“A Little Book About 
( ^J^oses” 
Peterson Roses for Autumn Planting 
When setting out plants full of vitality because 
they are dug fresh from our Nursery during 
October and November, you have covered the 
greater part of the royal road to successful Rose- 
culture. We cannot recommend too strongly the 
planting of our hardened field-grown Roses during 
October, November, and early December, ac¬ 
cording to your latitude. The many advantages 
of planting Roses this fall will result in better 
growing plants with a greater profusion of bloom 
next summer. Our experience, and that of other 
authorities and advanced amateurs in widely 
scattered regions, has proved this without doubt. 
There are a few exceptions in far northern climates 
where winters are very severe. 
Witness the results of fall planting after the 
severe winter of 1933-34! ! We have the unsolic¬ 
ited testimonials of many patrons who planted 
quantities of our Roses last fall and whose success 
has been almost phenomenal, despite the subzero 
temperatures that existed for days at a time. 
There may be a few occasional losses whether 
Roses are planted in fall or in spring, but it has 
Copyrighted August, 1Q34, by George H. Peterson, Inc., Fair Lawn, N. J. 
