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It can be checked to a certain extent by sprinkling the 

 leaves with powdered sulphur immediately after its ap- 

 pearance. If, however, this does not check it, dissolve 

 one ounce of potassium sulphuret in two gallons of cold 

 water and apply as a fine spray. 



GREEN FLY OR APHIS— A green sucking insect 

 which usually gathers in great numbers upon the tips of 

 the new growth. A solution of tobacco made from 

 tobacco insecticide soap, which you will find offered 

 elsewhere in this book, will exterminate them. 



The Rose Bug is a familiar insect, appears in the 

 earliest summer, sometimes in great quantities, and is 

 very troublesome. It is a very destructive insect and 

 usually feeds upon the white petals, but is easily de- 

 stroyed by the use of MELROSINE — A new discovery 

 for rose bugs said to be very good. Offered elsewhere. 



BLACK SPOT — A fungous disease, appearing as its 

 name indicates as a black spot upon the leaf, eventually 

 turning yellow and falling. It rarely occurs in the 

 early part of the season and the Teas are almost but not 



quite exempt from its ravages. The best preventive if 

 your bushes have been troubled with it in the past is 

 spraying in April with Bordeaux Mixture before the 

 foliage has developed and not while the flowers are in 

 bloom, because of the discoloration of the foliage. 



HARDINESS — Hardiness in a Rose is a matter of 

 which no one can speak with positive certainty, because 

 the condition of the weather, as a rule, prescribes the 

 hardiness of a plant, as quite frequently plants that 

 have been out year after year will be winter-killed by 

 unusual conditions. 



FOR GROWING ROSES FOR CUT FLOWERS— 

 In greenhouses, such as Columbia, Premier, Killarneys, 

 American Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid Milady, Ophelia, 

 My Maryland, Lady Hillingdon, Sunburst, Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria. For outdoor growing for cut-flower 

 purposes none is better adapted for this than the 

 Cochets and Charles Dingee. 



FOR CEMETERIES— The Souperts, Baby Ram- 

 blers and Memorial or Wichuraiana. 



TERMS, GUARANTEE AND HOW WE SHIP 



TERMS 



Our terms are cash with order. Goods will be shipped 

 C. O. D. if one-half of amount is remitted with order. 

 Money may be sent at our risk by Post Office Order, Ex- 

 press Money Order, Bank Draft, Money (not stamps) 

 in Registered Letter. We will be responsible for the 

 safe carriage of money sent us by any of these ways, 

 and, if lost, we will give full value. Stamps accepted 

 for amounts less than $1.00. Canadian customers can 

 remit by International Money Order on West Grove, 

 Bank Draft or currency in Registered Letter. Can- 

 adian postage stamps have no value here. 



Our Guarantee 



We guarantee safe arrival of all goods, and if they do 

 not arrive in that condition, advise us promptly. Dur- 

 ing the busy season, when it is necessary to do practi- 

 cally the entire business of the year in a period of a few 

 weeks, it is a physical impossibility to answer each and 

 every complaint promptly; but you need have no fear 

 but what the matter will be attended to just as soon as 

 we possibly can reach it, and anything that is not satis- 

 factory will be made so. 



It seems impossible not to make mistakes during the 

 rush season; the right label may be attached to the 

 wrong plant, but we believe the full value is always rep- 

 resented; in fact, we always endeavor to do better 

 than your order calls for. It sometimes happens that a 

 certain variety will run out, and in such cases we reserve 

 the right to substitute another of the same color and of 

 equal, if not better, value unless instructed to the 

 contrary. 



COMPLAINTS— When the goods reach you, if there 

 is any complaint it must be made within ten days, 

 otherwise we cannot entertain it. 



How We Ship 



The first size Roses and other plants, such as Geran- 

 iums, Chrysanthemums, etc., are sent by parcel post 

 prepaid at the prices quoted, soil removed from roots 

 and wrapped in wax paper and damp moss, unless you 

 desire soil left on the roots, when we make an additional 



charge of 1 lc per plant on 12 plants or more and 2c per 

 plant on less than 12 plants, to send by parcel post, or 

 we will send by express at your expense without ad- 

 ditional charge. The two and three-year-old Roses and 

 shrubs are sent by express at your expense, unless you 

 desire to have them sent by parcel post with soil on their 

 roots the same as if they were sent by express. We can 

 send 70 pounds to the first and second and third zones 

 and 50 pounds to the other zones. 



Instructions for Ordering 



PLEASE OBSERVE CAREFULLY— When order- 

 ing, please use the order sheet provided for that purpose 

 whenever possible. Simply fill up the blanks, giving the 

 number and name of the varieties wanted, with size and 

 price; we will understand. 



ORDER EARLY — Many of our customers order 

 early, and the plants are set aside; the earlier you order 

 the better. We will book for delivery whenever you 

 direct, or at the time we consider proper to plant such 

 stock ordered. 



PARCEL POST C. O. D.— If you desire your order, 

 no matter how small, sent C. O. D. by parcel post, we 

 can do so at an additional cost of only 10 cents, pro- 

 vided one-half the amount of the order is sent in ad- 

 vance, and the small fee for the money order, which is 

 3 cents up to $2.50; 5 cents up to $5.00, making it much 

 cheaper than by express, as you have no express charges 

 and additional charge for returning money. 



CANADIAN CUSTOMERS— Canadian laws pro- 

 hibit sending dormant Roses or Shrubs into Canada, 

 except from March 15 to May 15, and from October 7 

 to December 7. All other goods, including our pot- 

 grown Roses, from 3 ] -inch pots and smaller, grown 

 under glass, are admitted at any time. 



FOREIGN ORDERS— Twenty-five per cent extra 

 should be added to orders going outside the United 

 States proper to pay extra cost of packing and postage. 

 To countries with which we have a parcel post, goods 

 can be sent by mail. 



