FROM THE RETAIL GROWER'S VIEWPOINT 



VW'HAT interests the average florist most about Roses is how 

 ** they can be made to pay. It is with that question in mind 

 that the following has been written. 



There are still quite a number of small retail growers who 

 will keep on trying to grow Roses for cut flowers with "fifty-seven 

 varieties" of other stock in the same house, each requiring treatment 

 just a little different from the other in order to do well. Yet a good 



percentage of these 

 men will almost total- 

 ly overlook the great 

 opportunity there is 

 for making Roses pay 

 by pushing them for 

 outdoor planting. 



To begin with, 

 there isn't a spot 

 North, South, East 

 or West where well- 

 established Teas and 

 Hybrid Teas planted 

 out early enough and 

 in the right way won't 

 do well; nor is there a 

 customer who would 

 object to a bed or 

 border of Roses if you 

 could assure its suc- 

 cess. Forget for a 

 minute about such 

 Roses not being hardy 

 in your climate. Which 

 is better, a real hardy 

 Rose that never has 

 Fig. 255. THE SUCCESSFUL ROSE GROWER'S RE- a flower on but plenty 

 WARD. A vase of 100 Premiers exhibited at the 1921 c wnrm patpn Ipavps 

 International (N. Y.) Flower Show by the Joseph H. leave, 



Hill Go. and awarded first prize all Summer, or a ten- 



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