W E MAKE a specialty of the Rose, and 
from the endless list of varieties 
grown, have selected only such 
kinds as we have tested thoroughly, and found to possess 
special merit in color and vigor of growth. We offer our roses 
so cheap that many who receive our Catalogue for the first time 
write to ask us if our roses are well rooted, as they do not see how we can sell good roses so cheap. For the 
benefit of new customers, we wish to state that our roses are strong plants, grown in two-and-a-half and three- 
inch pots, eight to fifteen inches high (the size most florists catalogue as “ Large size, price, 25 cents each ”). 
Our roses are not forced, but they have been grown strong and vigorous, and they will grow at once and begin 
to bloom almost as soon as planted, as hundreds of letters from our customers testify. We ask a trial of our 
roses, and if they do not grow and thrive as we say they will we will cheerfully refund the purchase price. We 
grow all our roses from cuttings, and they are, therefore, on their own roots, so when killed down the new 
shoots that sprout tip are genuine. 
Our stock of roses is immense, and we can fill orders for large quantities. We make a specialty of La 
France, Perle des Jardins, Souvenir de Wootton, The Bride, Meteor, Duchess of Albany, White La France, Papa 
Gontier, Mad. de Watteville, Sunset, Niphetos, Rainbow, Clothilde Soupert, Waban, Marechal Niel, Snowflake, 
Francisca Kruger, Viscountess Folkstone, etc., and will be pleased to quote hundred and thousand rates to 
large buyers. 
NOTES AND CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. 
Preparation op Rose Bed. — Select a sunny spot not undermined by roots of trees, and quite level with 
tin- grass-plat. Prepare your bed by digging to the depth of 18 inches. Any good garden -mold will grow roses, 
but they are especially fond of small clods of clay in the soil. If the bed is not underdrained naturally, provide 
drainage by means of broken bricks and stones at the bottom. Add one-fourth of old, well-rotted cow-manure 
to the soil and clay. Ground-bone ranks next to old cow manure as a fertilizer, and may be used in place of it 
or in addition to it. Roses are rank feeders, and amply repay the food and moisture given them with luxuriance 
and elegance of foliage, and profusion and size of bloom. 
After the plants have been set out, which should be early in the season, keep the soil loose by frequent shal- 
low stirrings till the middle of June, when the bed should be mulched by covering its surface to the depth of an 
inch or so with old manure or any strawy material, to prevent evaporation. An occasional application of manure- 
water greatly stimulates growth, and growth, with most roses, means bloom. 
What Varieties to Plant. — The everblooming or monthly roses are the only really constant bloomers 
we have. They begin to bloom early in the season, or almost as soon as planted, and continue all through the 
summer and autumn months until stopped by freezing weather. They bloom and flourish luxuriantly in all parts 
of the country, from Canada to Mexico. The flowers are of beautiful form, are full and delightfully fragrant, 
and embrace all the lovely shades and colors that roses ever assume. 
Hardy Roses. — This section includes Hybrid Perpetual, Moss and Climbing roses. While they are not 
such constant bloomers as the Teas, Bourbons, Noisettes and Chinas, in May and June they make a gorgeous 
display of deep, rich colors far excelling the everblooming class in size and brilliancy. Most roses of the Hy 
brid Perpetual class give a second crop of bloom in September and October, and in many cases finer flowers than 
those produced in June. 
Tea Roses, Everblooming. — Tea roses are celebrated for the delicious fragrance, exquisite forms and the 
rich, charming tints of their flowers. They form the largest and most popular section of the everblooming roses, 
producing an endless succession of flowers in a favorable climate, and even at the North blooming from the time 
they are planted until stopped by freezing weather. They should be planted in a rich, warm soil, where they 
will be constantly growing, for they bloom as they grow. Where they continue to grow year after year without 
being checked by hard freezes, they form immense masses of foliage, covered with flowers of the largest size, 
which are produced in great abundance. 
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