POLEY waiMedtim: 
Another of Ophelia’s children, from whom comes its delicate shell-pink 
coloring, sometimes cream shaded pink and gold in Autumn. Very fra- 
grant, double and well formed. Many friends has Polly. Lp 
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. P.P.P. Medium 
Last year, to his astonishment, the catalog-writer was thoroughly dressed- 
down by a few critics for including politics in a rose catalog’’"—some silly 
comment now forgotten, which only shows how dangerous “quips and 
quirks” can be. So I have approached the description of President Eisen- 
hower (the rose) with caution, even though my admiration for the President 
(of the U.S.) is very great. : 
I have stated already in this catalogue that our extreme enthusiasms 
for any new rose are reserved for the second year. I might state also (non- 
politically) that the same reservation might be made in regard to the Presi- 
dent (of the U.S.). 
I will admit the rose is red, fragrant, forty-petalled and is in nationally 
light supply for 1954. Beyond this I now refuse to go. 2.00 
QUEEN OF THE LAKES. Patent 1103. ARS 71%. Low. 
A blood-red, well-formed bloom on a vigorous but low-growing, bushy 
plant. Two great roses united to produce this recent Brownell creation, 
their own Pink Princess and Crimson Glory. I have given much more 
mention than in former catalogs to the ancestry of the recent hybrid teas. 
A very hardy double rose of fine color and fragrance. 
3 for 5.75 eachiwees 
RENAE. Climbing Floribunda. Patent 893. 15-20 feet. 
Back in the more leisurely days when I could enjoy frequent visits to the 
Armstrong test gardens in Southern California, I never failed to inspect 
with special interest a large, cluster-blooming climber with super-fine 
glossy foliage and a general air of good living. No matter at what season 
my visit, I never saw this plant except when literally blanketed with pink, 
many-petalled blooms. Maybe it was the “old-rose”’ flavor which got me. 
Like to know its parentage? Etoile Luisante and Sierra Snow Storm,— 
nice huh? 
Sorry—it hurts to tell you,—the price is 3.00 
REX ANDERSON. Patent 335. ARS 71%. Medium. 
New with us this season hence I again reserve full comment, except that 
it would be hard to find among our exceptionally large collection, a rose of 
more perfect form. Neither white nor yellow in our climate, perhaps lemon- 
white or in some weather, ivory describes it. 
Belongs in your rose-shows with a blue ribbon beside it. 
3 for 4.50 each 1.75 
“Warm air and strong light first stimulate the production of odor, but will 
exhaust it if prolonged. This is why by midday in summer roses are apparently 
scentless. They are most perfumed soon after the sun appears and evaporates the 
dew.” —“THE RosE Manuat,” Dr. NicHo.as, 1934 
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