THE ROSE 



that you have got kinds that you did not order, 

 and did not care for. The honest dealer never 

 plays this trick on his customers. If he hasn't 

 the kinds you order, he will tell you so. There- 

 fore, before ordering, try to find out who the 

 honest dealers are, and give no order to any firm 

 not well recommended by persons in whose opin- 

 ion you have entire confidence. There are scores 

 of such firms, but they do not advertise as exten- 

 sively as the newer ones, because they have many 

 old customers who do their advertising for them 

 by " speaking good words " in their favor to 

 friends who need anything in their line. 



I would advise purchasing two-year-old 

 plants, always. They have much stronger roots 

 than those of the one-year-old class, and will give 

 a fairly good crop of flowers the first season, as 

 a general thing. And when one sets out a new 

 [Rose, he is always in a hurry to see " what it 

 looks like." 



Be sure to buy plants on their own roots. It 

 IS claimed by many growers that many varieties 

 of the Rose do better when grafted on vigorous 

 stock than they do on their own roots, and this 

 is doubtless true. But it is also true that the 

 stock of these kinds can be increased more rap- 

 idly by grafting than from cuttings, and, because 



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