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The Haskell Avenue Floral Co., Dallas, Texas 
| Notes About Roses 
We make the culture ol the Rose our leading specialty, and nowhere can a better 
assortment of this beautiful plant be found, that are adapted to this climate, than in 
our grounds. We do not grow anything that is not first-class in this climate, and for 
this reason do not offer some sorts that are offered by other houses ; and another thing 
we do is to guard against varieties that are so nearly alike as to have no particular 
distinction. We claim to be the largest growers of the queen of flowers in the South, 
and nowhere in the South can you find as complete and desirable a collection as we offer. 
ri A Tiyf to send out larger and finer plants for the money than any 
1-1 other house. We can grow a plant to double the size, in 
the same time that it takes to grow it in a colder climate. Our plants are acclimated 
to this climate, and will make fine bloomers the first season : northern growers 
do not produce a Rose in two years that equals our one-year field-grown. 
AN ESSENTIAL POINT in successful Rose culture is to secure good, strong plants, 
and give them careful attention after they are planted until they have a good start; 
and good care after they have a start will pay well for the time spent. All of our 
plants are on their own roots, a very important item for those who do not have much 
time to keep wild suckers off budded plants. You may find some one offering a 
plant or two more for the money than we do, but when you take into consideration 
the size and vigor of our stock, we think you will see that the best are the cheapest. 
We are willing to back up our statement that no better plants can be procured any- 
where than we send out. 
ROSES WILL DO WELL in any ordinary soil, but a poor soil should be well enriched 
by the liberal use of good bone meal, or old rotten stable manure will do; never use 
fresh manure of any kind. A sand or clay loam is the best soil, where it is to be had, 
but a Rose will do well in any soil with the proper care. The soil should be worked 
often, and in summer it is a good plan to mulch the ground all around the plants with 
stable-litter, or straw cut short; this keeps the soil moist, saves a good deal of 
watering, and will be found very beneficial. 
HOW TO PLANT ROSES. If field-grown plants, received by express, unwrap the 
roots and plunge them into a tub of water for a couple of hours. Spade up the ground 
all around where they are to be planted (not a little hole) good and deep, and pulver- 
