LUCIA ZULOAGA—Color intriguing. 
LUCIA ZULOAGA. (Loo-see-uh Soo-loh-ah-gah). 2 - 3 feet. 
Gentle reader has discovered long since, we cannot resist any rose with 
unusual coloring, nor can we restrain our enthusiasm (as no doubt we 
should) when we describe them. For to us these are the varieties which 
make your rose garden distinctive from your neighbors, and without 
which you have merely a collection of roses. Lucia is not a many-petalled 
rose, but the petals are large and gracefully borne,—color ‘’velvety brown- 
ish-scarlet, with a golden under-tone.”’ Foliage, “shining, sleek and olive- 
green.” 
sounds intriguing, doesn't it? It is! 2 ior 4.69 each 1.75 
LOWELL THOMAS. Patent 595. ARS 73%. Medium. 
An All-American winner, also the Portland Gold Medal in 1944—name- 
sake of the famous radio reporter, who keeps the hermits of Brown Valley 
abreast of the times. ‘The aristocrat of the clear-yellow roses.’’ Needs no 
added verbiage from the C. W. 
Summer 1954. A rose commanding our continued loyalty and respect. 
“Old friends are best.” 3 for-5-25) teachi 2.00 
“Warm air and strong light first stimulate the production of odor, but will 
exhaust it if prolonged. This is why by midday in summer roses are apparently 
scentless. They are most perfumed soon after the sun appears and evaporates the 
dew.” —‘THE RoszE MANUAL,” Dr. NicHotas, 1934 
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