THE YEARS 
WITH ROSES 
1898-1954 
74 Persoual Message 
from 
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL . 
gue merce Winner Sam. C. Hort 
1953 
The Rose plants we offer this season are some of the finest we have ever grown, and we are glad 
that many people have come by to see them blooming in our fields and in the garden. We pledge 
ourselves to exercise care in selecting, digging and packing Roses for shipment. The Hjorts have 
always loved Roses and have a very keen desire to see their customers succeed with them. 
It has been a great blessing, personally speaking, to have lived my life with Roses, and never to 
have known a day without them since the very early years of my father’s Rose nursery of mostly 
Teas, Noisettes and Hybrid Perpetuals. Always I have viewed the Rose as one of God’s greatest 
gifts to humanity. 
As Archibald Rutledge so beautifully points out in his wonderful little book, ‘‘Life’s Extras,”’ 
the Creator provides us not only with the necessities of life, such as food, air and shelter, but with 
abundant extras, such as music, perfumes, flowers, the majesty of mountains, the glory of a sunset. 
This leads the author to the conclusion, which those who love Roses surely share, that ‘‘God not only 
loves us and wants us to be good, but to be happy.”’ 
Like other Rose growers I have not attained perfection, but I have grown so many varieties suc- 
cessfully in my garden at Thomasville, and they have been such a joy, that always as a grower of 
Rose plants to sell I have had a great desire to see people succeed with Roses. I have prepared a new 
sheet of Planting Instructions, which also includes suggestions for care, and one of these will go with 
every shipment. If you are not planting Roses this season but would like a copy of Planting Instruc- 
tions, it will be sent without charge if you will enclose stamp for mailing. 
Each succeeding year brings new thrills with Roses. Remembering the hybridizer is ever seeking 
perfection, we revel in the beauty of the newer Hybrid Teas, come spring and flower-show time. A 
new ‘‘Grandiflora”’ class is opened, with the new Queen Elizabeth, first to win the AARS award in 
that group—such a lovely and vigorous Rose! The Floribundas, with new and superior varieties 
available, become ever more fascinating. And in the fall the Teas are in their glory. 
Last winter, during a serious illness, I found myself reflecting that while it would be with regret 
that I leave a devoted family and delightful Roses, yet at 61 I have had a life filled with the beauty 
of many things, including charming Roses and the friendship of fine people who love Roses. And now, 
harder than ever—and all the Hjorts and associates join with me—I am trying to give you the best 
possible product, and help you toward growing Roses well. 
If you have the opportunity, there is yet time this season to come to Thomasville and enjoy a 
profusion of September and October Rose bloom, and you are always welcome to visit our garden 
and fields. 
