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first hard freeze. The soil itself is a good protection. 

 When protecting the Teas and Hybrid Teas it is a good 

 plan to mound the earth about each plant, or use clean 

 sand about six inches deep, then fill in between the 

 mounds with strawy stable manure, the coarser the better. 

 The uncovered tops may be tied up with straw or burlap. 

 This protection should be gradually removed in March in 

 the latitude of Philadelphia, or as soon as all danger of 

 hard freezing is over. The tender Roses may also be 

 wintered in boxes or pots of soil in a cool cellar or heeled 

 in (the earth itself). Where you have a dirt floor two 

 or three waterings will be required during the winter, 

 just sufficient to prevent drying out. 



Diseases and Insects 



MILDEW — This disease very frequently attacks the 

 foliage of Roses, especially the Crimson Rambler. It is 

 ^rfbwn by a grayish crinkling appearance of the leaves 

 and usually occurs after a change in the temperature. 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 earli- 

 est 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 destroyed 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 de- 

 veloped 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 con- 

 dition 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 Ramblers 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 

 tost, we will give full value. Stamps accepted for amounts 

 less than $1.00. Canadian customers can remit by Inter- 

 national Money Order on West Grove, Bank Draft or 

 currency in Registered Letter. Canadian 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. During 

 the busy season, when it is necessary to do practically 

 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 satisfac- 

 tory 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 represented; 

 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, other- 

 wise 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 pre- 

 paid 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 IV2C 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 additional 

 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 

 50 pounds to the first and second zones and 20 pounds 

 to the other zones. 



Instructions for Ordering 



PLEASE OBSERVE CAREFULLY— When ordering, 

 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, provided one- 

 half the amount of the order is sent in advance, 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 addi- 

 tional charge for returning money. 



CANADIAN CUSTOMERS — Canadian laws prohibit send- 

 ing 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 1/2 -inch pots and smaller, grown under glass, are ad- 

 mitted 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. 



