
pointed, open to large, semi-double, beautifully formed, 
poinsettia-scarlet flowers. The brilliant, scented blooms 
are freely produced throughout the season on fairly tall, 
healthy, vigorous plants. 28 petals. 8.4 
® Indicates the most fragrant varieties 
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To Start You Growing Roses... 
GREENHORN ROSE COLLECTION 
For those who know little about good Roses but who 
have a real desire to start growing them—we offer 
Crimson Glory. Deep crimson-red shaded oxblood-red . . .$2.15 | 
Eclipse. An endless supply of rich golden yellow flowers. ... 2.15 
McGredy’s Ivory. Beautiful creamy white fragrant Roses .. 1.95 
President Hoover. Cerise-pink, scarlet, yellow combination. 1.95 
The Doctor. Huge, fine satiny silver-pink. . .......cceeeseeeeees 1.95 
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Here’s one of our Potted Roses. 
Slit down side of pot with a knife, 
discard pot and set the soil ball 
firmly in your garden bed. The 
plant will grow on without stopping. 
You'll gain lots of time with no 
loss or setback. (Pots, 7 x 9 in.) 
ROSES IN COLOR 
You will see all of 
our Roses in natural 
color at our stores 
in Hanover as well as 
Millburn. It helps a 
lot in making your 
best selection. 
Hybrid Tea 
McGredy’s Ivory 
