Actually Miles and Miles of 



Photographed in July , iqsb 



Here, in one picture, which we have had to cut in two, is shown a part of one of our 



What C.-P. Customers Write. 



FROM MINNESOTA 



May iq, 1926 

 Last summer I had over 200 Rose 

 bushes in my Rose-garden, purchased 

 from five different growers. 



During the summer and winter I gave 

 them all the very same treatment. Today 

 every Rose bearing the little white cel- 

 luloid star is alive and doing well, where 

 20 per cent of those from the other 

 growers winter- killed. Question, Why? 

 Is it that white star which caused the 

 miracle? 



Thanking you for furnishing me real 

 Rose bushes, I am, — J. I. V., Winona, 

 Minn. 



FROM BUFFALO, N. Y. 

 Order No. 15762 May 11, 1926 



I have been criticized for using so 

 many of your Roses in my garden and 

 not buying them from local growers, but 

 I think my Rose-garden will be among 

 the best on the Lake Shore this summer. 

 You might be interested in knowing that 

 my Roses came through the winter almost 

 100 per cent. All beds were well covered 

 with manure, but they are exposed to 100 

 miles of open water on Lake Erie, as my 

 summer place is right on the side of the 

 Lake. I think that this is doing pretty 

 well.— K. W. W., Buffalo, N. Y. 



FROM OLD KENTUCKY 



Order No. 26994-25 June 29, IQ26 



I should have written you a month ago 

 that all of the 106 Rose Plants I bought 

 from you last fall lived and were a shower 

 of bloom this spring. The praise is en- 

 tirely yours, because I am by no means a 

 skilled Rose -gardener. Thank you for 

 sending me such splendid plants. — H. W. 

 B., Louisville, Ky. 



The above picture may seem to some like the 

 wholesale growing of Roses, but if ever there was a 

 crop that responds to individual care for every indi- 

 vidual plant, it is the Rose. 



From the time we start, throughout the long three 

 years until you get the finished plant, "vigilance" is 

 our watchword, and every possible precaution is 

 taken to ward off what might hurt, every possible 

 aid is given to feed and foster strong, natural growth, 

 and to produce rugged, healthy Star Rose specimen 

 plants. 



This growing of tens of thousands of Roses for 

 American gardens is a fascinating story, if only we 

 had room to tell it all. To begin with, the best of 

 Chester County soil, grown rich with cover crops of 

 clover, is, in the autumn before planting, plowed 

 under 18 inches deep to let the winter freezes kill all 

 grubs and eggs and pulverize the upturned soil. 

 Then, for example, we do not plant carelessly with a 

 planting-machine, but every single Rose plant is set 



FROM PITTSBURGH 



March 17, 1926 



The 50 field-grown, two-year- 

 old Roses purchased of you in the 

 autumn of 1925 came duly to 

 hand and were planted. They 

 were the finest looking Rose 

 bushes I have ever planted. I 

 had 50 others last fall from 

 another grower, also very nice 

 stock, but not as good as vours. — 

 C. M., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



FROM OHIO 



April 10, 1926 



Of the 100 Roses I have re- 

 ceived, I want to say that no 

 other nursery firm sends out 

 such wonderful healthy stocks 

 and they all do well. Of my order 

 last fall, I did not lose one 

 through the long winter, owing 

 to such fine plants. — J. S. F. 

 Massillon, Ohio. 



Autumn, 1926 • Time to Plant Roses 



