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T II E GARDEN M A G AZIN E 
March, 1915 
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I The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. 
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* Address 
THE READERS’ SERVICE gives 
information regarding Poultry, Ken- 
nel and Live Stock. 
Apples $10 per 100 
Hardy, healthy 3-year old trees. 
Good tops, heavy roots. Grown in 
the fertile Genesee valley. 
Peach Trees $8 per 100. Grape Vines, 
Berry Plants, 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses 
Complete assortment, first-class stock, 
lowest wholesale prices. Buy di- 
rect from grower. Send for catalog 
today. 
JgroversW 1 1 
TREES 
CGROW4 
Grover Nursery Co. 
94 Trust Building 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
How to Have Success with Roses 
O NE thing you should keep steadfastly in mind 
when buying rose plants is that the American 
rose need offer no apology for its existence and that 
the title “home grown” should be looked upon 
with favor rather than with suspicion. Be willing 
to pay a fair price for your rose plants, have them 
on their own roots or budded low, and buy from a 
reputable firm. Then give them the care that is 
necessary for all plants in the open. 
Because of a very natural desire to dig up a bar- 
gain we are very apt to accept stock without 
sufficient investigation, shutting our eyes to its 
very obvious faults simply because the pi ice is low. 
These plants are budded on stock with a stem any- 
where from six inches 
to two feet long, horti- 
cultural giraffes, with 
bunches of fibreless 
roots that need pro- 
fessional handling to 
coax even a meagre 
yield of blossoms. And 
they are apt to sucker. 
When your stock is 
received from the nur- 
sery do not make the 
very common mistake 
of supposing that just 
because the plants are 
dormant they do not 
require careful hand- 
ling. Get them into 
the ground just as soon 
as possible. If some- 
thing makes immedi- 
ate planting impos- 
sible, unpack the roses 
and either heel them 
in the ground, in 
trenches, or puddle the 
roots in mud or put 
them in water. The 
object is to keep the 
roots from drying up, which is injurious even 
to dormant plants. 
After the rose plants are in the ground they will 
require constant attention. You must be “on the 
job” from the appearance of the first leaf through 
all the subsequent weeks, ever ready to fight off 
the host of pests that await an opportunity to 
destroy. Daily spraying will ward off more than 
80 per cent, of all rose troubles. Use a strong 
The same plant with the sucker removed. Not very much 
is left! 
stream and go into all the “d{irk corners” of the 
plants, flooding out the enemy. A handy thing 
to use for this work is a right-angled sprayer that 
can be fitted on the hose and with its graduated 
spray very effective work can be easily done. In 
conjunction with this another sprayer, made from 
a rose such as is on watering pots, can be fitted 
with a coupling with which to fasten it to the hose. 
These two sprayers should be used daily with a 
good force of water. 
An early application of hellebore, should be sifted 
on from a tin can kept for that purpose. 
Massachusetts. L. J. Doogue. 
We desire to call attention to 
A Few Specialties 
which we believe we have in larger supply 
and of better quality than can generally 
be obtained. All of our EVERGREENS 
are trimmed transplanted, and root 
pruned frequently, and will lift with fine 
balls of earth. Our stock of large specimen 
Rhododendrons 
is unequaled. We grow only the very hardiest 
varieties — those that have been tested and that 
are thoroughly dependable. We believe we 
have the largest stock of large specimen rhodo- 
dendrons to be found anywhere in this country. 
Our plants have been grown on our own grounds 
for a dozen or more years, and are thoroughly ac- 
climatized, so that they are preferable to any 
imported plants. While we can supply smaller 
sized plants, we are particularly strong on plants 
ranging in height from three to six feet. 
We call particular attention, also, to the 
following 
Evergreens 
Very large specimen Hemlocks from six to twelve 
feet in height, sheared, fine compact specimens, 
exceptionally fine stock. 
Juniperus Virginiana glauca, fine pyramidal spec- 
imens four to eight feet in height. 
Juniperus Pfitzeriana, large stock of fine speci- 
mens from two to six feet in height. 
Thuya Standishi, or Sitka Arbor Vitae, the hard- 
iest of all arbor vitas. Fine specimens five to 
nine feet in height. 
Colorado Blue Spruce. Our stock of this in large 
specimen trees is unequaled. We can supply 
trees in any size from three to twelve feet in 
height — absolutely perfect specimens, all of the 
true Koster type. Very low prices for carload lots. 
Taxus cuspidata. We have an unequaled stock 
of this rare and valuable evergreen, which we 
can supply from three to four feet in height — 
broad, fine, perfect specimens. 
Dogwoods 
We have an unusually fine stock of very large 
specimens of 'While- flowered Dogwoods — one of 
the most beautiful of our American trees — 
plants ranging in height from six to twelve feet; 
also a fine lot of Red-flowered Dogwoods five to 
six feet in height. These large red-flowered 
dogwoods are very scarce. 
Japanese Maples 
An unusually fine lot of specimen plants of 
atropurpureum sanguineum and dissectum, well- 
grown specimens from four to six feet in height. 
Hydrangeas 
Grown in large tubs and half -barrels for summer - 
blooming, Otaksa and the new French varieties. 
Catalogue of “Choice Ornamental Trees 
and Shrubs” mailed free on application. 
Roses 
We make a specialty of roses and will be 
glad to quote, on application, prices on all the 
new and standard varieties particularly among 
which may be mentioned Prince E. C. d’Aren- 
berg, Francis Scott Key and Ophelia, Killamey 
Queen, etc. 
F. R. PIERSON 
Tarrytown-on-Hudson, New York 
Telephone: Tarrytown, 48 
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