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"WHAT VARIETIES SHALL I PLANT?" 



That is the vital question. There are about 10,000 varieties in all, so 

 that much of your success and satisfaction will depend upon having this 

 question properly answered. 



Liberty H. Bailey, of Cornell University, and editor of the Cyclopedia 

 of American Horticulture, says : '' The selection of the Rose in this country 

 is very largely a question of the selection of adaptable varieties." 



Pemberton, in his excellent work on "' Roses," says to beginners, '^ state 

 your requirements to a friend who is an expert, and leave the selection to 

 him." Many of our customers do '' leave the selection to us" — even from 

 far-off Bagdad, in Asia, come orders asking us to select Roses *' suitable 

 for that country." 



It is fun to select for one -self, however, if one can, and you can if you 

 follow closely the next five pages. 



Do you live in a temperate climate or a very cold one, or is your gar- 

 den in the sunny Southland, where the Frost King never reigns? Because 

 some members of this wonderful Rose family are very sensitive to frost. If 

 you want Roses for bedding purposes you will want kinds that will, (1) 

 with protection, live outdoors over winter in your locality; (2) they should 

 be (not pillars or climbers), but reasonably dwarf, and (3) you will proba- 

 bly want them as free-flowering as possible. 



The following sets contain the pick of the R )ses which have measured 

 up to requirements like the above, and kinds which have proved themselves 

 "best by test," in our own and the gardens of our patrons almost everywhere. 



"THEY SAY!" 



Tlie Roses I jjot <>f you Inst season were a 

 surprise to me in tlie beauty of the flowers and 

 the size of the plants; had Roses all summer 

 until winter, accept my best wishes for the 

 years to come.— C. W. Maddox, Butler, Mo., 

 1-2U-08. 



You can most assuredly quote me as a most 

 enthusiastic believer in "Conard & Jones" 

 Roses. Out of over seven hundred. I only lost 

 three. I shall be pleased to show any one you 

 choose to send to my Rose-garden, or you may 

 use my name as reference in any way you see 

 tit. Thanking you, I am most sincerely.— Kate 

 F D . New Castle. Del , Sept. 30, 1908. 









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