OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



how much care was used, failure practically always 

 resulted unless plants received greenhouse care. 



The advantage of planting roses in the autumn 

 is that if they are dormant, i.e., if growth has stopped 

 for the year prior to then* shipment, and if they 

 have not been subjected to heat during shipment 

 causing growth to recommence, they will when 

 planted become more or less fixed in their position, 

 and little fibrous roots will have in most instances 

 commenced growth before spring. Roses so planted 

 and which have become so established will start off 

 well in the spring, much better than a rose which 

 has only been in the ground a short time. 



This has been found equally true with own-root 

 stock; in fact, if such stock is planted during the 

 growing season little may be expected until the fol- 

 lowing year, and many deaths have resulted. Only 

 a few own-root growers supply dormant field- 

 grown stock, as most of them strike their cuttings 

 inside. Own-root stock, field-grown, and two years 

 ' old, is much stronger and better than greenhouse own- 

 root plants, but even then only the very strongest 

 varieties do well. 



Our advice to all planters with whom the expense 

 of replacing dead plants is not of much moment is 

 this: From October to May plant your roses as soon 

 as you have decided that you want them. Undoubt- 



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