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Wien you see roses growing 
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flowers in clusters, and bloom- 
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WISCONSIN: Whitnall Park Botanical ey 
Gardens, Milwaukee. 
EASTERN 
CONNECTICUT: Elizabeth Park, Hart- 
ford; Norwich Memorial Rose Garden. 
DELAWARE: Jasper Crane Rose Gar- 
den, Wilmington. NEW YORK: Cran- Be ra 
ford Rose Garden, Brooklyn; Niagara - 
Frontier Trial Rose Garden, Buffalo; mart 
New York Botanical Garden Rose Gar- Zong 
den, Bronx Park; Maplewood Rose 
Garden, Rochester; E. M. Mills Rose 
Gardens, Syracuse. PENNSYLVANIA: 
Malcolm W. Cross Memorial Rose Gar- 
den, Allentown; Municipal Rose Garden, 
Harrisburg; Hershey Rose Gardens; 
Arboretum of Renziehausen Park, Mc- 
Keesport; Morris Arboretum Rose Gar- 
den, Philadelphia; Reading Rose Gar- 
den; Municipal Rose Garden, York. 
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The drawing above shows the 
characteristics of the roses 
called hybrid teas. Long stems, 
especially graceful individual 
flowers, and fragrance in most 
cases are the key points of these 
varieties, 
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brid Teas, and Grandifloras 
New rose varieties of tall 
growth, flowering in clusters but 
with fairly long stems, flowers 
larger than average floribundas 
and of hybrid tea standard for 
bud and flower form—these are 
grandifloras. 
How Roses Are Rated 
All-America Roses must receive high ratings 
in all of these qualities: NOVELTY ... An 
outstanding quality that sets the variety apart 
as different from roses already in the trade. 
. Healthy consistent growth, en- 
durance through heat and cold. HABIT... 
Orderliness, grace and uniform plant shape. 
DISEASE RESISTANCE ... Ability to resist 
blackspot, mildew, rust and other rose diseases. 
VIGOR 
FOLIAGE .. . Color, texture, form, size and 
abundance. FLORIFEROUSNESS . .. Abun- 
dance of healthy blossoms throughout the sea- 
son. BUD FORM ... Quality, size, shape, and 
beauty of buds. FLOWER FORM ... Con- 
sistent shape, size and beauty of flowers. 
SUBSTANCE ... Texture and endurance of 
petals. 
COLOR OPENING .. . Color value 
and harmony of new flowers. COLOR FINISH- 
ING ... Beauty of mature flower color, grace 
while aging. FRAGRANCE... 
desirability of scent. 
STEM 
sturdiness, and ability to support bloom. 
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