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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



WINTER PROTECTION OF ROSES. 



Fall Treatment. — In the fall, tlie Rose beds slioukl have a good dressinjj of stable manure, or any fertilizing 

 material that is convenient. The winter rains will carry the strength down to the roots, and the reniaiiiiug matter 

 makes a nice niulcli, which in many places is all the protection that is necessary. In very cold localities it is a good 

 plan to cover the beds all over witli old sods, fresh earth, or coal ashes, from three to six inches deep. 



Where the winters are not very severe tender Roses maybe nicely covered with clean Rye straw, forest 

 leaves, or Evergreen branches, but care must be taken not to put it on too thick; the covering should permit con- 

 siderable circulation of air, and should not retain water; and nothing should be used that will ferment, lieat or rot. 

 The oliject of covering is not to keep tlie plants warm, but to break the force of sudden and violent changes, particu- 

 larly in March, when the plants should be protected from the sun rather than cold; the sudden thawing of the frozen 

 wood doing the damage. 



Do not Cover too soon. — "Whatever covering is used, it should not be put on till late in tlie season, when the 

 plants are well matured and severe weather chise at hand ; moderate freezing is not injurious. 



Xewly Planted Roses not Hardy. — It should be understood that a certain degree of growth and development 

 is necessary to enable even Hardy Roses and plants to bear Northern winters. If newly planted just before cold 

 weather, they cannot bear tlie winter; tliey must be planted early enough in the season to make considerable growth 

 and get well established before cold weather begins, otherwise they will most likely be winter-killed, in spite of any 

 protection that can be given. 



The Best Way. — In places where the winters are not more severe than at Philadelphia, many varieties of the 

 Ever-Blooming Roses are nearly iiardy, and we tliink the best way to treat them is to leave all in open ground, an I 

 give whatever covering may be convenient. Experience jiroves that the loss will be as light in this way as any other, 

 and it is much the least trouble. 



When to Uncover. — Do not uncover in the spring till frost has left the ground and there is a prospect of reason- 

 ably settled weather. When uncovered the plants should be carefully pruned, taking care to remove all dead wood, 

 and the beds should be nicely dug over and raked. 



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Tp pEWEpT I(O^Ep. 



We try all the latest introductions; being in correspondence with the leading rose growers here and in Europe, and 

 make it a special study to discard worthless sorts, and recommend only the best in protection of our customers' inter- 

 ests. The sizes of the plants of some new sorts, unless they are offered in large sizes, are sometimes disappointing to 

 the amateur; this arises from the great demand and short time given to propagate stock. 



W\ MAJESTY." 



This grand new Rose is a cross between the hybrid per- 

 petual Mabel Morrison and Tea Canary. Its immense 

 size, perfect symmetry, and exquisite coloring, combine 

 til make it I'lie Rose ; it is, in a nutshell, the largest and 

 finest Rose ever introduced. It will be of special interest 

 to llorists who grow Roses for the cut blooms, as well as 

 the amateur. The grand flowers of Baroness Rothschild, 

 Puil Xeyron, Anna de Diesbach, Mad. Gabriel Luizet, 

 and others of this class produced of late years, have devel- 

 oped a taste for very large Roses, which will be abun- 

 dantly gratified by " Her Majesty." It is of most 

 Mgorous growth and entirely hardy. The following 

 extracts from the reports of noted authorities will cou- 

 \ L\ some idea of its great merit. 



Ckystal Palace Shotv, July 1, 1882. — "In the 

 cl i-s for new Roses, a first-class certificate was awarded 

 to Mr. Bennett, for 'Her Majesty;' there were twelve 

 blooms exhibited; it is of the Baroness Rothschild type, 

 but far sujierior to that or any other Rose of the same 

 Color. It is a pale-shaded rosy jiink ; the flowers are 

 ot large size and of fine form. This will prove a grand 

 acquisition to Rose exhibitors." — Tlie Gardeners' Chrun- 

 ic/e, London, July 8, 18s2. 



' ' Her Majesty ' is a large full Rose of a uniform deli- 

 cate rose color: a superb acquisition." — IVie Garden, 

 London, July 8, 1882. 



" ' Her Majesty,' a superb hybrid perpetual, of a deli- 

 cate shade of rose pink." — Gardeners' Magazine, London, 

 March .31, 1883. 



Natioxai. Ro.se Society, held at South Kensington, 

 July 8, 1883. — "The gold medal of the Society was 

 awarded to Mr. H. Bennett, for his superb new Rose, 

 'Her Majesty,' of which he showed some marvellously fine examples, the flowers being fully 6 inches across, of fine 

 shape and very full, while the color is a pleasing rose' pink. It is not only the finest Rose of its color, but unques- 

 tionably the finest new Rose of the season. 



" There were no fewer than 27 collections of 12 trusses of any Rose. The finest amongst this large number was the 

 collection of that grand new Rose, ' Her Majesty,' shown bv the raiser, Mr. Bennett." — The Garden, London, July 7, 1883. 

 " The Americans will be in possession of the largest Rose ever raised, and one that will be sure to be sought for by 

 growers on this side of the Atlantic." — The Garden, London, February 14, 1885. 



Strong blooming plants, S3. 00 each. Young plants, ready in April, $2.00 each ; $20.00 per dozen. 

 Very handsome colored plates of this Rose will be sent for 25 cts. each by mail ; or " Her Majesty " and " Wm. Francis 

 Bennett" for 40 cts. Remittance can be made in postage stamps. 





■ Hek Majesty." 



