MORE FOR YOUR MONEY with ROSES THAN 

 With Any Other Plant — many more timers, too 



I'm going to show you below how easy it is to grow roses, but first I'd like to 

 point out why the rose is the most popular, most satisfying and most appreciated 

 plant in America's gardens. To understand why millions of home gardeners all 

 over the country prefer the rose to all other flowers, all you need do is to realize 

 this fact : the rose gives the gardener more values for his money than any other 

 plant . . . more flowers . . . more years of blooming life . . . more uses as 

 a landscaping plant! 



The rose will outbloom any other flowering garden plant — in fact, will outbloom 

 (give you more days of flowering) many other plants combined ! From spring to 

 frost is nearly half a year (or in Alabama almost 9 months), on any given day of 

 which you may well count on at least one fine flower or one opening bud; and if 

 you have a dozen or so plants, it is a certainty that your home will always have 

 cut flowers in season. You will enjoy them indoors and out. We have roses in 

 our house every day from early June until well into November. The champion 

 flower producer, the rose is also very . . . 



VIGOROUS AND HARDY 



A quality, two-year-old, No. 1 grade, field-grown rose plant, such as we produce 

 at Star Roses, is extraordinarily long lived for a flowering garden plant. Given 

 reasonable care in the garden, a rose like this will flourish for many years. In 

 my office files, I have letters from people who tell me that roses they bought from 

 us 10, 15 and 20 or more years ago are still going strongl This testifies to the 

 fact that the roses were full of life to begin with and that their owners loved them 

 well enough to help them to stay healthy over the years. To put it another way, 

 the rose is a rugged character with a strong, eager desire to grow. Now, add to 

 the rose's ability to provide many flowers and to live long the fact that it is . . . 



A VERY VERSATILE PLANT 



Some roses grow 12 feet tall (the Climber); some grow 12 inches tall (the 

 Miniature) ; some grow tall and wide, or low and wide (the Hedge rose) ; some 

 grow on trunks (the Tree rose) ; some are covered with flowers (the Floribunda) ; 

 some produce large, magnificent blooms (the Hybrid Tea); some combine 

 several qualities (the Grandifiora). Depending on their separate qualities, you 

 can use roses in beds, for borders, for hedges and fences, in rock gardens, as 

 ground covers, as screens, as accent plants, in window boxes. What other plant 

 can be used in so many different ways? Answer: none! I'd like to point out, 

 too, another way in which the rose is versatile; its ability to let you choose from 

 all the . . . 



COLORS OF THE RAINBOW 



Whatever your favorite color, there is a rose color to satisfy it : red, pink, yellow, 

 orange, white, lavender, brown — practically everything except a real blue! 

 And then there are many shades and tones of these colors! And blends! There 

 are also bi-colors and multi-colors! Now — with all that the rose can do for you, 

 you might think that it demands a lot in return. It doesn't. All you need to 

 do is to follow these simple . . . 



STEPS TO EASY ROSE GROWING 



How to Plant : Protect the roots while you prepare the hole, by leaving the plants 

 in the package. Dig 18 inches deep and equally wide. Mix with three-fourths 

 of the soil from the hole a quantity of peatmoss (1 part peatmoss, 3 parts soil) 

 and two heaping tablespoons of Star Rose or other good garden fertilizer. Put 

 several inches of prepared soil mixture in hole, and place bush in hole with roots 

 spread out and knuckle of the plant (where the canes grow out from the top of 

 root system) just at ground level. Fill hole to three-quarter level, making 

 sure to leave no air pockets among roots. Fill upper quarter of hole with water, 

 and allow to drain. Fill remainder of hole, and pile all remaining dirt up, into 

 and around the canes above ground to provide protection until shoots start to 

 sprout. This mound should be at least 8 inches high. 



How to Keep Roses Healthy: Roses need three things . . . water if enough 

 rain doesn't fall . . . fertilizer twice in a growing season (in late fall and again 

 in early spring) . . . protective spray or dust occasionally, especially after 

 rain. Give them these things regularly. 



I have given you the basics here, but a more informative manual of instructions 

 comes with your rose order. Observe them and you'll have years of pleasure 

 from your roses. 



Dear Reader: 



I've enjoyed putting together for you this guide to Star Roses. If, in writing it, 



I have allowed my personal viewpoint to intrude too much, I am sorry. Everyone 



has his own "likes and dislikes, of course. Anyway, the descriptions are as 



accurate as I can make them; and the pictures as true to life as the graphic 



arts allow. I honestly believe that neither comes up to the beauty of the roses 



themselves. 



Sincerely, John Milton 



The Conard-Pyle Co. 



Has flowers every 

 month in season — 

 large, shapely buds 

 and blooms such as you 

 see in florists' shops. 

 Long stems. This is 

 the favorite — the 

 standby — in the gar- 

 den. 



Many flowers usually 

 in clusters. Smaller 

 than the H.T. but more 

 colorful when planted 

 together. Make good 

 borders and low hed- 

 ges. Blooms all sea- 

 son — gives a mass of 

 color. 



Combines the size and 

 flower form of the H.T. 

 and the abundance of 

 flowers of the Flori- 

 bunda. Usually big, 

 tall plants with flowers 

 in clusters or singly 

 on good stems. 



Climbers throw out 

 long shoots or canes 

 which can be trained 

 over trellises or other 

 supports. Some always 

 have flowers; others 

 repeat their blooming. 

 All provide magnifi- 

 cent masses of color. 

 Many provide good 

 cut blooms. Use them 

 as screens and for 

 backgrounds. 



Free-blooming, bushy 

 heads grow on trunks 

 3 feet or so above the 

 ground. The flower 

 is that of whatever 

 variety is budded to 

 the trunk root system. 

 The trunk is strong 

 and straight and about 

 an inch in diameter. 

 Use for accents or 

 backgrounds. 



These are like the big 

 roses in all respects 

 except size. Flowers 

 are about an inch 

 across, plants are 8 to 

 12 inches tall. Hardy. 

 Good for borders, edg- 

 ing, miniature gardens. 

 Blooms make fine cor- 

 sages, bouquets. 



HYBRID TEA 



FLORIBUNDA 



GRANDIFLORA 



CLIMBER 



TREE ROSE 



MINIATURE 



