132 COMMERCIAL ROSE CULTURE 



the custom of taking them out of the small pots and planting 

 them five or six inches apart on shallow benches, where they re- 

 main until they are placed in their permanent quarters. They 

 make fine plants in this way and will lift without being 

 damaged if kept a little on the dry side. One grower claims to 

 have planted six weeks later this year than he did last and to 

 have cut flowers six weeks earlier, and that only nine weeks 

 elapsed between the time of planting and cutting the first crop. 



ROSES THAT PAY, AND WHY 



The My Maryland Rose has been credited with earning 

 $1.50 per plant per year by one large grower. Another variety 

 has earned $2.00 per plant in a year. But these are ex- 

 ceptional cases. Where it can be successfully grown there is 

 no doubt that American Beauty pays as well or better than any 

 other Rose. The first year 1,000 plants of a new thing may 

 pay $2.00 per plant. Two years later 5,000 or 10,000 plants 

 of this variety may not pay more than half as much per plant 

 per year. The first man in the field gets the best results. 



WHAT NUMBER OF ROSES CAN A MAN TAKE CARE OF? 



On large places a section man will take care of from 4000 

 to 6000 plants. This depends on conditions. Cheap help is 

 given to clean the houses, etc., on some places. These men have 

 their regular work caring for the plants and cutting the flowers, 

 and often do not see the flowers after they leave the houses, the 

 grading and shipping being done by separate men. The firing, 

 also, is done by regular firemen, one or more through the daytime 

 and the same for the night work, in addition to watchmen who 

 go regularly through the houses and attend to the temperature. 



A POOR MAN CANNOT TAKE CHANCES 



After a man becomes established and is in a position to ex- 

 periment a little it is well to try a few of the new varieties. 



