CROMWELL GARDENS, CROMWELL, CONN. 3 



Greenhouse Roses 



There are less varieties of Roses for the greenhouse than for the garden and this 

 is for the reason that the value of space indoors is such that only the ver>' choice and best 

 can be considered as suitable. These varieties, which are practically all Hybrid Teas, 

 may be divided into two sections or classifications, which are based on the temperature 

 best suited to their respective needs. The class requiring a higher temperature for the 

 Winter months includes some of our very best varieties — My Maryland, Double White 

 Killarney, Mrs. Aaron Ward, Mrs. Charles Russell, IVIrs. Taft and Sunburst, all of them 

 line varieties. A night temperature of 6-4 degrees from November 1st to April will 

 result in more growth and better flowers. Milady, Hadley, ]Mrs. George Shawyer, 

 Killarney Brilliant, the other Killarneys, and the Tea varieties, such as Lady Hillingdon, 

 will give satisfaction at a night temperature of from 58 to 60 degrees during the year. 

 As a general rule, the varieties requiring extra heat in Winter produce better flowers 

 than the other varieties during the Summer months. 



There are certain things which are considered essential to good Rose growing. 

 Good plants grafted on Manetti produce better flowers and more of them. Use soil 

 that is porous and has a clay body. If it is rough and full of turf, it will produce better 

 plants than fine soil, as the roots are more active. Water in abundance if the soil is 

 porous and the plants are grafted. Steam heat is necessary; the handling of a Rose 

 house with hot water only is usually accompanied by disappointment. Nicotine in 



some form, preferably Nico-Fume, can be evaporated on steam pipes to kill insects. Evaporate sulphur on 

 the steam pipes to check mildew on its first appearance and on rainy days as a preventive. Use cow manure 

 in abundance. Make the soil one-third manure and top dress the beds freely with it. These are the essentials. 

 If we can help you grow better Roses we are glad to do so. 



The Novelties of 1914 



Killarney Brilliant. A sport from Killarney, 

 grown in the open ground in England. Kil- 

 larney was introduced in 1898, and since then 

 there have been so many sports that Kil- 

 larney has developed into a type rather than a 

 variety. Messrs. Alexander Dickson & Sons, 

 the original introducers, are to be congratu- 

 lated, sixteen years after the advent of Kil- 

 larney, in giving us now this distinct novelty, 

 which is undoubtedly the best of all varieties 

 of this type. Killarney Brilliant has the 

 same habit of growth and the same free- 

 dom of bloom as its parent, while the flower is 

 twice as large, having 25 to 40 full-sized petals. 

 It will be as useful for Summer blooming as for 

 Winter forcing. The color is a very brilliant 

 pink and varies like Killarney. In bright 

 weather it is almost crimson and in dull weather, 

 when Killarney is so pale, it is as bright as Kil- 

 larney at its best. The sale of Killarney 

 Brilliant a year before its introduction has 

 been larger than that of any other Rose ever 

 sent out in this country. 



GRAFTED 



3- in.: 75c. ea., $7.50 per doz., $45.00 per 100. Kiiiamey Briiiiam 



4- in.: $1.00 ea., $9.00 per doz., $50.00 per 100, 



