CONFIDENCE. Patent 1191. ARS 78%. 33 inches, well branched. 
Another lovely, ‘peaches and cream” pastel from Francis Meilland, with 
the many virtues of its famous parent, Peace. Very large to six inches... 
of fine form and fragrance. Won polls the Bagatelle Gold Medal and 
“Most Beautiful Rose of France.” 
Could you use a Gold Medal Winner? Siord.20 each 2.00 
CURLY PINK. Patent 842. Brownell. ARS 82%. Tall. 
If you want to know what a nurseryman actually thinks about a rose, try 
to get a peek into his field notes, wherein he writes to and for himself— 
“Curly Pink! Put this back on the bud-list quick. A handsome, upstanding rose 
with voluptuous and queenly form. Here in our July heat, just about tops... 
heavy fragrance. Think Mr. Brownell slipped on this one—Curly Pink is no fit 
name for this regal beauty.’ Honest . . . just as it was written . . . you have 
peeked.” leeds 
DAINTY BESS. ARS 87%. Medium. 
With the much-ado these days about show form and heavy petallage, an 
87% rating for a single, pink rose is certainly good-going. Dainty Bess 
is the first rose planted by the catalog-writer, many years ago—strange 
how a bundle of canes, leaves and blossoms can have such an influence 
On a moans future. Am! sorry? No! ... on the contrary, thanks from 
deep-down, charming Dainty Bess! Oo fotrafo, each 1.50 
CLIMBING DAINTY BESS. 10 - 15 feet. 
I have a pet rose-aversion—namely, climbers whose blossoms cling to 
the sometimes bitter end. Bess sheds her petals cleanly . . . is completely 
beautiful in every form, from the long curling bud until the last dainty 
pink petal has dropped. away from the wine-red stamens. 
The most universally loved single rose. oe 1or 4.00— each. 1550 
DEBONAIR. Patent 677. ARS 79%. 3 - 4 feet. 
Many new yellows have appeared on the rose horizon since the debut 
of Debonair in 1946, and some, alas are sinking, but this fine primrose- 
yellow with the tea fragrance and rose-show form, hasn't wavered. 
Blessed with exceptionally fine, glossy foliage, vigor and stamina. 
Says perfectionist, Harris B. Darcy, formerly of Austin, Texas, now of 
Monterey, California (as of this writing)—“My yellow! Magnificent!” 
3 for 4.69" each 1.75 
DR. DEBAT. Patent 961. ARS 73%. 38 inches. (Duh-bah.) 
What across! The health and hardiness of Radiance and the size, petals, 
and classic form of Dame Edith Helen!—Commoner and Queen! The long 
pointed bud opens to a great, 30 petalled bloom in coral-pink. Winner of 
the English National Rose Society’s Gold Medal. 3 for 5.25 each 2.00 
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