Little Silver, N. J. ^.^^^^ Select Hardy Roses 



STANDARD OR TREE ROSES 



Conrad F. Meyer Roses on Eugosa stocks. They were planted in May and photographed late in 

 September of the same year. 



There are but few things in horticulture so strikingly beautiful and so picturesque as Tree Roses; 

 the displays of them in England and Germany, when in flower, being truly marvelous. Until recent 

 years, these standards were produced only by "working" the different varieties upon stocks of the dog 

 rose, which, unfortunately, does not succeed in our American climate of bright sunshine and dry 

 atmosphere: hence, in the past. Tree Roses were short lived and unsatisfactory in the United States. 

 It is with joy I am able to state we now have Standard Roses, '"worked" or budded upon Rosa 

 ruf/osa stocks, and we may now have and enjoy these objects of great beauty with the same meas- 

 ure of perfection and satisfaction as our English or German friends. 



To avoid the almost fatal check that Standard Roses suffer in transplating. when sent out in 

 the usual way, I grow them in wooden tubs which are shipped with the plants. Of course, the plants 



should be removed from tubs when planted in 

 the garden. 



CONRAD F. MEYER.— In 1909 my attention 

 was called to the signal success and marvelous 

 beauty of the Conrad F. Meyer Rose, grown as 

 a standard upon the stock of Rosa rugosa. I at 

 once set about growing a quantity of them and 

 now have a supply of several hundred remark- 

 ably strong, handsome plants of it, grown in 

 this way. The plant from which the photo re- 

 produced here was taken is much larger and still 

 finer than when photographed five years ago. 

 It produced the past summer over a thousand 

 roses as perfect, as beautiful and as deliciously 

 fragrant as one can possibly imagine. In fact, 

 this beautiful, pink, fragrant rose grows upon 

 the Rugosa stock with the vigor of an apple or 

 pear tree. There is a great surprise of delight 

 in store for all who plant it, grown in this way: 

 for the "trees" continue to flower all summer 

 and autumn. Note the illustration above, the one 

 of a single tree on this page and of its flowers 

 on page 30. Price, with tub, $1.50 each; four 

 for $5.00. 



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BABY RAMBLER STANDARDS 



These I have learned, by trial, are very satis- 

 factory grown as Standards upon the Rosa rugosa 

 stock and give a constant and generous display 

 of flowers from early in June until October. I can 

 supply them in the' Crimson Baby, Orleans, Pink 

 Baby and White Baby (described on pages 29 and 

 30). Price, in tub, each $1.25. 



(See page 34 for other Standard Roses.) 



