Rose Specialist 20 MELVIN E. WYANT 
Why Wyant Prices Are Fair Prices 
A LL prices listed in this Book of Roses are for the highest grade that can be grown. In selecting our best bushes 
we pick out and segregate those Roses that are not big and strong enough to be classed as our firsts. In every 
field of Roses there are always some which we put into a lower grade, but these are usually better rooted than 
many other Roses that are sold elsewhere as “firsts.” Naturally, we sell 
our lower grade Wyant Roses at a lower price. If, for budget reasons, that 
is the kind of Roses you must buy for the present, let us know and we will 
send you more than your money’s worth in that class of stock, although, 
of course, we never recommend anything but the best. 
Planting directions accompany every order. The directions are simple 
and easy to follow, but it is important that they are followed in order to 
be sure of the best results. 
Call for your order personally in the Spring or Fall and observe how 
carefully our Roses are handled and stored. Or visit my Rose Gardens 
when they are in bloom. It is an enjoyable way of choosing your varieties 
and you will see a sight that you will never forget. It is worth coming miles 
to see. The Roses are in bloom from about July 1 until after October 15, 
but I will be glad to have you visit any time. One of my Rose Gardens 
and the storage cellars are located on Johnny Cake Ridge, State Route 
No. 84, miles east of Mentor, and the other Garden is on the main 
Cleveland-Buffalo road, U. S. route No. 20, miles east of Mentor. 
DELIVERY PREPAID ON ALL ORDERS. Safe delivery guaranteed. 
DISCOUNT 
FOR QUANTITIES 
One free 75c rose with each 
$5.00 order. 
Any 12 75c roses for $7.50. 
20% discount on orders of 
$25.00 and over. 
Orders of 100 or more 75c 
roses, in lots of 5 or more of 
a kind, $45.00 per 100. 
These discounts do not apply to 
the Special Collections 
How to Plant, Prune, and Protect Roses 
1. Dig a hole 12 inches across and 15 inches deep. Spread the roots out, filling in between with fine dirt, entirely 
surrounding them. Stamp the earth firmly as the hole is being filled in. The bud or crown must be about even 
with the surface of the ground. 
2. Just as soon as the bush is planted, either 
in Spring or Fall, mound up the soil high around 
the branches. Gradually remove this soil from 
time to time as the shoots start out. 
3. In Spring planting the branches must 
be pruned back to from 4 to 8 inches. These 
branches should then be almost covered with a 
bank of soil which may gradually be removed 
from time to time after the shoots start out. 
4. In Fall planting cut bushes very little* 
and then, besides a bank of soil placed high 
around the branches, immediately add 2 or 3 
inches of leaves or manure after the ground has 
frozen. Do not take the bank of soil down too 
early the following Spring; loss comes from tak¬ 
ing it down too early, not from leaving it up 
too long. 
5. On older Bushes in the Spring, after the 
bank of soil is taken down, remove the weak 
canes, cut the strong ones back to the highest 
plump bud above the ground. Stir into the soil 
around the bushes some complete chemical fer¬ 
tilizer. In July another application of complete 
fertilizer may be worked into the soil. 
Proper Spring Pruning Hilled up, pruned a bit, 
for older plant if and covered for Winter, 
branches are live high up Either old or new plants 
Spring planting. Note 
depth of planting 
Pomo-Green 
WITHOUT NICOTINE 
WITH NICOTINE 
Leaf-green, all-in-one material to be used as either a dust 
or spray for Black-spot, Mildew, Rusts, Blight, Leaf-eating 
Insects and Sucking Insects (Aphids) on Roses, and also 
on annuals, perennials and shrubs. Highest endorsement by 
American Rose Society. 5-lb. can, $3.00. 
Same as above, except that it contains no nicotine for controlling_ Aphis. LTsed_as 
dust only; will stick to dry foliage. 5-lb. carton, $1.75. 
PRUNING SHEARS —It is a pleasure to work with 
good tools. The shears pictured at right are light, durable 
and well made. We use these shears in all of our own 
work and find them so much superior to most shears that 
we are offering them to our customers. $2.35 each. 
A. T. DeLa Mare Co. Inc., Horticultural Printers, 488-448 W. 37th Street, New 1 ork City 
