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PRICES. Each set is priced where offered and each Rose is priced 

 separately in three sizes (pages 13 to 24). Price per doz. (unless otherwise 

 noted) is ten times the price "each." 



IF YOU WISH EXPRESS PREPAID. The one-year size will be 

 sent by mail, postpaid, at prices given. The two-year and *-size must 

 be shipped by express, the purchaser paying express charges upon arrival. 

 But if 5 cents per Rose is added to an order of ten or more plants, we will 

 prepay the charges to destination. We guarantee safe arrival. 



SELECTING. To simplify ordering we have reduced the usual list to 

 include only the most desirable kinds and have made up sets of Roses for 

 special localities. So that, in many cases, all that is necessary when order- 

 ing is simply to send the money and say which sets you want. While 

 you are waiting for the Roses to arrive, prepare the beds for them (see 

 directions, p. 9, and about shipping, p. 35). 



HOW TO GROW ROSES 



A Pleasant Hobbv Growing Roses is not an expensive luxury, neither 



z-L does it require a large amount of hard labor. It 



is not necessary even to go to the expense of preparing the bed to any great 

 extent other than SPADING WELL-DECAYED MANURE DEEPLY IN THE 

 SOIL. However, to raise the very best Roses, it is advisable to trench the soil 

 about two and one-half feet deep. When doing this, throw whatever stones 

 may be found in the soil on a pile by themselves, so that they can be put in the 

 bottom of the trench for drainage. There should be four or five inches of this 

 Provide Drainage drainage material in the bottom of the bed so that 

 B all surplus water will drain away quickly. If the 

 soil is naturally well drained, it will be unnecessary to provide drainage. Nothing 

 is more prejudicial to the health of Roses than poorly drained soil. Refill the 

 trench with the soil taken from it, to which has been added some well-decayed 

 cow-manure, but do not add manure to the top layer of 9 to 12 inches of soil 

 unless very well decayed, for fresh manure, when it comes in direct contact 

 with Rose roots, injures them. It is a good idea to mix with the soil in the bottom 

 of the trench a few broken bones, say a peck for a bed holding a dozen Roses — ■ 

 they will furnish plant-food for the Roses for three or four years to come. Tramp 

 the soil in the bed and let it settle. This work should be done as far in advance 

 of planting as possible, so that the soil will be firm at the time of setting the 

 plants. Should the soil be very light or sandy, it can be greatly improved by 

 mixing A LITTLE CLAY WITH IT WHEN TRENCHING. Heavy soils can be 

 made lighter and more open by adding sand, or even coal-ashes. 



Time to Plant ^ e Dest tmie to plant Roses is in the spring, but hardy 



1 kinds, if they can be had in the dormant state, may be 



planted in the autumn with success if it is more convenient. If planted in the 

 fall, Roses must be carefully protected. In spring, the Hybrid Perpetuals and 

 the Rugosa Roses should be planted as early as the ground can be worked, which 

 is about the last of March in the latitude of Philadelphia. These can be planted 

 out earlier because they are usually sent in the dormant state, but the Roses 

 which are usually in leaf when shipped should not be planted until late April 

 and on until June. The purchaser should understand that many of our Roses 

 are shipped in full leaf, each plant having a good ball of earth, so that there is 

 no danger of its dying. Some of the Hybrid Perpetuals, the Rugosas, Briars and 

 Hardy Climbers are shipped up to mid-April in dormant condition. 



Treatment on Arrival. 



When you receive the Roses, 

 give them the greatest care; 

 never expose the roots to the 

 drying action of spring winds 

 for a moment. A plant with 

 bare roots exposed to the dry 

 air is like a fish out of water. 

 Should the plants, through de- 

 lay in transit, come dried out, 

 as occasionally happens, soak 

 the balls of earth and roots 



Layers of stones like this are not essential if 

 the ground is naturally well drained 



