“When I see and touch some lovely thing that my grandparents owned or grew 
in their gardens ... that they were fond of, took care of and lived with, then I 
feel as if they and we who are here now, are not separated by the accident of our 
different eras of existence, but are near and, in a sense, contemporary in our 
common love of beauty and of life.” —Mrs. JOHN G1BBs 
CATHERINE MERMET. Tea. (1869.) 3 - 4 feet. 
Outstanding among our several Tea Roses, not only for the fine form 
and delicate flesh-pink coloring, but for the long, strong cutting stems and 
abounding good health of the plants. Remember these tea roses NEVER 
stop blooming. 1.75 
CELESTIAL. (Alba.) 5 - 6 feet. 
Literally covered in the spring with shapely buds, opening to charming 
3 inch shell-pink flowers contrasted by the unusually lovely grey-green 
of the foliage. Delightfully fragrant. In our opinion, among the best of 
the English collection. 2.00 
CELSIANA. (Damask.) Prior to 1750. 4 - 5 feet. 
An upright, tidy plant with smooth, greyish, scented foliage. Blooms 
mostly in clusters of 3- 4, each bud, in turn, opening into a graceful 4 inch 
flower of pale pink, with a special crisp arrangement of its crinkled 
petals, like a ballet skirt. The C. W. dubbed this his favorite when in- 
specting last year’s blooming of the English roses. 2.00 
CHEROKEE ROSE. (R. laevigata.) 20 feet. 
A famous Southern rose, and the state flower cf Georgia. The beauty of 
its large single blooms and handsome “varnished” foliage is too well- 
known and loved to need much verbiage here. We have a limited supply 
of red, white and pink . . . please specify color preference. 
“Naturalized in many places through the South, making our lanes and country 
roads a scene of beauty every spring.”—Ralph Dasher, Florence, Ala. 220 
COMMANDANT BEAUREPAIRE. Bourbon. (1874.) 4 - 5 feet. 
Recommended by G. S. Thomas, England, with the following comments— 
“Strong, bushy shrub. The bright crimson flowers are heavily striped and splashed 
with pink and purple and create a brilliant effect ... main crop in June-July, 
usually repeating.” 
Summer 1954. We are impressed! Zedod 
COMTESSE RIZA du PARC. Tea. (1876.) 3 - 4 feet. (Ree-zah-dieu-Parr.) 
Says William Paul, “Flowers salmon-rose tinted with copper; large, full and 
globular—a distinct, effective and most floriferous variety.” Thank you, Mr. 
Paul—your description needs no added comments. 3 for 4.00 each 1.50 
