When it comes to staging a grand show—a spectacle of garden 
color, few plants can equal the climbing roses. They need only 
a few square feet of garden space for their root system, and in 
return for ordinary care, they will reward you generously. You 
can have a fence, trellis or arbor aglow with spring color—cover a 
wall or unsightly place with masses of luxuriant foliage studded 
with hundreds of colorful blooms. Whether you need a large 
7 growing kind, one more modest, an everblooming type, any 
color—there is one to suit your needs among these. 
Many of these climbers are sports of Hybrid Teas with 
the same flower as the bush form of the variety. You will 
find the bush form of most of these described and pic- 
tured elsewhere in this catalog. Generally, these are very 
vigorous climbers which grow rapidly—so much so, that 
they produce little if any blooms in the first year. In 
regions of sub-zero temperatures, most climbing roses, 
like bush kinds, will require some winter protection. 
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The Banksias 
Rampant old-time climber, spreads everywhere. Fes- 
tooned each spring with masses of small button-like flow- 
ers. Absolutely thornless. We have Banksia White and 
Banksia Yellow. $2.50 each; 3 for $6.60. 
The Cherokees 
Old-fashioned single-flowered rose. Left unpruned, will 
ramble informally over a fence or wall. Fine shiny green 
foliage and clouds of flowers in the spring. We have Pink 
Cherokee, Red Cherokee, and White Cherokee. 
$2.25 each; 3 for $6.00. 
Seeger SPA Bae: 
Blaze 
It’s a glorious show of color each spring when the plant is 
buried under thousands of brilliant scarlet blooms. And 
Blaze will keep your garden alive with bursts of the bril- 
liant 2 to 3-inch cup-shaped flowers throughout the entire 
] season. The medium size plant is both husky and hardy. 
$1.75 each; 3 for $4.65. 
Blaze 
Golden Showers 
| 1957 All-America Winner 
Golden Showers 
“Shower” would be appropriate with most 
climbers, but here the plural fits best. Shower 
after shower of clear golden yellow blooms cas- 
cade from each robust cane, starting in early 
spring and continuing until late fall. Use it as a 
self-supporting, 8 to 10 foot Pillar Rose, a big 
cascading shrub, or train it as a climber. Any- 
where in the garden, the continuous show of 
long-pointed buds and sunshiny, 4 inch blooms, 
which earned All-America honors for this rose, 
will give you a gold mine of color. Plant Pat. 
App. For. $3.00 each; 3 for $7.95. 
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