Co 2 by Armstrong Nurseries, Inc. 
OSES 
were made to enjoy... 
“A rose is a rose” poetically, but actually roses, just like 
we humans, are individuals, each with its particular charm 
or maybe even a foible. Getting to know them is one of 
the great satisfactions that comes with the growing 
of fine roses. Mostly you learn by experience, but we hope 
this catalog will help start you in the right direction. 
65 years of successful “know-how” 
In nearly a lifetime of growing and serving our gardening 
: friends everywhere, we've learned a lot about growing 
roses. We are proud, too, of the status which we have 
achieved in the industry. But we think our most important 
achievement is a sound reputation for the quality of our 
plants and for our honest representation of them. Even 
though we may never have the pleasure of seeing you face 
to face, we try to be able to say to you in all sincerity, 
“These are Armstrong plants. With them you are getting 
the finest in quality along with the sort of reliability and 
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service you ve a right to expect. 
J. A. Armstrong 
Mr. J. Awdry Armstrong, Vice- 
President and General Manager 
of the Armstrong organization, 
has literally “grown up” in the 
nursery business. Since early 
in his career, he has been 
especially fond of roses and now 
enjoys an enviable world-wide 
reputation as a rose authority. 
Constant searching for new and better varieties has 
expanded the Armstrong Research Department until now 
it is one of the largest privately owned plant breeding 
projects in the world. At its head is Mr. David L. Armstrong 
(at left), one of the third generation of Armstrong rose 
specialists. 
