“Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, 
That’s newly sprung in June.” 
—RoBERT BurRNS 
HANSA. H. Rugosa. (1905.) 6 - 8 feet. 
The catalog-writer rests, while two good rosarians tell the whole story 
for Hansa. “Ideal shrub rose—perfect rugosa foliage from the ground up to its 
full height of eight feet; absolute health and hardiness. Large, flat violet-red 
flowers of intense clove fragrance.” Neville Miller, Palmerton, Pa. 
And from Mrs. Raymond E. Boller, Oak Harbor, Ohio—Hansa liked us 
at once. From her haven below an upturned bushel basket, she viewed the late 
freeze with unconcern.” 
Both forgot to mention that it produces a handsome fall crop of dark red 
seed hips. 175 
HEINRICH CONR. SOTH. Semi-Cli. (1919.) 6 - 8 feet. 
Another delicately beautiful and altogether charming semi-climber, first 
seen in Roy Shepherd's garden, Ohio. Blooms recurrently in pyramidal 
clusters of rose-pink, single blooms with sparkling white centers. (This 
seems a rather anemic description for a truly charming rose.) 1.50 
HENRY NEVARD. H. Perpetual. (1924.) 5 - 6 feet. 
A very distinguished and handsome aristocrat in the family of Hybrid 
Perpetuals. The big, plump, dark red blooms are richly perfumed, and 
there is an underlying iridescent glow in the color, seldom found in 
modern red roses. If you want to test the plant and bloom quality of the 
Hybrid Perpetuals—and their superior hardiness—suggest you begin 
here. 
Later—I had intended to repeat the above description from our last 
catalog, to save time (the printer being a bit impatient for his copy and 
rightly so) but I cannot pass on without mentioning the handsome bouquet 
of Henry Nevard, on 18-24 inch stems, under electric light, which glows 
before me as | write. Magnificent! Let any red hybrid tea match this 
for classic beauty, if they can! ber be 
HOFGARTNER KALB. China. (1914.) 3 - 4 feet. 
Its double, well-formed blooms in warm rose shades cover the healthy 
plant, with hardly a “breather’’ from early spring to winter 
“This China Rose planted with the Floribundas and so-called ‘Park Roses’ has 
outbloomed all of them.”—Mrs. Geo. W. Childers, Covington, Ky. Le 
HON. INA BINGHAM. H. Perpetual. (1905.) 4 - 5 feet. 
“Um-m-m-m what a rose” says ‘Hon. Secretary’’ returning from the grow- 
ing field in mid-July. ‘“Amen, and what fragrance," says the catalog-writer 
with his nose in one of those great big pink beauties. This, gentle reader, 
should be written on YOUR list. 3 for 4.50 each 1.75 
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