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A Corner in Our Packing Shed 



Note the generous amount of wet moss on the roots 

 to prevent injury from drying, from 4 to 6 weeks if 



necessary 



How "Star" Roses Are Packed 



Here is a "close-up" photo taken in a 

 corner of our packing shed showing how 

 carefully the Rose roots are protected with 

 wet moss and wrapped in "Grizzly Bear," 

 a specially made, crinkled and moisture 

 proof paper. 



The extreme care used in growing, dig- 

 ging, storing and finally in packing Slar 

 Roses accounts for the unusualh high 

 percentage that live and grow and bloom. 

 The picture above shows one of our 

 packers wrapping several Roses together 

 for one order. Each plant is labeled, with 

 a durable, printed celluloid star tag which 

 is expected to remain permanently on the 

 bush. 



A Rose may be well grown, properly dug 

 and cared for until shipping time, but 

 when it comes to packing, we have learned 

 of very few growers who gi\e the same ex- 

 acting care that we do to insure their 

 Roses arriving safely, with the result that 

 a few days delay in delivery will often 

 ruin plants, which with proper packing 

 would have arrived in good condition. 



STAR ROSES ARE GUARANTEED 

 TO GROW AND BLOOM unless they are 

 lost by winter kill or insect pests, which 

 are conditions over which we have no 

 control. 



"Three Tenths of a Cent for Each Flower" 



By \V. C. Egan 

 "In the Spring of 1915 I planted three 

 each of 42 varieties of roses. 



In getting 

 them ready for their winter nap this fall, 

 I find 28 varieties still in good condition 

 after their 10th season of bloom. This 

 seems to me a good record for this section, 

 where it was said they could not be grown. 

 The 14 absent sorts were discarded for 

 various reasons. In some cases one plant 

 had died and I could not obtain one of the 

 same variety to replace it, wherefore I 

 discarded the remaining two and substi- 

 tuted three plants of one of the newer 

 kinds. 



"I amused myself the other day, when 

 housed by a cold snap, in figuring out a 

 little problem in connection with the 28 — ' 

 191.5 H>brid Teas. As I could not put my 

 hand on the record of all bloom given in 

 1916, I made a calculation on 27 varieties 

 of three each, or 81 plants. The number of 

 blooms in 1916 was 2,466; for the 10 

 years they have bloomed that would mean 

 24,660. Figu rin.tT, *V 3^ Roses to have each rose 



cost SI. 00 each, we have an original outlay 

 of $81, or about three tenths of a cent for 

 each flower. (267 Roses for $1.) 



Add the health and pleasure promoted 

 by reason of their care, and you will find 

 the Roses an asset far beyond their 

 original cost. When I consider the fact 

 that these plants gi\-e promise of a con- 

 tinuity of bloom through future years, I 

 stand up and exclaim, "God bless them'" 

 Reprinted from 1925 Rose Annual — Amer- 

 ican Rose Societ>'. 



* * * 



Mr. Egan had some losses in his Rose 

 garden, but a large percentage of his 

 Roses had lived and bloomed for ten 

 years when he wrote the article abo\e. A 

 gardener for a private estate who recently 

 called here said, "his best Roses were 

 25 years old." 



If you had your Star Roses for onK- one 

 >ear and they averaged twenty blooms to 

 the plant it would mean only 5 cents for 



bloom. 



The pictur. ..,, site shows Roses 

 wrapped, ready to be put in a box and 

 shipped. When packed this way the\' will 

 stay plump and fresh for four weeks or 

 more, so you need not worry if there are a 

 few da\s delay in deliver\- after >our plants 

 leave here. 



Try if possible to have the ground ready 

 in advance. Directions on how to care for 

 >our Roses on arrival alwa>s accompany 

 each order. 



Some people, less than a day's jour- 

 ney from here, write to know if it is safe to 

 order Roses so far from home. Well, read 

 the answer below. 



Note in the picture below that the 

 roses have been pruned ready to plant. 

 We ship in strong boxes. 



).00 WORTH OF ROSES TO 

 CENTRAL AMERICA 



Order No. 21343 February 18, 1925 



"All the roses which you shipped are 

 starting well and \'er>' soon I shall send a 

 new order." 



Don Alfonso — Q — M. 

 San Salvador. 



Roses wrapped, ready for boxing. We ship to China, 

 Japan. India, South Africa, South America and 

 Europe, as well as throughout the U. S. A. 



Here are a few of our 

 July 7, 19:5 



(wn, Star Roses. Photo taken 

 1 hrcc months yet to grow. 



FROM 



THE CONARD-PYLE CO. 



Jiar Rose (Xrowers 



Robert Pyle, Fres. West Qrove. Pa. 



(Formerly The Conard & Jones Co.) 



U. S. Postage 



Paid "[ |/ Cents 



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