MARGO KOSTER. Poly. ARS 88%. 15 inches. 
With so manysnewer and better low-growing polys available in the same 
color, and with our avowed policy of growing only the roses we like best, 
we would not be consistent if Margo was offered in this catalog beyond 
season 1954. Certainly highly rated by ARS, and its ranuncular shaped 
orange-red blossoms have had a lot of raves from some who say they 
really know. For season 1954 only. ESS 
MARYTJE CAZANT. (Mar-ee-ty Ka-sa(n)) or just Mary,” if you say so. 
Bears profusely in large clusters of unfading coral-pink, globular, waxy 
blossoms, whose color does not conflict with the soft-pinks. One of the 
medium growers, especially fine for edging .. . happy in all environ- 
ments. Is a great favorite for long-lasting, dainty corsages and miniature 
arrangements. Another which has a quality in roses we like to call 
personality.” 3 for 3.50 each 1.35 
MASQUERADE. Floribunda. Patent 975. ARS 78%. 32 inches. 
If I had to play the game of naming "’six favorites’ in the Floribunda class, 
certainly the catalog-writer would include Masquerade, out of all the 
varieties listed herein. Two of my fellow-sufferers (the catalog-writers) 
have called it, ‘The Chamelon of Roses’ and “Joseph's Coat.” I'll add 
my bit—originator ‘Gene Boerner’s Roman Holiday.” 
Flower is semi-double, about 2% inches, starts yellow in bud and in first 
opening, then proceeds to dance thru a series of pinks, rose-pinks and dark 
| reds—never the same, always entertaining. 
Comes a high compliment from a leading English authority, N. P. Har- 
vey, writing in the NRS Annual—'"No praise would be too high for Masquerade, 
| the first really multicolored Floribunda.” And St. Claire Garwood of Xenia, 
Ohio, has one of his apt comments—"My friends have renamed Masquerade— 
_ we now call it ‘Wizard of Abs.’ ” 3 for 5.25 each 2.00 
MRS. JOSEPH HIESS. Poly. ARS 84%. 2 feet. 
A Roy Shepherd creation, which has made a hit with the ARS members, 
as witness the excellent 84% rating. Well-formed, 2 inch, double, clear- 
pink blossoms come freely all season. Through a field error, our supply 
is very light for 1954. 150 
MRS. R. M. FINCH. Floribunda. 3-4 feet. 
Thirty years old but still a favorite—hard to beat for good health, hardi- 
- ness and abundant all-season bloom. An old friend, whose rosy-pink 
| double blooms never fail to give us a ‘lift’ each spring, when we first view 
it in the growing field. Once the catalog-writer was humbled by a lady 
for calling it pretty . . . “a very insipid word for such a lovely,” said she. 
3 for 3.65 each 1.35 
ORANGE TRIUMPH. Polyantha. 3- 4 feet bushy. 
Another polyantha, no longer young (and expensive), whose fine glossy 
foliage, with all its attending vigor and pest resistance, has kept it near 
the top in the salmon-red (not orange) class. Won the N.R.S. Gold Medal, 
England, in 1937 and is still rated by them among the best three polys 
| today. The rosette blooms in clusters are on almost black stems. 
3 for 3.75 each 1.40 
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