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CULTURE 
TIME TO PLANT.— The rose may be set out at any season of the year. The best time, naturally, 
is in the early spring months. For planting from November to March, we would advise taking stock 
from the open ground with naked roots, as we can give a much stronger and larger bush than grown 
in pots. We also raise roses in pots for the convenience of customers desiring to plant ni the late sprnig 
and summer months. 
HOW TO PLANT.— Having enriched the soil with decayed manure, dig a much larger hole than 
the roots absolutelv require; then, placing the bush in natural position, throw some fine soil upon the 
roots; lift the stock' gently up and down, so the soil can settle amongst the fibrous roots; add the remain- 
ing soil, pressing gently with the foot. •„ ■ u 
When flowers on the bush become decayed, remove them; this permits new growth, which will yield 
your next blooms. 
PRUNING —Should be done in December and January. Prune back and thin out as imfch as possible; 
because if you leave too many branches the bush cannot sustain them all, and the flowers will be small 
and the stenis short. Better have ten creditable blooms than fifty impoverished ones. 
WATERING.— The best way to do this is to dig a ditch among your bushes and run the water in 
it; by this means the water gets to the roots; avoid surface watering, which in a great many cases bakes 
the surface and does not reach the roots. Better one good soaking once a week than sprinkling them 
every day. Water every three weeks, during summer months, with a liquid cow manure. 
VARIETIES TO PLANT.— The Tea or Ever-blooming; Hybrid Tea; Bengal; Bourbon; Noisette; 
these bloom continuously the whole season. 
Hybrid perpetiials bloom with short intervals throughout the season, flowers generally very large, 
double and fragrant. 
Moss Roses, planted in rich soil, form beautiful buds with a mossy covering. 
Polyantlia, Baby or Fairy Roses, are little gems; they are covered with hundreds of small, double, 
fragrant flowers; very suitable for edging or pot culture. 
Climbing Roses are very beautiful, and should be planted against trellises, porches, walls, etc. 
DISEASES. 
APHIS or GREEN FLY.— Is a small green louse, appearing on the young, tender shoots and buds; 
they are very prolific in breeding. Through their slender beak they suck the juices of the plant, always 
working at the tender shoots, and will in a short time, if unmolested, destroy the vigor and vitality of any 
rose they infest. , 
Remedies.— Toiaf CO in any form is fatal to them; sprinkle powdered tobacco on the bushes, the 
best time being in the morning when there is moisture on the leaves; soak tobacco stems in water till it 
is about the color of weak tea; apply with a syringe; when possible fumigate the plants with tobacco 
smoke. Another remedy, take i lb. of quassia {Quassia anuara) chips (which can be obtained froni us 
and costs 15c per pound") and put in 4 gallons of water and boil for 10 minutes; after straining off the 
chips, add i lb. soft soap. This to be applied with a syringe. 
MILDEW.— When plants become covered with a whitish-looking mold or dust the disease is Mil- 
tie w. Unless a very severe attack, it will probably not kill them, but retard their growth. It is induced 
by sudden atmospheric changes, and is generally worse in the spring, when the nights are cold and the 
(lays warm; the best plan is'not to wait till the disease appears, but, "taking time by the forelock," 
dust them in the morning with powdered sulphur, or if the disease has made its appearance, syringe 
with a weak solution of sulphide of potassium. 
ROSE SLUG.— About the size of the common house-fly, which comes out of the ground in early 
spring. The best remedies are powdered white hellebore, or a solution of whale oil soap. 
ROSE BUG.— Is of a grayish color and about half an inch in length. It appears suddenly in early 
spring and feeds on the opening buds and flowers, which it prefers to the foliage, and seems to be 
more fond of white and light-colored flowers than of those which are dark. The best and really only 
j.ure is hand picking. 
For Novelties see Novelty List (at beginning of Catalogue). 
Roses of Recent Introduction. 
Baronne Berge ( Tea). Same form as Madame Cusiii, but is of a light flesh color, with deeper shadings. 
Price, 3-inch pots, 25c each. 
Beauts Inconstant ( Tea, 1892). This rose, from France, is very remarkable in many respects, but the 
most notable feature is the way in which it changes color; they bear at the same time coppery-yellow, 
deep rose, blush pink, mottled yellow, bright and dark crimson flowers. A plant of this beautiful 
rose when in full bloom, presents a sight that is at once novel and pleasing. Price, 2i-inch pots, 20c 
each $2.00 per dozen; 3 inch pots, 30c each; $3.00 per dozen. 
Belle Siebrecht(/35'*;7V/ Tea. iSg^). This rose comes to us from the east, very highly recommended. 
It is a cross between La France and Lady Mary Fif:wiUiam; color imperial pink; the buds (which 
are borne on .strong, erect stems, ij feet to 2 feet long) are tapering, 2J inches to 3 inches 
long, and when fully open measure 5V inches to 6 inches in diameter, without showing the center; 
they are of great substance, lasting for a long time; the petals are of heavy texture. It is a most 
profuse bloomer, sweetly perfumed; is a free and vigorous grower; with large, glossy foliage, of 
leathery texture; entirely free from mildew. Taken all in all, there has been no such rose introduced 
of late years. Price, 24-inch pots, 50c each; fs.oo per dozen. 
