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Hers Proudly 
THE TEN 
BEST ~ 
ROSES 
OF 1954 
Acclaimed Best for Home Gardens”’ 
by Stern’s Board of Selection 
Here’s your chance to have the year’s outstanding Rose Collection— 
the showplace of the neighborhood! They take no more time and 
care than “‘ordinary’’ roses—yet STERN'S specially selected 10 Best 
Roses of the Year assure you magnificent heavy bushes and breath- 
taking flowers that will thrill you with their extraordinary beauty 
and fragrance, year after year. ORDER NOW for truly sensational 
blooms next June (or earlier) ‘til November.: 
7755 A. NEW YORKER—''Best rose of all time.’’ Huge flowers, often 
6% inches. Rich red velvety sheen. Perfect rose shape. Heavenly 
fragrance. A source of wonder and delight! Pat. No. 823. 
7535 A. CHIEF SEATTLE—Large, many-petalled, full flowers of a 
tich golden apricot color. Big, high-centered bush. Lush, shimmering 
foliage. A garden standout! Pat. No. 1030. 
7530 A. CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG—Velvety blood-red buds... 
magnificent cerise flowers. Extra long stems, rich foliage. Very pro- 
lific. Favorite in finest gardens. Pat. No. 445. 
7580 A. ENCHANTMENT—Huge, peach-pink flowers. Extremely 
large—up to 35 petals. Strong-stemmed, a vigorous grower, A rose 
of rare and wonderful beauty, an everlasting joy! Pat. No. 737. 
NEW YORKER 
FORTY-NINER 
STERN’S BIGGER PLANTS 
Ordinary ™ 
ORDINARY UNGRADED 
ROSE PLANTS. This plant 
will produce only a few 
roses next year. If one 
main stem is broken or 
winter-killed, there is lit- 
tle or nothing left of the 
plant. 
STERN’S SELECTED NUM- 
BER ONE PLANTS, Atleast 
three main stems on a 
single plant. Produces 
many more roses—grows 
bigger and better. A mag- 
nificent bush! 
Stern's selected NUMBER 1 grade plants—not “ordi- 
nary” in any way. Each plant is carefully selected by 
expert nurserymen for heavy growth of branches and 
root. Each plant is ‘-BLOOM-TESTED’’—having been 
checked for flowering beauty in our nursery this year. 
Bigger plants with bigger roots and more branches 
naturally produce more flowers! These extraordinary 
Plants are guaranteed more vigorous, healthier, ex- 
tremely hardy and disease-resistant. 
7785 A. PEACE—Golden yellow oval buds, etched with pink. Open- 
ing buds change color—from bright sunshine yellow to pale gold. 
Petals edged with apple-blossom pink. Heavy, strong stems. Pat. 
No. 591. 
7620 A. FRED HOWARD—Long, rich yellow buds... tipped with 
pink. Full, double, perfectly shaped flowers... up to 5 inches. Full, 
shapely bush... rich green foliage. Pat. No. 1006. 
7615 A, FORTY-NINER—-Full, many-petalled flowers. Outside— daz- 
zling chrome yellow. Inside—vivid oriental changing to cherry red. 
Brilliant, striking color against velvety green foliage. Pat. No. 792. 
7760 A. NOCTURNE—Large, bright cardinal red flowers, accented 
by dark shadings of crimson. Heavy bushes up to 3 feet high. Stiff, 
holly-green leaves. Favorite of connoisseurs. Pat. No. 713. 
7875 A. SUTTER’S GOLD—Lovely, long-pointed yellow buds, tinged 
with orange and red. High-centered, many-petalled flowers. Sturdy, 
vigorous bush; a dramatic rose! Pat. No. 885. 
7730 A. MIRANDY—-Extra long, rich, velvety maroon buds. Huge, 
double flowers...up to 50 petals. Generous, lingering, hypnotic 
fragrance. A garden wonder and lasting joy! Pat. No. 632. 
Limited quantity of these Super-selected Bushes 
Postpaid: Each $2.50; 5 for $12.00; 10 for $23.00 
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