Roses for the Garden. 



While many of our customers are familiar with the grade of Roses which we send out, we wish to direct the attention of those 

 who have never planted our stock to the manner in which these plants are prepared. The bulk of our Roses are what are known 

 as field-grown plants ; that is, the plants have been cultivated in fields during the growing season of 1907, receiving ordinary garden 

 culture. In fall they were carefully dug, planted in pots and stored in cold greenhouses, where artificial heat is only used in ex- 

 treme weather to exclude severe frost. Under this treatment the plants develop in the most natural way, and are much superior to 

 stock which has been forced in a high temperature into an unnatural and weakened growth, and at the same time they must not 

 be confounded with the comparatively worthless Holland-grown Roses, which are sold so cheaply in a dormant condition each 

 season, 90 per cent, of which rarely live for three months after planting. Our Roses are either home-grown or grown for us in 

 Eno'land or Ireland by leading specialists who have made a life-study of the Rose, and who produce them in locations suited to 

 their highest development. We study our own interests in supplying the amateur with such plants as will succeed under ordinary 

 favorable conditions by making a customer of every planter. 



HOW TO GROW ROSES 



IN THE GARDEN. 



PREPARATION OF THE GROUND.— Roses 



will grow in any fertile well-drained ground, but 

 they respond quickly to liberal cultivation, producing 

 a more vigorous growth, more flowers and of better 

 quality when so treated. The ground should be dug 

 to a depth of 18 inches, incorporating with the soil a 

 liberal amount of well decayed manure, preferably 

 cow manure, but if this is not readily procurable, our 

 Pure Ground Bone applied at the rate of 5 pounds to 

 the square yard makes a ^ood substitute. 



WHEN, WHERE AND HOW TO PLANT, 

 — The best time to plant Roses as supplied by us is 

 just as soon as danger from severe frost is over. In 

 the vicinity of Philadelphia thi< is usu.illy the last 

 week in April and continuing throughout the month 

 of May ; but the earlier the plants are set out the 

 better the results. Always select an open, sunny po- 

 sition. Roses will not succeed in shade. In plant- 

 ing set the plants so that the ball of earth is about IJ 

 inches below the level of the ground. Firm the soil 

 well around the plants, and if the soil is dry, a 

 thorough watering should be given at once. After 

 this no water need be given except during ex- 

 ception illy dry weather. 



PROTECTION IN WINTER.— The varieties 

 listed as Hybrid Perpetual require no protection be- 

 yond a top dressing of four or five inches of stable 

 manure, leaves, or some loose material placed around 

 the base of the plants at the approach of severe 

 cold weather. The Everblooraing varieties, in ad- 

 dition to the protection noted above, should have 

 their tops covered with clean rye straw, evergreen 

 branches, or some material tied loosely about the 

 plant in such a manner as to permit some circulation 

 of air, the idea being not to keep the plants warm, 

 but to protect them from the sun and frequent thaw- 

 ing of the wood, this being generally the cause of 

 damage. This covering should be removed as early 

 in spring as the weather becomes reasonably settled. The plants should then be pruned, removing all the dead wood and weak 

 growth, bearing in mind that severe pruning produces quality, light pruning quantity of flowers. At the same time the beds should 

 have a careful cleaning, and a further supply of fertilizer should be applied, which may be forked in to a depth of 5 to 6 inches. 



NEW KOSES EOE 1908. 



Everbloomlng Irish 44 D rrTnTY/ " 

 Hybrid Tea Rose OC^ 1 1 I • 



We offered this important new everblooming Rose last year, but as we could only get a limited number, which were sold out 

 almost before the season began, we had to disappoint many of our customers who ordered late. This year we have secured direct 

 from the introducers a supply of strong two-year-old plants, which we believe will be sufficient to meet all demands, but recom- 

 mend early orders. " Betty ".is an introduction of Messrs. Dickson & Sons, Belfast, Ireland, to whom we are indebted for so 

 many of our good bedding Roses, chief among which is the now so popular Killarney, and we have every reason to believe that 

 *' Betty " will become just as great a favorite. 



The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, with clean, healthy foliage, producing in great profusion its large, deliciously perfumed 

 flowers, which are of a glowing coppery-rose color suffused with a golden sheen. 



Strong two-year-old plants, $1.00 each ; $10.00 per-doz. 



Everblooming Rose Betty. 



NEW ROSES are continued on pages 164 and 165. 



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