ROSES 



Snowdrift. Double white flowers in large clusters. Very free blooming; a. vigorous 

 growing Rose. White is a color that is always welcome. 



TausendschSn. Flowers vary from pink to white. 



ROSA Wichuraiana. Trailing Rose. This horrible name prevented its general use 

 until Peter Henderson named it "Memorial Rose," and pictured it in the magazines 

 on a grave. The species is native on the cliffs in China. Will make a big mat of 

 glossy, healthy leaves covered with sprays of creamy white flowers with the perfume 

 of the Tea Rose. The little red seed pots are held all Winter for the bluebirds and 

 robins in the Spring before they can get worms. It will hold a sand dune and in the 

 moist ocean air repeat its July blooming in August. Use it to edge off your planta- 

 tions of shrubbery; weave it in among them to cover the bare ground and to cover 

 the road bank. 



ROSA RUGOSA 



ROSA rugosa. Is now well known from its use in shrubbery; planting, especially at the 

 seaside. Will make a big mass of level top foliage 4 ft. high. The foliage is darker 

 green than the Privet and more glossy. Big, crimson apples through the Summer 

 and all Winter, its chief attraction. Near the ocean these are 13^ in. in diameter and 

 are edible. The birds have scattered the seed and it has run wild on the beach at 

 Long Branch, and St. James. You can use it for a hedge, for holding sand dunes, mixing 

 in on a railroad bank with trailing Roses, or out on the hills with Bayberry and 

 Blackberry or underneath your Pine grove. Flowers are rose-pink about 3 in. across, 

 the first Rose to bloom starting about May 15th, two weeks ahead of the rose bugs. 

 If you cut back part of the stems in the Winter, you will get two crops of bloom. 

 6-12 in. high 20c. each, $1.50 per 10, $12.00 per 100 



1 ft. high 30c. each, 2.50 per 10, 20.00 per 100 



2 ft. high 75c. each, 6.00 per 10, 50.00 per 100 



R. Hugonis. Father Hugho's Rose. A new Rose from China with beautiful single 

 yellow flowers. The earliest Rose to bloom. It makes a bush about 4 feet high. 



$2.50 each. 



R. humilis. You will recognize this in the upland fields because it is a foot high, with 

 usually one flower rather than several in a cluster. Dig up some, bring them in and 

 feel that you are master of your landscape. 



50c. each, $4.50 per 10. 



R. nitida. Northeastern Rose. In the Winter the deep red twigs of a mass of these 

 wild Roses, topped off by the glowing crimson fruits is an element of beauty that 

 should not be omitted. Some groups of plants are like the junk man, getting a living 

 out of what otherwise goes to waste. You can plant shrubs and trees in a way to 

 catch the leaves that blow from your neighbors or which they wastefully burn. The 

 main factor is that the stems come thickly out of the ground. Will be glad to talk 

 them over with you. 



50c. each, $4.50 per 10, $40.00 per 100. 



Map from The Use of Lime on the Soil. N. Y. State College 

 of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. Shaded area, soil which is moderate o r 

 low in lime. White area, very low in lime. This is why plants which 

 tolerate acid soil thrive on Long Island, as Potatoes, Rye, Strawberries, 

 Blueberry, Lupin, White Oak and Rhododendrons. Plants for dry and 

 acidlsoils are not the easiest to grow or transplant. The difficulties have been overcome and you feel assured 

 that Hicks Nurseries will supply what is best for your land. See also La Motte Chemical Products Co. 

 Baltimore, and B. T. Wherry, Washington Academy of Sciences. 



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