MUSKETEER. H. Musk. 20 - 25 feet. 
A semi-double form of R. Moschata, with larger flowers and brilliant 
yellow stamens, otherwise similar in growth and spring bloom habit. Far 
too lusty to be bothered with any of the rose pests and diseases. These 
great roses are deserving of much more usage. (Supply limited) 2.00 
MUSK—McCOY'S DOUBLE. Vigorous Climber. 20 - 25 feet. 
Some years ago the late Frank McCoy, famous inn-keeper and flower 
connoisseur of Santa Maria, California, presented the late Francis Lester an 
exceptionally handsome Musk hybrid—large, semi-double white with 
brilliant canary-yellow stamens—in great clusters. The tag is lost forever, 
‘but the spirit of Frank McCoy will not object if we attach his name to so 
much rosé beauty. (Supply limited) 2.00 
NEVADA. Shrub. (1927.) 6 - 7 feet. 
This beautiful rose is so well portrayed by the noted Enatien authority 
G. S. Thomas, we will let him describe Nevada for you, as appears in 
The National Rose Society’s Annual for 1953—"“The most spectacular of the 
newer shrub roses is Nevada, reputed to be a hybrid between an H.T. and Rosa 
Moyesii. This grand shrub has luxuriant light green foliage on arching branches 
which are studded with the great semi-double flowers in creamy-flesh colour, 
developing a rich blush-pink in hot weather ... it is recommended to all those 
who wish a perpetual flowering dense shrub of six to seven feet which needs no 
pruning, has few thorns, and suffers no diseases.” 
With us in constant bloom. (Supply limited) 2.25 
OLD BLUSH... ‘China. (1796)0 4 Siicet, spreading, 
Not only ‘The Last Rose of Summer” as immortalized by the poet Moore, 
but also the first and in between, for this China rose literally never stops. 
A semidouble “fluttering assemblage of pink petals” giving an impress- 
ion of airiness and gaiety. Don’t plant it next to Chrysler Imperial (for- 
instance), for “never the twain should meet.” (75 
PAUL NEYRON. Hy Perpetual. (1869.) 5 - 6 feet. 
“When you find the biggest rose you ever saw in an old garden, most 
likely it is Paul Neyron."” The great cupped, pink blooms are borne 
throughout the season on a lusty plant. Its fame is too well established 
to need further acclaim here. 3 for 4.50 eccrine 
PERSIAN YELLOW. H. Foetida. (From Persia to England, 1837.) 8 
10 feet. Unique in every respect, from its fern-like foliage, to the manner 
in which its rich, double, butter-yellow blooms are borne along the large 
canes. Dean Hole says—"This Rose is almost the earliest to tell us that summer 
is at hand, first by unfolding its sweet leaves, of a most vivid, refreshing green, 
and then by its golden blooms.” (75 
PINK. GROOTENDORST: “H"Rugosa, (1923))" 6 = 8 feet! 
A strong, lusty, upright grower, with handsome rugose foliage, completely 
disease resistant. This is the “carnation rose,” its petals almost exactly 
resembling a small carnation. As this catalogue is written, its beautiful 
clusters of soft pink flowers are one of the prettiest sights in the nursery. 
3 for 4.50 ‘ecereeeee 
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