New Guide to Rose Culture for 1907 



FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS we have made Rose growing a 

 specially. We are the pioneers in this present great industry, and since the time 

 we first sent Roses by mail, up to the season of 1907, we have grown and shipped to 

 all quarters of the globe many million plants. In the most unlikely places, in our 

 lost distant States, and even in many foreign countries ; in the magnificent and well- 

 ippointed gardens of the rich, and in the more numerous homes of the poor, where all are 

 ondly cherished, the D. & C. Roses have been and are flourishing to-day. This article 

 ives a brief epitome of their culture for the benefit of amateur cultivators. Even the most 

 laexperienced should succeed in growing perfect roses by following the hints herein mentioned. 

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D. & C. Customers are the Best Served Flower Buyers in America 



I How to Proceed 



The first and primary consideration is to buy good plants, 

 or no matter how careful and attentive one may be, good 

 esults cannot come from poor stock. Buy your stock from a 

 eliable florist, and beware of him who would give you some- 

 hing for nothing. 



Outdoor Cultivation of Roses 



' Roses may be grown to perfection in ordinary garden soil, 

 iielect, if possible, the most sheltered sunny location for plant- 

 ng, avoiding the close proximity of large trees, whose dense 

 foliage and extending roots absorb all the life-sustaining 

 nutrition of the soil ; young trees and dwarf shrubbery will 

 QOtbe hurtful. 



Preparation of Soil 



Should the soil you hare at disposal be naturally poor, it 

 may be made fertile by substituting a quantity of loam, which 

 can readily be obtained under the sod by the roadside or 

 from the fields. To still further enrich the soil, and where it 

 is accessible, add to each wheelbarrow load of loam about 

 one-third ixa bvilk of well-rotted stable manure, also some 



sand. If there be a lack of this constituent. Spade to a depth 

 of twelve inches ; thoroughly mixing and having proceeded 

 thus far, a substantial foundation for future good results ha« 

 been made. 



Fertilizers 



Fine, well-decomposed stable manure is the best fertilizer 

 for general purposes. If this cannot be obtained, fine grotmd 

 bone or commercial fertilizers may be employed, but they 

 should be applied conservatively, for if used too freely they 

 are likely to injure the plants. None but such fertilizers that 

 are free from acids should be used. Manure applied in the 

 fall will serve as a partial protection over winter and in the 

 spring it will be beneficial as a mulch. 



Unpacking Plants 



When the plants are received, if for any reason it is desired 

 to defer immediate planting, place the plants in the cellar or 

 any moderately warm place, protect from the sun, set them 

 upriglit, admitting the free circulation of air, and water freely 

 from time to time. A slight covering of soil around the roots 

 will be beneficial. Should they have a withered appearance, 

 caused by an unusual delay in transit (which seldom occurs\ 

 soak them in lukewarm water for an hour or »o th?fore plant- 

 ing, to restore their vitality. 



