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Sutter’s Gold 
Floribunda, Pinocchio 
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DWARF ROSES IN POTS 
_ Small-flowered Floribundas spaced 15 inches apart 
for low hedges, massed beds, along low fences, rock 
gardens. They bear clusters from June to fall. 
Margo Koster. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55: $21 doz. 
Clusters of globular, salmon-orange flowers flushed with 
pink, borne freely on hardy 12-inch plants. 35 petals. 8.8 
Mother’s Day. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Delightful clusters of small bright red flowers on dwarf 
15 to 18-inch compact plants. 30 petals. 8.0 
®Pinkie. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Dainty Neyron Rose buds opening to 2-inch flowers of 
spicy fragrance on bushy, 18-inch plants with light green, 
glossy foliage. 25 petals. 7.9 
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 
We offer the best of the recent introductions and those older favorites which, through sheer merit, are still 
among the finest. Whether in beds by themselves or in border groups, they will flaunt their beauty from June 
until frost. In choosing Forbes Pot Grown Roses you are assured of live plants well established in soil and equal 
to a dormant Rose which had been planted the previous fall. Easily set in your garden without loss. 
®President Hoover. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Large, very fragrant, beautifully formed flowers in a 
charming combination of cerise-pink, flame, scarlet and 
yellow, with broad, thick petals. The tall, vigorous, clean- 
foliaged plants produce the blooms singly on extra long 
stems excellent for cutting. 25 petals. 8.2 
®Rubaiyat. $2.20 ea.; 3 for $6.30; $24 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1947. The long crimson-pink 
buds slowly open to large double, high-centered, rich 
crimson to red-rose flowers of superb old-Rose fragrance. 
Freely produced with long stems on very vigorous upright 
plants, 31% to 4 feet high, having clean dark, leathery, 
resistant foliage. 25 petals. 7.8 
®Show Girl. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
This has the Iongest, most perfectly formed, deep pink 
buds of all Roses. In cool weather they are almost carmine- 
pink but always opening to large, cupped, deep pink, 
double, delightfully fragrant flowers on long stems. The 
upright, bushy plants have leathery foliage. 25 petals. 8.2 
®Sutter’s Gold. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. The exquisite long- 
pointed, orange-yellow buds, shaded vermilion, become 
large double, high-centered, intensely fragrant flowers 
of golden orange and shades of yellow. The vigorous 
upright plants have dark leathery foliage. 30 petals. 8.1 
®Symphonie. $2.85 ea.; 3 for $8.25; $31.80 doz. 
The vigorous, upright, bushy plants, with abundant 
leathery foliage, bear large, pointed buds. These open to 
strongly fragrant flowers of silver-pink with the petals 
broadly margined with carmine. 25 petals. 7.3 
®Tallyho. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1949. The outside varies from 
crimson to cardinal-red, the inside through rose shades, 
with a spicy fragrance. The green, leathery foliage is 
mildew-resistant, on upright plants. 28 petals. 8.3 
®Texas Centennial $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The delightful long buds open into richly fragrant, large, 
deep coppery pink blooms which age to dark pink. The 
plants are unusually vigorous, tall and erect, with heavy 
stems. 25 petals. 7.9 
©The Doctor $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
The long-pointed buds of sparkling pink open to enormous 
flowers, often 5 inches across, of satiny silver-pink and 
intense fragrance. The vigorous, bushy, 2-foot plants have 
soft light green foliage. 25 petals. 7.9 
®White Swan. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
The long pointed, white buds open to large, stark white 
blooms, often 4 inches across, of delightful fragrance, 
borne freely on 3 to 4-foot, vigorous plants with dark 
green, resistant foliage. 30 petals. 7.0 
FORBES FLORIBUNDA ROSES IN POTS 
These are bush Roses producing clusters of blooms without interruption from early summer until late frosts. 
They are easy to grow and very hardy. Ideal in shrub borders for color after shrub bloom is over, for mass plant- 
ings, among perennials, even for colorful hedges. Plant 18 inches apart; prune lightly to desired height. 
Betty Prior. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Sturdy, 3'%-foot plants with clusters of fragrant, single 
blooms, resembling a pink dogwood in shape and color. 
The inside of the petals is a delicate pink and the outside. 
a dark carmine. Ideal for cutting. 5 petals. 8.8 
®Fashion. $2.35 ea.; 3 for $6.75; $25.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1950. The oriental-red buds 
open into lovely coral-pink flowers overlaid with gold, 
turning clear coral. The open, double, 3-inch flowers, in 
clusters profusely throughout the season have a wild-Rose 
fragrance. The 214-foot plants are bushy, with dark glossy 
green foliage. 25 petals. 9.5 
Frensham. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Very vigorous, broad, bushy, 2% to 3-foot plants with 
dark leathery foliage and very abundantly bearing great 
clusters of large, semi-double, slightly fragrant, deep 
crimson flowers. 28 petals. 8.2 
®Geranium Red $2.20 ea.; 3 for $6.30; $24 doz. 
The heart-winning dark oxblood-red budé&‘ slowly open to 
camellia-like, vivid spectrum-red flowers heavily scented 
with a rose geranium fragrance. The medium, 2-foot 
compact plants bear freely all summer in clusters and 
show immunity to Rose ills. 50 petals. 7.2 
®Goldilocks. $1.95 ea.; 3 for $5.55; $21 doz. 
Sunny, globular, double flowers of deep yellow produced 
continuously in fine clusters of delightful fragrance from 
June throughout the season. The vigorous, bushy, 3 44-foot 
plants have glossy, leathery foliage. 45 petals. 7.9 
Irene of Denmark. $2.20 ea.; 3 for $6.30; $24 doz. 
The large, cupped, double, white blooms, borne in fine 
clusters in abundance continuously, have a China Rose 
fragrance and the exquisite true “‘sweetheart”’ form, dain- 
tily perfect. The dark green-leaved, 20-inch, hardy plants 
are vigorous and bushy. 30 to 40 petals. 7.3 
®Lilibet. $2.85 ea.; 3 for $8.25; $31.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1954. Named in honor of 
Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the dainty abundant 
clusters come in exquisite tones of pink, from light rose 
to soft dawn pink, with fragrant flowers from 21% to 3 
inches across. The 114 to 2 foot, exceptionally hardy plants 
have heavy foliage. 25 petals. New 
®Ma Perkins. $2.60 ea.; 3 for $7.50; $28.80 doz. 
All-America Rose Selection, 1953. The buds, coral with 
shades of red, open to 3-inch sparkling coral-shell-pink 
flowers. Tones of sweet honey fragrance. The 2-foot 
plants have dark glossy green foliage. 25 petals. 7.2 
® Indicates the most fragrant varieties 
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