Dreer's garden book 1920 (1920) Dreer's garden book 1920 dreersgardenbook1920henr_0 Year: 1920 128 [HmRrADREER-PHIIADELPHIAmS • SELECT ROSES• Ml GRAND AMERICAN HYBRID-TEA ROSE LOS ANGELES (Howard & Smith, 1917) (Illustrated in colors on the Plate opposite) We first sent out 'Los Angeles' in the spring of 1917. Many thousands of plants have since been distributed, and we know from the many complimentary letters received that it has given more satisfaction than any other Rose we ever handled, and are convinced that within a short time it will become the most popular bedding Rose in America.
Dreer's garden book 1920 (1920) Dreer's garden book 1920 dreersgardenbook1920henr_0 Year: 1920 128 [HmRrADREER-PHIIADELPHIAmS • SELECT ROSES• Ml GRAND AMERICAN HYBRID-TEA ROSE LOS ANGELES (Howard & Smith, 1917) (Illustrated in colors on the Plate opposite) We first sent out 'Los Angeles' in the spring of 1917. Many thousands of plants have since been distributed, and we know from the many complimentary letters received that it has given more satisfaction than any other Rose we ever handled, and are convinced that within a short time it will become the most popular bedding Rose in America. 3 Not only is it attracting every Rose lovers attention here at home, but at the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris, France, where competitive trials of new Roses are made from all the renowned growers of the world. Los Ange- les was singled out in 1918 as the greatest and most desirable variety shown and awarded the highest prize, a Gold Medal, by unanimous consent of the judges. New American Hybrid-Tea Rose Mrs. S. K. Rindge Offered and described on page 129 it jB ' \ Los Angeles is, by all odds, one of the finest Roses ^Hj I I ever introduced. The growth is very vigorous, and pro- ^^ . ^^^^ duces a continuous succession of long-stemmed flowers of a luminous flame-pink, toned with coral and shaded with translucent gold at the base of the petals. In richness of fragrance it equals in intensity the finest Marechal The buds are long and pointed, and expand into a flower of mammoth propor- while the beauty of form and ever-increasing wealth of color is maintained from the incipient bud until the last petal drops. The plants which we offer this season are the same class of stock as sent out the past three years, being very strong two-year-old California grown, which will give an abundance of bloom this season. Price, $ each. Neil, tions, YELLOW IRISH HYBRID=TEA ROSE GOLDEN EMBLEM (McGredy. 1918) We showed this beautiful new yellow Rose at the exhibition of the American Rose Societ
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