OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



matter of ordering and our remarks pertaining 

 thereto are not meant in any way to reflect upon 

 nurserymen, through many of whom we have re- 

 ceived orders properly filled, and with whom our 

 relations have been most pleasant. On the contrary, 

 we show the purchaser the conditions under which 

 the nurserymen labor and point out a practical 

 way in which ordering may be done, so that there 

 will be no disappointments to the purchaser, and 

 that pleasant relations will be maintained between 

 him and the grower or importer. We believe this 

 explanation of conditions will help the nurseryman 

 as well as the purchaser, for we are of the opinion 

 that the errors which occur are generally the fault 

 of the man who orders. 



In closing, we wish to add a few words regarding 

 the different tunes of the year in which planting 

 may be done. The temperature of the ground is 

 as important as the tune of year, and the condition 

 in which the plant is received has more to do with 

 future success than either. Unless the growing 

 season has begun and is well under way plants 

 must be received in a dormant condition. We 

 ourselves have planted roses at all times of the year 

 and have found that if the plants were in proper con- 

 dition and properly handled they have nearly always 

 done well; if plants were not in proper condition, no 



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