DREER’S SPECIALLY PREPARED 
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 1906, 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 extreme 
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 con- 
founded with the comparatively worthless Holland-grown Roses, which are sold so cheaply in a dormant condition each season, 90 
pe: cent. of which rarely live for three months after planting. Our Roses are either home-grown or grown for us in England 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 PROTECTION IN WINTER.—The varieties 
will grow in any fertile well-drained ground, but listed as Hybrid Perpetual require no protection 
they respond quickly to liberal cultivation, . beyond a top dressing of four or five inches 
producing a more vigorous growth, more of stable manure, leaves, or some loose 
flowers and of better quality when so material placed around the base of 
treated. The ground should be the plants at the approach of 
dug to a depth of 18 inches, in- severe cold weather. The Ever- 
corporating with the soil a blooming varieties, in addition 
liberal amount of well de- to the protection noted above, 
cayed manure, preferably should have their tops 
cow mauure, but if this is covered with clean rye 
not readily procurable, straw, evergreen 
our Pure Ground Bone branches, or some mate- 
applied at the rate of 5 terial tied loosely about 
pounds to the square the plant in such a 
yard makes a good manner as to permit 
substitute. some circulation of 
WHEN, WHERE air, the idea being 
AND HOW TO not to keep the 
PLANT.—The best plants warm, but to 
time to plant Roses protect them from 
as supplied by us is the sun and frequent 
just as soon as dan- thawing of the 
ger from severe frost wood, this being 
is over. In the generally the cause 
vicinity of Philadel- of damage. This 
phia this is usually covering should be 
the last week in removed as early in 
April and continuing spring as the weather 
throughout the month becomes reasonably 
of May; but the earlier settled. The plants 
the plants are set out should then be pruned, 
the better the results, removing all the dead 
Always select an open, wood and weak growth, 
sunny position. Roses bearing in mind _ that 
will not succeed in shade. 
In planting set the plants so 
that the ball of earth is about 
1% 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 
severe pruning produces 
quality, light pruning quan- 
tity of flowers. At the same 
time the beds should have a 
careful cleaning, and a further 
supply of fertilizer should be ap- 
plied, which may be forked in to a depth 
of 5 or 6 inches. 
given at once. After this no water need 
be given except during exceptionally dry. weather. 
New Everstoominc Irish Hysrip 
Tea Ross, Berry. 
NEW ROSES FOR 1907. 
Everblooming Irish Hybrid Tea Rose ‘ Betty.”’ 
This, the most important addition to our list of Roses this season, is an introduction of Messrs. Dickson & Sons, Belfast, Ireland, 
who have given us so many good Roses in recent years, chief among which is the now so popular “ Killarney ”’? which was illus- 
trated in color in our Garden Book for 1905, and. which has given such universal satisfaction throughout the country, 
We give herewith, in part, Messrs. Dicksons’ enthusiastic description of this charming new variety, which has been more than 
borne out by the reports furnished us by many Rose fanciers who have seen the variety growing and flowering : 
“ Difficulty is experienced in commanding language to justly describe this exquisite Rose. In stating boldly that it is a 
‘Dickson’ Rose, we infer that its habits, floriferousness and foliage are uniquely Dicksonian. It is the unanimous opinion that 
this class of our seedling Roses is unique, possessing characteristics peculiarly its own. When we refer to such Roses as Belle 
Siebrecht, Killarney, etc., which are prototypes of Betty, and add that the latter has the advantage of being more robust, and of a 
truly unique color, viz.:—ruddy gold (a coppery rose overspread with golden yellow)—some idea of its true worth may probably 
be realized. Its deliciously perfumed blooms are extremely large, fairly full, and of glorious form. We have measured petals 
four to five inches long, and it is never out of bloom from early June until cut off by frost. Its growth is extremely vigorous, 
erect, of free-branching habit. Without a doubt, ‘ Betty’ is the greatest novelty of the past decade, and is a Rose that attracts 
attention, not only from connoisseur, but from the veriest tyro in the Rose world.” 
We have secured from the introducers a fine lot of strong-two-year-old plants, which we offer at $1.00 each ; $10.00 per dozen. 
NEW ROSES are continued on pages 142 and 143. (141) 
