The Story of the AARS 1940-1955 
A new class. called 
Grandiflora. announced 
with 1955 selections 
JIMINY CRICKET, shown at 
upper left, is the new All-America floribunda. 
Its color is tangerine red when in bud; it 
changes to a coral orange or vermillion as it 
opens, and finishes as a shade of pink coral. 
Foliage: glossy bronze changing to glossy green. 
Fragrance: a pleasing old rose. The clusters of 
flowers bloom from June through frost and 
hold their form well and long when cut. 
Hybridist: E. S. Boerner, of Jackson & Perkins. 
TIFFANY, the long-stemmed hybrid 
tea outlined upon the page, is best described as 
a warm, clear pink, with golden yellow shading 
at the base of the petals. Flowers open to 
double. high-centered blooms. The petals have 
a rich texture and exceptional lasting qualities. 
The plants are vigorous in growth, disease-re- 
sistant, and have dark green foliage setting off 
the classic color and form of the flowers. 
Introducer: Howard of Hemet. 
QUEEN ELIZABETH sw 
first of a new class. Tall plants, large flowers 
in clusters but with stems long enough for cut- 
ting, and the hybrid tea standard for bud and 
flower form are the characteristics of the new 
grandifloras. Queen Elizabeth, subtly blending 
a soft carmine rose color with dawn pink, is one 
of the remarkable examples of modern rose 
breeding. Foliage: deep green and heavily tex- 
tured. Parentage: Charlotte Armstrong. a hybrid 
tea, and Floradora, a floribunda. Hybridist: Dr. 
Walter Lammerts. Introducer: Germaine’s, 
HIS SUMMER, one of your neighbors may ask you, “What’s 
all this I keep hearing about All-America roses? Is it 
something everybody ought to know about, or just a 
contest to benefit you expert gardeners?” There can be 
real news in your answers. 
While yowre showing your neighbor your own roses, you can 
tell him the story of All-America Rose Selections and the revolu- 
tion they have made in amateur rose-growing in just 15 years. 
Whether your neighbor lives with you in Oregon or Pennsylvania, 
in Maine or in South Carolina, you can let him in on some little- 
known facts: 
Record: One third of all roses sold to home gardeners in the 
United States today are All-America Selections—carefully tested 
for gardens North, South, East, West . . 
mountains. 
. the seacoasts, plains, 
Announcement: For the first time this year a whole new class 
of roses, to be called grandiflora, will be presented to American 
gardeners. (The first grandiflora, Queen Elizabeth, and the 
notable 1955 selections are shown in color at left.) 
Appraisal: After fifteen years, All-America Rose Selections can 
be rated one of the most important testing programs in United 
States gardening. The AARS can now lay claim to the éclat of 
Paris’s famous Bagatelle; for the problem of testing in the many 
climatic regions of America it is a far more realistic program. 
Twenty-two test gardens in thirteen states, with trained judges 
using a complete rating scale (turn to page 39 for list of qualities 
judged) have been held to consistently high standards. To many 
a talented amateur, the American Rose Society ratings are more 
exciting, because rare and interesting roses that may not rank 
high commercially are also tested—but for comprehensive choos- 
ing of roses suited to all kinds of average gardens, AARS does 
a more pin-pointed job. To be sure, some fine roses are not 
tested by AARS, usually because the introducers emphasize spe- 
cial qualities. Yet in a decade and a half, the All-America Selec- 
tions have done much to bring superb roses to millions of Ameri- 
can homes. 
The new All-America roses, as well as most of the selections 
of previous years, can be seen this June in display gardens in 
every part of the United States. A FLower Grower list of these 
gardens is shown, 
