CLIMBING DAINTY BESS. 10 - 15 feet. 
I have a pet rose-aversion—namely, climbers whose blossoms cling to 
the sometimes bitter end. Bess sheds her petals cleanly . . . is completely 
beautiful in every form, from the long curling bud until the last dainty 
pink petal has dropped away from the wine-red stamens. 
The most universally loved single rose. heel 
DEBONAIR. Patent 677. ARS 79%. 3- 4 feet. 
Many new yellows have appeared on the rose horizon since the debut 
of Debonair in 1946, and some, alas are sinking, but this fine primrose- 
yellow with the tea fragrance and rose-show form, hasn't wavered. 
Blessed with exceptionally fine, glossy foliage, vigor and stamina. 
Says perfectionist, Harris B. Darcy, formerly of Austin, Texas, now of 
Monterey, California (as of this writing) —My yellow! Magnificent!” 
3 for 4.65 each 75 
DR. DEBAT. Patent 961. ARS 74%. 2% - 3 feet. (Duh-bah.) 
What across! The health and hardiness of Radiance and the size, petals, 
and classic form of Dame Edith Helen|—Commoner and Queen! The long 
pointed bud opens to a great, 30 petalled bloom in coral-pink. Winner of 
the English National Rose Society’s Gold Medal. 3 for 5.25 each 2.00 
DR HUEY CLIMBERIS ARS*77°o) 15a outer 
So healthy, and vigorous is now a leading California under-stock. So 
oak-hardy, Neville Miller in north-eastern Pennsylvania reports ‘‘no freeze 
back.” Blooms in clusters of 2% inch crimson-maroon flowers en- 
livened by light centers and yellow stamens. Supposedly a_ spring 
bloomer only, but two large plantings here in Brown Valley repeated 
bravely in July. Makes “an eight foot pillar studded with garnet jewels.” Due 
to uncertainties of bud-take, etc., we nearly always have a plentiful supply 
which we can sell for beautiful hedge or fence planting. 
In lots of ten or more 75c each, single plants 1.25 
DREAM GIRL CLIMBER. Patent 643. ARS 71%. 8- 10 feet. 
The “law of compensation” is well illustrated here. Slower to climb than 
the rampant growers, but nothing slow about its blooming habit—lavish 
from early season to late frost. Just about the “bloomingest’’ climbing 
rose we know about. The 3% inch, 60 petal flowers, with the spicy 
fragrance are produced on a very handsome, disease-resistant plant. 
If you want to cover a 20 foot garage in one season, definitely NO! But 
for a beautiful pillar or tractable climber, a very enthusiastic YES! 
“A dream of a salmon-pink bloom of unusual substance for a climber... 
add a generous dash of delicious, invigorating fragrance and scatter dozens of 
these flowers on a neat and clean, hardy plant, and you have one of my top pet 
roses.” Hortense Wild. 3 for 6.00 each 2.25 
“However much we might admire a particular variety, if it cannot produce a 
certain sales volume it has to go, since each catalog page must carry its own weight. 
It is usually you, the customer, who selects the roses to be sold and to a large 
extent the quantity to be grown. A wrong estimate may mean roses to be burned 
at season’s end, or a shortage causing customer dissatisfaction.” —JoHN A. ARM- 
STRONG, JR. 
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