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Various Purposes for Which Roses Are Suited 



(Also Key to descriptions on pages 20 to 25) 



Garden. Recommended for general lawn or garden cultivation. 



Bedding, i. e., free-flowering and of rather compact growth — good 

 for massing in beds, either several of a kind or with other bedding 

 Roses. 



Pillar. Excellent for training up to a low pillar, stake or post. 



Arch. For covering an archway. 



Pergola. For growing over a pergola. 



Wall. Suitable for training up the face of a wall or side of a build- 

 ing. 



Creeping. Good for covering a bank, stumps, rocks, etc. 



Trellis. Grows well on a trellis. 



Bush. Makes a good bush when planted alone and allowed to 

 develop. 



Pot, or Cut-flowers. Those that have particularly long stems and 

 other qualities that make them peculiarly fitted for cutting. Good 

 also under glass. 



Edging. Makes an excellent edging to a Rose bed or other border. 



Hedge. Adapted for making a hedge, either all one kind or with 

 others. 



Tree or Standard. Kinds that do well in tree form, as illustrated 

 on page 31. 



Selecting, To simplify ordering, we have reduced the usual list 

 and include only the most desirable kinds, and we have made up sets 

 of Roses for special localities. So that, in many cases, all that is 

 necessary when ordering is simply to send the money and say 

 which sets you want. See pages 26 to 31. 



The kind of Roses that one buys is of great Importance to the 

 purchaser. Our Roses are nearly all grown on their own roots, which 

 we believe are better than budded Roses, except in the case of nat- 

 urally weak-growing kinds. A budded Rose is one which has been 

 grafted onto the root of a wild Rose. If the top of budded Roses be 

 winterkilled, the roots left are worthless — not so with the "own-root" 

 Roses, which, if killed back, will grow up again from the root to 

 bloom as fine as ever. 



Sizes (See illustrations, page 12) 



The One-year-old Roses are usually greenhouse-grown, but 

 are well hardened with strong roots and bushy tops, from 6 to 15 

 inches high, according to variety. This size gives such a harvest of 

 bloom as to more than compensate one for the outlay the first year. 



Two-year-old Roses are the regular large size and should bloom 

 abundantly the first year. Usually they are greenhouse grown, with 

 specially fibrous roots and well-branched tops from i foot to 2^ feet 

 high; the size depends upon the variety and habit of growth. Some 

 varieties can be supplied in field-grown, dormant plants until April. 



Three- and Four-year-old Roses. These plants are very large, 

 and will produce a big crop of flowers the first year if they are given 

 any attention. The greater show that this class of plants will make 

 the first year will amply repay the slight extra cost. 



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