HJORT'S Ofd-Faskiowed TEA ROSES 
Snowflake (Marie Lambert). Small, semi-double, 
pure white blooms borne profusely in clusters 
over a long season, on a vigorous bush. It can 
well be used with colored Floribunda Roses. 
Greatly prized at Thomasville. 
Souv. de la Malmaison. (Bourbon.) Very large, 
double flower; creamy flesh-pink with rosy center; 
highly fragrant. A famous old Rose, dating 
back to 1843, stilllovely and stillsatisfactory. Small 
wonder it has witnessed the demise of thousands 
and thousands of other Roses and still lives! In 
it are combined the qualities we expect in a Rose. 
White Maman Cochet. Sport of Maman Cochet. 
Long-pointed, white buds, tinged pink, opening 
into large, double, fragrant flowers. Since its 
introduction in 1896 it has steadily maintained its 
position as the leading and best white Tea Rose. 
While some Teas are not rated as cut-flower 
Roses, this one is, and should be in every garden 
“The “Shomarswitlle 
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April 22,1955 
Rose time in the Deep South is celebrated annually 
through the staging of the Thomasville Rose Show, the 
most spectacular flower show in the Southeast, by the 
Thomasville Garden Club, assisted by the Chamber of 
Commerce and other civic groups. There will be tours of 
famous Southern plantations, the Rose Shows and special 
exhibits at the Veterans Domiciliary and the Rose Show 
dances. 
The 1955 show will be one of great beauty, size and 
merit. If you miss seeing the Thomasville Rose Show, you 
miss a delightful experience. All Thomasville welcomes 
you! 
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of Tea varieties. 
William R. Smith. Here is the finest cut-flower 
variety of all the Teas. Large, double, long- 
lasting flowers of blush-pink color, on long, stiff 
stems. Foliage large, rich green, leathery. Always 
a favorite; always satisfactory. 
TEA ROSE GRADING 
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While a few Tea Rose varieties, notably Mme. Lambard and 
Ars. Dudley Cross, in two years usually make plants that equal 
che grade of most hybrid teas and floribundas, some other varieties 
do not. But eventually all the Tea Rose varieties will grow into 
the largest bushes and be the longest lived. 
Therefore, let us respectfully state that not all Tea Rose va- 
rieties can be supplied in a grade that is strictly No. 1 by hybrid 
tea standards. Some will be No. 11% grade. (The fine old Tea 
Rose plants admired in our garden by so many people were all 
grown from smallest plants that we wouldn’t ship anybody.) We 
will ship No. 1 plants in every variety possible; the balance will 
be good No. 114. Especially m Florida and the Lower South, 
a little patience with Tea Roses will pay great dividends; they 
will be the largest bushes the second or third year. 
Tea Roses, while lovely in the spring and fair in the summer, TEA 
are in their glory in the fall, when the blooms are largest and the ROSE 
colors intensified. September and October are the best months q 
to see Tea Roses at Thomasville, and we urge those who can do WILLIAM 4 
so to visit Thomasville some time im the fall, when Teas and other R. SMITH ; 
Roses produce their most brilliant bloom. 
In limited supply we have a number of additional 
Old-Fashioned Teas and other varieties. Write 
us if there is an old variety you want; often we have 
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Wore Roses of Yesterday 
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If there are some of these gems you don’t find in 
our catalog, send 50c to Mr. Will Tillotson, Rose 
Specialist, Brown Valley Road, Watsonville, Calif., 
for his very charming and distinctive catalog. 
While we have the largest collection of Old- 
Fashioned Tea and Noisette Roses in America, 
Mr. Tillotson has a lot of other old, rare and un- 
usual Roses, as well as new ones. We have no stock 
in his business and we do not owe him any money, 
but we want to tell our friends where Moss, Gallica, 
Rugosa, Centifolia and others may be obtained. 
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