Rose Specialist 2 MELVIN E. WYANT 
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Why Wyant Roses Are Strong and Sturdy 
Every Wyant Rose that is offered for sale is a 
two-year, field-grown, budded bush that has been 
grown in the rugged climate of northeastern 
Ohio. Each one is strong and sturdy because I 
will not tolerate a sickly Rose. All Wyant Roses 
are grown in my own nursery at Mentor, Ohio, 
except the patented Roses which must be grown 
by the producers. 
It takes strong, fibrous roots to guarantee 
sturdy plants. In order to have the best root sys¬ 
tems possible, we grow our own Multiflora 
japonica root stock. We could import this va¬ 
riety of root stock from Europe much cheaper 
than we can raise it ourselves but our under¬ 
stock is one of the prime factors that makes 
Wyant Roses superior to others, so we raise our 
own. Our strong, fibrous roots start with the 
understocks we begin with, and this quality is 
carried through the life of the Rose, giving 
sturdier growth and more blossoms to the 
mature plants. 
The staff of experienced experts who work for 
me in my nursery also love Roses. If they did 
not love them as I do, they would not or could 
not exercise the extreme care in their culture 
and handling that I demand for every Wyant- 
grown Rose. 
My place is well called a “nursery” for we 
take care of our Roses as carefully as a mother 
does her baby. And not only are they taken 
care of carefully out-of-doors, but also after 
they are in the storage cellar this same care 
continues. The roots are bedded in moist sand 
and protected continually. 
We guard against disease all through the 
growing season, so that the plants retain their 
foliage until hard freezing weather comes. 
When kept healthy and in full leaf, the plants 
store up energy that would not be possible if 
they were allowed to become sickly and defoli¬ 
ated. This stored up energy gives Wyant Roses 
a vigorous start in the Spring. 
Our methods of preventing Rose disease are 
given to our customers, thus enabling them, by 
a few simple precautions, to keep their Roses 
in a healthy condition at all times. Planting 
directions are also carefully prepared to insure 
success with Wyant Roses and are included 
with every order. 
Typ es of Roses for Various Uses 
HYBRID TEA ROSES 
Monthly bloomers or Everbloomers. 
Largest and most popular group. 
Give most bloom per square foot of space. 
More types, beautiful forms and more beautiful 
colors than other groups. 
HYBRID PERPETUALS 
Very hardy, extremely vigorous. 
Not perpetually in flower but live perpetually. 
Too tall to be planted with Hybrid Teas. 
CLIMBERS 
Numerous uses—specimen plants, fences, trel¬ 
lises, hedges, pergolas, pillars, as shrubs to 
cover walls and to protect sloping banks. 
A superb display in June. 
Rapid flexible growth. 
POLYANTHAS (BABY RAMBLERS) 
The truly everblooming Roses. 
Valuable at so many places: 
Border of Rose beds. 
Give continuous color in rock gardens. 
Color in front of evergreens and shrubs. 
Used as hedges. 
Used for massing. 
Nearly foolproof; hardy, need no Winter pro¬ 
tection, little pruning and rarely attacked 
by enemies. 
MISCELLANEOUS ROSES 
Shrub Roses—not well known but of startling 
color and varied types of growth. 
