ROSES FOR OUTDOOR PLANTING 503 



are shriveled up. Nothing counts for more today than immediate 

 results and you can get them with these Roses. Everybody loves 

 a garden full of Roses, but most people want them during the first 

 Summer; that is the main thing, and that they can have it should be 

 emphasized in heavy type in any advertising you do. 



There are several ways of preparing or getting ready plants 

 wanted for outdoor flowering. Some of your nurserymen make a 

 specialty of field-grown Roses which are usually dug by the end of 

 October. These are best heeled in in a deep coldframe, tops and all, 

 given a good watering and left there until the latter part of Feb- 

 ruary, when they should be potted into 5-in. pots, cut back a little, 

 stripped of all thin side-growth, and put back into the frame. Pro- 

 vide each plant with a label and be sure they all receive a good soak- 

 ing of water. The less frost the wood is exposed to the better. 

 Keep the stock in frames until time to bed it. As soon as weather 

 conditions permit, remove the sash, for you don't want forced or 

 soft growth. The more dormant you can keep the plants the better, 

 but potted and kept cool, they will be well rooted by the end of 

 April, ready to go ahead as soon as things warm up. 



The list of sorts the average nurseryman in the East, Middle 

 West and South handles is not as a rule a very long one. Of course 

 the nearer home you can get your supply the better, but if you want 

 more of an assortment there are splendid firms in California, Oregon 

 and Washington which have gone heavily into growing Roses out- 

 doors. These plants are usually dug during the Winter months and 

 will reach you in excellent condition. We have had excellent re- 

 sults from Southern California grown stock. Another source of 

 supply is the Rose growers who have dormant bench-grown stock 

 on hand. Every now and then you will notice heavy stocks of dor- 

 mant, bench-grown Killarney, Ward, Ophelia, Premier, Columbia 

 and others offered for sale during the early Spring months. If not 

 too large and old, such plants cut back to five or six eyes, potted up 

 and allowed to come along slowly in a cool house or frame, will make 

 fine plants for outdoor flowering. Still another way is to grow a 

 few plants on, yourself During Spring small stock is offered in 

 2- and 2j^-in. pots for benching, which if planted in the field will 

 make fine plants by Fall. Lift them before the ground freezes and 

 bury in a coldframe and treat, later on, the same as the others. 

 Among the good sorts to grow on for outdoor flowering, the following 

 are just a few: 



Columbia (rose pink) Mme. Melanie Soupert 



All of the Killarneys Red Radiance 



Ophelia (creamy pink) Hoosier Beauty (deep red) 



Radiance (deep pink) Edward Mawley (dark red) 



Janet (flesh pink) Kaiserin Augusta Victoria 



