FROM THE RETAIL GROWER'S VIEWPOINT 



WHAT 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 stifl 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 weU. Yet a good 



percentage of these 

 men wiU 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- 

 estabhshed 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 you* climate. Which 

 is better, a real hardy 

 Rose that never has 

 Fig. 265. — The Successful Rose Grower's Re- a flower on but plenty 

 WARD. A vase of 100 Premiers exhibited at the 1921 .f wr.,.rr, oc+on Ippvps 

 International (N. Y.) Flower Show by the Joseph H. °^ WOrm-eaten leaves 

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



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