5 ie : =< Da ’ ee ee 
MRS. ANTHONY WATERER—An "Edwardian Dowager.” 
MRS. ANTHONY WATERER. H. Rugosa. (1898.) 4 - 5 feet. 
Probably still rates the queen of our large and increasing collection of 
Rugosas, for its huge, rich, crimson-purple blooms... its great good health, 
vigor and delightful fragrance. 
While we commit the unpardonable sin of repetition (page Don Harris 
B. Darcy), we include still once again the following quotations from a 
charming, anonymous lady in San Marino, California—"T could never pass 
Mrs. Waterer without a smile. She always seemed to me an Edwardian dowager in 
lavender ruffles, ensconced on a green plush sofa—so very mauve decade, so very 
lad ylike.” 
And one year later—Mrs. Anthony Waterer is bestowed with her inimit- 
able purple tissue adornments. When I read in the catalog of Mr. Smith having 
a hedge of 20—I felt as tho it were impossible—like having duplicates of your 
favorite great aunt.” 2.00 
Mo. (UBLEYiCROSS. “Tec. .(1907,) 5 = bteet. 
It's hard to tell whether ‘Hon. Secretary” or tea rese authority, Thomas- 
ville Nursery is the most enthusiastic about Mrs. Cross. Supposing I give 
you a blend of both opinions, and throw in a personal comment for good 
measure. We are all agreed the bloom is large, perfectly formed, light 
yellow developing delicate pink shadings—thornless and a rank grower. 
I say the odor reminds me of ripe bananas—"'Hon. Secretary” insists it’s 
strawberries—Thomasville doesn't say. 
“Give this lusty rose plenty of room ...in two years you will be reaching up 
to cut long-stemmed, high-centered buds. In autumn, you cannot find two blooms 
colored alike. The new growth is so bronzy-red in spring, its almost as pretty as 
a flower.”—Kitty Simpson, Shreveport, La. 3 for 4.50 eacheiai 
MRS. JOHN LAING. H. Perpetual. (1887.) 5 - 6 feet. 
First seen by the catalog-writer, growing to perfection, in the display 
garden of Melvin Wyant, Mentor, Ohio—something to be long re- 
membered. Still rated by us among our most beautiful soft-pink, fragrant 
roses. Says master word-artist, Dean Hole—"Not only in vigour, constancy 
and abundance, but in form and features, Beauty’s Queen.” 1.78 
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