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FAIRFAX FARMS NURSERY 
HOW TO SUCCEED WITH ROSES. 
If a Rose can be planted in the fall, it will, long before spring, put out 
tiny rootlets and establish itself, ready for a good season’s growth. They may 
also be planted in open weather in winter with results only a little less satis¬ 
factory. If planted in spring they are a little less likely to live, and in any 
event will be slower coming into bloom. 
A soil for Roses should be well-drained but moist and fibrous, and not less 
than eighteen inches deep. Sometimes a soil replacement will be required 
when it is desired to grow Roses in a position where the original soil is not 
suitable. A good mixture for filling the beds, in this case is best made by 
composting, say, two parts of sod from an old pasture with one part of cow 
manure, and after the mixture has rotted for a year or more, combining it 
with one part or more of garden loam. Fresh manure in contact with the roots 
of Roses may do direct harm and in any event increases the annoyance from 
grubs, moles and the like. 
Roses cannot be made to do their best in a soil filled with the roots of 
trees, shrubs, grass, or weeds. 
Two distinct methods of culture are followed with success: 1. Keep the 
soil stirred throughout the summer to a depth of not more than two inches, 
and to a width of not less than two feet on all sides of each plant. When 
winter comes, mulch heavily with strawy manure, leaving this on all winter, 
and digging the remains of it into the soil in early spring. 2. A prepared mulch 
may be spread to a depth of two to three inches all around the plants to a width 
of not less than two feet on all sides. This mulch prevents to a large extent 
the germination of weed seeds, but any weeds that do succeed in pushing 
through it should be at once removed. No other culture is necessary; this 
mulch contains all food the plants will need for a few years, but additions may 
be desirable as it gradually decays or packs down. 
EVERBLOOMING BUSH ROSES. 
The Roses in the following list are well adapted for supplying cut flowers 
for the house and for decorating the flower garden; they are not recommended 
for use as part of the shrubbery about the foundation of the house or the 
borders of the lawn. They will produce bloom cDnstantly as long as conditions 
are suitable for their best development. 
RADIANCE—(Hybrid Tea) —A clear, silvery pink, double rose of good 
size, with the outside of the petals a rosy carmine. A handsome rose, excel¬ 
lent for cutting and for garden decoration. It is a free and constant bloomer 
throughout the season, is a good grower, has healthy foliage, and is hardy. 
One of the very best. 
MRS. WAKEFIELD CHRISTIE MILLER—(Hybrid Tea)— Has large 
globular double flowers of pearly pink to pink with the outside of the petals 
much darker, almost vermillion. These strong colors do not fade, and the 
flowers hold a long time in good condition. The bush is a strong grower, hardy, 
free and continuous flowering. It is especially desirable both for cutting and 
garden decoration. 
MAMAN COCHET—(Tea) —Has long pointed buds and large fully 
double flowers with broad thick petals of coral p'nk shaded with rosy crimson. 
It is sweet scented, an abundant and continuous bloomer, free growing and 
hardy. It is useful for cutting and garden decoration. 
MADAME CAROLINE TESTOUT—(Hybrid Tea) —Has very large fully 
double rounded flowers preceded by beautiful buds. It is a clear pink, darker 
in the center, with the edges of the petals a silvery pink It is a strong 
vigorous grower, hardy, and a very free and continuous bloomer, useful for 
mass plantings and for cutting. 
LA TOSCA—(Hybrid Tea) —A very large fully double soft pink rose with 
deeper center. The bush is tall, free growing, hardy, with plentiful large dark 
green foliage, bearing flowers in abudance all the season on tall, stiff thornless 
stems. Recommended for both cutting and bedding. 
