DREER'S SPECIALLY PREPARED 



Roses for the Garden 



While our old customers are familiar with the high 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. All our Roses are field-grown and in fall are carefully 

 dug, planted in pots and stored in cold greenhouses or cold frames, where artificial heat is used only to exclude the most severe frost. 

 During the latter part of March or before the first of April, these potted plants are moved to beds in the open air where they receive 

 no further protection. Under this treatment the plants develop in a natural way and are not only superior to stock which has been 

 developed into full growth under glass, but also better for spring planting, than plants which have been carried in cellars or in cold 

 storage, under any method known to us. 



Our Roses are all strong two-year-old American-grown, budded or grafted, and while 

 some planters prefer stock grown on their own roots on account of the possibility of 

 budded plants developing wild shoots, this will rarely occur if the deep planting as directed 

 in our cultural notes is followed. Much can be said in 

 favor of budded plants, they being more vigorous, pro- 

 ducing finer blooms, coming into bearing sooner, and are 

 as permanent and hardy as those on their own roots, 

 while many of the very finest varieties will not succeed 

 at all when grown on their own roots, and preference is 

 given to budded plants by all who have had experience 

 with the different classes. 



CULTURAL NOTES ON ROSES. We have 

 prepared a leaflet giving full and concise directions 

 on the planting and care of Roses; mailed free on 

 request. 



Four Valuable New 

 American Roses 



Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thorn (Howard & Smith, 

 1926). The best yellow bedding Rose we have today. 

 It is of clean healthy vigorous growth with abundant 

 dark bronzy disease-resisting foliage and a continuous 

 free bloomer throughout the season. The good-sized 

 buds are long and shapely and develop into full double 

 very shapely flowers of a rich deep lemon yellow sweetly 

 scented. $1.25 each. 



New Hybrid-Tea Rose, Miss Rowena Thom 

 Miss Rowena Thom (Howard & Smith, 1928). In 

 vigorous habit of growth, its adaptability to varied 

 climatic conditions, it equals the popular Radiance 

 Roses, but its flowers are of much larger size, fre- 

 quently 5 J inches in diameter, equal to the best 

 recent introductions and all of which it will outclass 

 in freedom of flowering. Its buds are long and 

 shapely, opening to perfect double flowers of a 

 brilliant rose-pink, the base of the petals having a 

 golden suffusion which as the fragrant flowers unfold, 

 adds to the brilliancy of its coloring. $1.50 each. 

 President Hoover (L. B. Coddington, 1930). A glorious 

 Rose, wonderfully free in the easy manner in which it grows 

 and charming in its color arrangement which is a splendid 

 combination of cerise-pink, flame, scarlet and yellow; this 

 combination of colors gives the most dazzling color effect 

 imaginable. The buds are beautifully pointed, the flowers 

 large, composed of broad thick heavy petals, with an ex- 

 quisite fragrance. It is exceptionally free flowering an 

 everyone will be delighted with its habit of growth. Awarded 

 the Gold Medal at the International Flower Show in New 

 York, 1929. $2.50 each. 

 Talisman (Montgomery Co., 1929). The Rose which create! 

 a sensation in all shows during 1928 and 1929 and which 

 was awarded more Gold Medals than any other American Rose 

 yet introduced including the President Coolidge Medal in 1928. 

 It is a most remarkable piece of coloring; a combination of 

 shadings of gold, apricot, yellow, deep pink and old rose. 

 The bud is long, well formed and develops into full double 

 flowers. The plant is a strong grower, with glossy green foliage 

 and free flowering, and the past season has demonstrated its 

 value as a bedding Rose. $2.00 each. 



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New Hybrid-Tea Rose, Mrs. Erskine Pembroke Thom 



SPECIAL OFFER. We will furnish one strong plant each of the Four New American Roses for $6.50 



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