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K Good Roses 



PUBLISHED BY 



THE CONARD-PYLE CO, 



(JtarEose Clrowcrs 

 Robert Pyle, Fres. ^ West Qrove. Pa,: 



February, 1926 



A Prize For Prize Winners 



To an>one who wins a First Prize in 

 1926 with a Rose or Roses grown on C.-P. 

 Star Rose plants, we will, upon authentica- 

 tion from the official Secretary of the Rose 

 Show where the Prize was offered, award 

 an additional or Super-Prize of the great 

 little 200 page $2.00 book— "How to Grow 

 Roses" by Robert Pyle. 



P. S. Please see that this offer is pub- 

 lished in your local premium list. 



To successfully grow a prize winning 



Rose ts one ot the worth while ttimgs m 

 life. With Star Rose plants our customers 

 win many prizes at local shows each year, 

 both in June and in the Fall. Some have 

 been kind enough to let us know of their 

 success, and we rejoice to know that our 

 efforts to produce the best Roses money 

 can buy, are crowned with success in our 

 customer's gardens. 



One prize winning Rose gives thrills of 

 delight to probably hundreds or even 

 thousands of people who see it. It's a 

 worthwhile thing to spread so much pleas- 

 ure around, and imagine the feelings of the 

 proud prize winner. 



Know Each of Your Roses 

 By Name 



There is ten times more fun in getting 

 acquainted with your roses if you can 

 speak to each one of them by their 

 respective titles. 



Think of being entertained every ev'ening 

 by the great and near great, by Premiers, 

 and Presidents and Imperial Potentates; 

 by the Queen of Fragrance and her ladies 

 in waiting; by The Duchess of Wellington, 

 Lafayette and the Bonnie Prince. 



What a pleasure it is, when your friends 

 join >ou to be able to present each of 

 your favorites by name, the correct name. 



This is just another of the many reasons 

 why so many people prefer Star Roses; 

 because on every plant there always can 

 be found the neat, durable, little star 

 label of celluloid, and there is the name 

 as plain as day. 



To Grow a Prize Winner 



Don't pet it too much. Keep it ruggedly 

 healthy. To begin with — prune severely, 

 back to three or five eyes on a branch. 

 Prune early. 



Keep well cultivated. Feed with liquid 

 manure, once in ten days, after the buds 

 have formed. When more than one bud is 

 on a stem nip off the side ones. 



If the sun is strong and weather is dry, 

 protect your show blooms with a paper 

 hood tacked to a light stake. Buds that 

 have been shaded retain a richer color and 

 do not open too quickly. Wrap a thread 

 or two of light wool loosely about the bud 

 if you wish to prevent it opening too soon. 

 Cut early in the morning and keep in a 

 cool dark place in water until show time. 



Brief Pruning Hints 



Bush Roses 



Prune while the plants are yet 

 dormant. Clean the bush by remo\ ing 

 the weak and dead branches, leaving only 

 sturdy stems, and cut back to live wood. 

 Hybrid Perpetual Roses, such as Paul 

 Neyron, General Jacqueminot, Frau Karl 

 Druschki, etc., should have 12 or 18 

 mches of wood left, as Roses of this tjpe 

 make their blooms on the laterals that 

 come from the growth of the previous year. 

 Hybrid Teas and Teas can be pruned 

 back to 4 or 5 eyes, as they form their 

 blooms on the new growth that comes 

 from the base of the plant. 



Climbing Roses 



Prune hardy' climbing Roses only 



once, and as soon as >ou (can after the\- 

 are through blooming and before thev 

 make their summer growth. Cut out old 

 canes on such varieties as Dorothy Perkins 



and Wichuraianas which make a willow^' 

 growth from the root. Roses like Dr. W. 

 Van Fleet, and the Climbing Hybrid Teas, 

 should be pruned back to two eyes from 

 the old canes and unless the bush needs 

 thinning, do not cut the long canes of old 

 wood out as you would do with the 

 Dorothy Perkins type. 



