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GAY! EXCITING! | e 
FESTIVE! SPARKLING! Mardi Gras 
1952 Gold Medal Winner, Baden-Baden, Germany! 
(Right) Mardi Gras is as exciting and gay as the festive season 
it celebrates. The bud is very dark red, and the flower keeps 
the full rich color. As the bud opens, the high center gradually 
unfolds and the outside petals reach to more than 5 inches in 
diameter, with a deep sparkling red color at the finish. The 
flowers are borne freely and the plant attracts much attention. 
It thrives as well in hotter climates as in the rest of the country. 
The dark black-red flowers are capable of absorbing the heat 
of the sun and still retaining their deep color for an unusually. 
long time. An amazing feat for a Rose! This long-lasting 
bloom has a pleasing Damask or old Rose fragrance that is 
well suited to its intense color. The 314-ft. bush extends long, 
strong, vigorous canes and stems that make it excellent for 
cutting. An abundance of healthy, attractive foliage forms a 
perfect background for the Rose. (PI. Pat. #1139.) 
$2.50 each; 3 for $6.60; 12 for $26.40 
— AVAILABLE ONLY IN LIMITED QUANTITIES. 
GREY PEARL. A rare combina- 
ZULU QUEEN. The darkest and 
tion of warm tan and olive marks 
the ovoid, pointed bud. As it 
opens slowly, its 40 to 50 petals 
become lavender-grey with some 
shadings of olive and tan. The 
color tones vary at different seasons. 
The 2 to 2)4-ft. plant is very hardy 
and vigorous. (Pl. Pat. #680.) 
one of the “‘blackest’’ of all red 
Roses ... a magnificent, dusky 
deep maroon, almost black in its 
recesses. The Roses are very large 
and full petaled. Of distinct vigor 
and beauty, the rich, velvety blooms 
never burn in the sun. (Pl. Pat. 
$363.) 
$2.50 each; 3 for $6.60; 
12 for $26.40 
$2.50 each; 3 for $6.60; 
12 for $26.40 KE 
‘ Sensational 
Hybrid 
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Lodestar (Left) Large apricot buds open to grand, luscious 
peach-colored blooms. The outer perimeter of 
© 3. #P. co. this new Rose is of longer buff-pink petals enclosing a full 
center of lively peach color. The flower is very double, rem- 
iniscent of some of the sweetly fragrant, full, old-fashioned 
monthly Roses. Although modern in its flower production, 
its general appearance and its delightful effect, here is the 
Rose that answered the often-heard plea for ‘‘fullness and 
fragrance,” like the Roses of old. The plant is bushy and the 
foliage is medium green. The 41% to 5-in., full double flowers 
are heavily perfumed with a very distinctive, sweet but richly 
spiced fragrance. Every garden should have a planting of this 
long-lasting newcomer, for its fragrance, its size and form, and 
its friendly cheerfulness. Lodestar will give unbounded 
joy to new and old rosarians alike. It has already be- 
come a favorite in many gardens throughout the coun- 
try. Lodestar will be the “‘Star’’ of your garden for 
many seasons to come. (Pl. Pat. #1251.) 
$2.50 each; 3 for $6.60; 12 for $26.40 
All JEP Hybrid Tea Ros. 
A HOME GAR- 
DEN GUIDE ...- 
with every order. 
It contains prac- 
tical information of 
use to every gar- 
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