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NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 
Strong field growi, 1 year, 25 cents each, Si2.60 per doz., except where other- 
wise noted; 2 year old, extra strong, 36 cents each, §3.50 per doz. 
Of all the flowers which man has taken in his care the rose has reached the 
highest degree of popularity. She is the queen of flowers, the flower of the 
poets, and wall always be the dearest of flowers to the lovers of the beautiful. 
While wild roses are met wth in almost every country, the cultivation of 
the rose began probably at the same time when the ci^ilization of man be- 
gan, and with the cultivation of man that of the rose has kept pace, being 
now at the same height of development as is humanity. 
Of the many thousands of varieties w^hich have for centuries been intro- 
duced by the hybridizers those of each succeeding century show' a marked 
improvement over those of the foregoing. Of the roses w'hich were consid- 
ered the best only a century ago only very few are grown today. 
Many hundreds of different varieties have been tried on our grounds, and 
of all only such are described in the following list which in our judgment are 
the very best for outdoor planting. 
Fortunately we live in a climate w'here even the tender roses stand the 
winter without cover, and any of the roses in this catalogue may be planted 
outdoors. 
Plant your roses in an open place, never try to grow' roses in the shade of 
trees. The plants you receive from us are grown by the latest methods of 
cultivation, w'hich we practice together with a means of accumulating power 
and strength in the young plants, and which is just the opposite from forcing 
roses in greenhouses for bloom. Do not set out your roses the way you get 
them, but trim off at least one-balf of the w'ood. Slow-growing sorts should 
be trimmed more severely than the quick-growing varieties. 
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fen ift bie rcictiftc. 
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boten. f^-olqenbe I'ifte entfiiilt bie beften nnb nlleifeinften iHofen, nield)e e§ 
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CRIMSON AND RED. 
American Beauty, hardy rose, of largest size, having the everblooming 
qualities of the tea rose, with the delicious odor of the Damask or Moss Rose. 
