"HOW TO GROW ROSES" 



By ROBERT PYLE 



Secretary 

 American Rose Society 



New 15th edition. A cloth-bound book, 192 pages — 16 full-page color plates and other exquisite illustrations 



THE ONE ROSE BOOK 

 FOR AMATEURS 



I have received and read the 

 new edition, "How to Grow 

 Roses." Like wine, it grows 

 better with age. If I could put 

 only one rose book in the hands 

 of a rose amateur, it would be 

 "How to Grow Roses." It is 

 practical and at the same time 

 poetical. I have a large rose 

 library, but it is the best il- 

 lustration of mullum in parvo 

 that I have. (Signed) 

 Rev. Edmund M. Mills, 

 Pres. American Rose Society 



"THE MOST VALUABLE 

 WORK ON ROSES" 



I have read "How to Grow 

 Roses" twice and consider it the 

 most valuable work on Roses for 

 America ever sent out. Its con- 

 struction is admirable and shows 

 thought and wisdom. The cal- 

 endar gives valuable instruc- 

 tions in a nutshell and your 

 cuts on drainage, pruning, etc., 

 are just right. The whole work 

 is admirable and you should be 

 proud of it. 



Sincerely yours, 



W. C. Egan, 

 "Egandale," Highland Park, 111. 



A scene from "The Most Beautiful Rose Garden." See "How to Grow Roses 



THE SECRET OF BEAUTIFUL ROSES 



Roses blooming from early June through late October ! 



Delicate pinks and creamy buffs, alternated with rich reds 

 and snowy whites ! 



Exquisite summer and autumn blooms, followed in the late 

 fall by brilliant red Rose berries that set off sturdy green foliage, 

 and attract the birds to your garden until well into the winter ! 



Surely the dream of every Rose-lover who grows Roses — or 

 who is thinking about growing them. 



All these things, and many more, are found in that charming 

 and beautiful book, "How to Grow Roses," by Robert Pyle, for 

 the past five years president, and now secretary of the American 

 Rose Society. 



Ypu, too, will want to know how and when to plant Roses so 

 they'll surely grow; what mulch is; how and when to mulch Roses; 

 how to fertilize; how to fight insects; how to protect Roses from 

 summer drought and from winter frost; what location gives your 

 Rose bushes the greatest advantages; which exposure promotes 

 the most luxuriant bloom; what a Rose-trench is, etc. 



When you read this splendid book, "How to Grow Roses," 

 you don't have to trust to guesswork for results. 



Keep a copy where you can refer to it easily and often. Use 



it in planning, in ordering, and in planting. There is no greater 

 authority on Roses than Robert Pyle, who for ten years has been 

 one of the active leaders in the American Rose Society. He has 

 devoted most of his life to the study of Roses and Rose-culture 

 in this country and abroad. 



"How to Grow Roses" tells about beautiful and famous Rose- 

 gardens. Its 192 pages contain a wealth of photographs of 

 these gardens, as well as of the individual flowers you know 

 so well or have always wanted to know and to grow, and 16 

 pages are in full color ! 



In short, "How to Grow Roses" is a practical handbook for 

 Rose-lovers and those who want to know all there is to know 

 about getting beautiful blooms. It is making Rose-gardens more 

 luxuriant every year, and Rose-gardeners more expert ! 



It pays for itself when it saves two Rose bushes — sometimes 

 even one! — from incorrect planting, improper care, frost, or 

 oversoaking. And yet, it costs only two dollars ($2) ! 



"How to Grow Roses" is a year-round joy. You will want to 

 use it in the spring, fall, and summer, and to read it during the 

 winter. It tells you things you have never known about Roses, 

 and helps you to get beautiful Roses from every bush you plant. 



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"Another practical little book, especially for the beginner, is, 'How to Grow Roses, 

 by Robert Pyle, President of the American Rose Society. I know of no more con- 

 cise, and yet charmingly written book than this. It contains the exact information 

 on every subject of Rose-growing in a few words." — Rev. Geo. M. A. Schoener. 