Plant More Hybrid Perpetuals 



The Grand old Oak-hardy Hybrid 

 Perpetual Roses such as General Jacque- 

 minot, Magna Charta, Paul NejTon, 

 Ulrich Brunner and many others should 

 be planted more than they are, for once 

 planted they are there to stay for years 

 and they require little care. As a rule, 

 they bloom only in June, but, such 

 blooms!, and if they are pruned back 

 severely after the June blooms have gone, 

 they generally bloom again in the fall. 

 JVIake room for some of these old veterans 

 that gave such glory to our Grandmothers' 

 gardens. 



Are Roses Like Chameleons? 



Everyone who grows Roses should know 

 that different soils and different' seasons 

 will make great changes in the colors of the 

 flowers, and this is particularly noticeable 

 in the tinted and light colored varieties 

 like Ophelia, Betty, Florence Pemberton, 

 etc. The chemical composition of >our 

 soil may be so different from that of > our 

 neighbor that Roses of the same name, 

 from the two gardens, might look like two 

 distinct varieties, as far as color is con- 

 cerned, but the form will remain the same. 

 One notable instance of change of color 

 was when Mr. Gurney Hill of Richmond, 

 Indiana, who has produced such grand 

 Roses as Columbia, Sensation, Premier, 

 etc., was visiting the world-famous Dick- 

 son Rose Nurseries in Ireland. He was 

 shown a new rose and he remarked that it 

 was familiar to him but could not name it. 

 He was told he should know it, as it was 

 one of his own new varieties that he had 

 sent over for trial, but the color was so 

 changed in the cool, moist Irish climate 

 that he did not recognize his own "baby"! 

 If the colors of your Roses do not always 

 match the catalog description to a T, 

 just remember Mr. Hill's experience. 



Souv. de Claudius Pernet— Sunflower Yellow 



This marvelous yellow rose, Souv. de 



Claudms Pernet, was named by Mons. 



Pernet, in honor of one of his beloved boys 



whom he [ost durinp'the World War. S.t a r 



size plants SI. 50. 



Test Garden Notes 



October was cold, rainy and the latter 

 part was marked by killing frost, which 

 however, did not seem to affect certain 

 Roses. It was a good season to note the 

 varieties that are tall growers and which 

 as such should either be grouped together 

 or form a background for lower ones. 

 Lady Ashtown, Lady Ursula, Etoile 

 de France, La Tosca, the three Radiances 

 (Red, Pink, and Mrs. Charles Bell), Lady 

 Pirrie, Betty Uprichard, Florence Pem- 

 berton, Isobel and Konigin Carola are tall. 



Padre is distinctive for two reasons; 

 beautiful long pointed buds of an original 

 coloring, but has them on long "stilts" — 

 does not break at the base. 



Imperial Potentate and Red Radiance 

 continued to bloom long after others had 

 succumbed to the frost, and their foliage 

 is surprisingly persistent. 



President Cherioux and Gorgeous seem 

 to revel in late Autumn weather, their 

 sparkling tints and sizes were unusual. 

 Independence Day, disappointing (as 

 many are) in hot weather seemed to 

 repent her mid-summer slovenliness and 

 called our attention with a crop of blooms 

 darker, almost orange and much fuller 

 than at any other season. 



But the outstanding queen of them all 

 was Konigin Carola; magnificent large 

 and perfect blooms which brought back to 

 mind Admiral Ward's words "The Queen 

 (Caroline Testout) is dead, long live the 

 Oueen (Konigin Carola). Undoubtedly 

 one of the best pinks, all season, but 

 especially in the Autumn." 

 * * * 



Do not for a moment get the idea 

 that our display garden is the limit of our 

 resources in Roses to show you. You might 

 be interested to pass into the Test Garden, 

 where every creditable new variety deemed 

 worthy is being tried out; and you might 

 even have time to go with us to our fields, 

 where almost 100,000 of the finest 

 Hybrid Teas to be seen in the East will be 

 blooming. But if you only have time for a 

 peep-in, remember to stop a few minutes 

 at Rose Hill and Rose Corner on the Mid- 

 dle Atlantic Coast Highway, Route 12, 

 40 miles from Philadelphia, 70 miles from 

 Baltimore. You will be welcome. 



"STAR GUIDE TO GOOD ROSES", OUR 100 PAGE CATALOG, IS FREE. 



Conard-Pyle Co. 



This years "Guide" is a splendid 

 index, giving the size of the bush and 



