Wild Bros. Nursery Co., Sarcoxie, Mo. 
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^he ^Rgse, Slueen of Flowers 
Success with roses is not difficult if you plant firmly and 
prune severely. Anyone who has a bit of ground that will grow 
good garden crops, with sun half the day or more, can grow 
good roses. Brief planting and pruning suggestions will be sent 
with each order. Or ask for our little booklet, The Rose, Queen 
of Flowers. It tells how easy it is to grow roses in your gar¬ 
den, how to plant, prune and fertilize. It gives the characteristics 
of the different classes and describes the varieties. It contains a 
lot of information in a little space. 
Budded and Own-root Roses 
If budded roses had no advantage, there would be no differ¬ 
ence of opinion. We prefer budded plants of most everbloom- 
ers and some of the hybrid perpetuals and climbers. They give 
more, better and larger flowers, and that’s what we grow roses 
for. The only disadvantage, which we think is more than off¬ 
set by their greater vigor and freedom of bloom, is that budded 
roses occasionally sprout from the roots. Such sprouts, which 
should be removed, have a different appearance with usually 7 
to 9 leaflets to the stem, while most hybrid perpetuals and ev- 
erblooming roses (except some yellow varieties) have 3 to 5, 
usually 5. When planted with the bud or joint just below the 
surface, roses as now budded seldom sprout. 
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria, one of the most perfect in form 
Sverblooming or e!M,onthly T^oses fBloom the tyirst year 
These strong two year plants will give you beautiful flowers 
a few weeks after planting, and all summer till fall, flowers of 
superb form, beautiful colors and delightful fragrance. Plant 
15 to 18 in. apart. T. indicates Tea, H. T., Hybrid Tea, Per., 
Pernetiana, Pol., Polyantha. 
Please notice we tell you the grade. Two year roses are 
graded No. 1, IV 2 , 2 and 3. No. 1 is the best. 
No. 1 2-year field grown budded plants, the best grade, 
postpaid in Missouri and adjoining states if your rose or¬ 
der amounts to $2.00 or more. 
Five or more: 50c varieties at 48c each, 60c varieties at 
57c each. Ten or more: 50c varieties at 45c each, 60c va¬ 
rieties at 55c each, postpaid. 
Betty Uprichard 
A charming two-toned rose, the outside of the petals coppery- 
pink, the inner surface rosy-salmon; of attractive form; vigor¬ 
ous; blooms freely; H. T. 50c each. 
Briarcliff 
Large, pointed buds; double, high-centered blooms; brilliant 
rose-pink; blooms freely on long, stiff stems; fragrant; the 
flowers keep well; vigorous; a sport of Columbia; foliage re¬ 
sistant to disease; H. T. 50c each. 
Edel 
Large, well built ivory-white flowers of somewhat globular 
form: erect habit. H. T. 50c each. 
E. G. Hill 
Beautiful buds and immense, very double fragrant flowers of 
excellent form that last well; dark velvety, dazzling scarlet-crim¬ 
son, shading to deeper red; one of the best of the newer red 
roses. H. T. 60c each. 
Etoile de France 
Clear velvety red-crimson, very brilliant in the sun; shapely, 
globular buds opening into flowers of good size with plenty of 
petals; decidedly fragrant; blooms freely, giving better results 
in warm weather than most red roses; H. T. 50c each. 
Etoile de Hollande 
Long pointed buds, opening into blooms of good size, bril¬ 
liant rich crimson-scarlet with a velvety sheen; spicy perfume 
and fine color, approaching maroon; vigorous. H. T. 60c each. 
F. J. Grootendorst 
A Rugosa-Baby Rambler hybrid combining the Rugosa foli¬ 
age, hardiness and vigor with the everblooming habit and flower 
clusters of the Baby Rambler; bright fiery red, the ends of the 
petals fringed; grows 3 to 6 ft. high; prune heavily in spring 
and as the flowers fade to maintain constant bloom and height 
desired; excellent as a shrub or hedge. 50c each. 
Everblooming Roses continued next page 
Charles P. Kilham 
Large; brilliant red-orange tinged scarlet-yellow at base; 
Madame Edouard Herriot type, fuller, more brilliant; blooms 
freely; large, deep green foliage; rather spreading habit. H .T. 
60c each. 
Columbia 
Large, handsome, rich rose-pink buds opening slowly into 
somewhat flat blooms, full to the center; very fragrant; of good 
substance and keeps well; good stems; vigorous; especially good 
as the weather becomes cooler; H. T. 50c each. 
Dame Edith Helen 
Shapely buds; perfectly formed, very double blooms, the pet¬ 
als attractively recurved; brilliant clear pink; very fragrant; an 
excellent exhibition variety; H. Per. 50c each. 
Duchess of Wellington 
Long tapering buds, golden orange marked and tinted car¬ 
mine, opening coppery-yellow; especially beautiful in the bud; 
Gruss an Teplitz tea fragrance; vigorous; blooms very freely. H. T. 50c each. 
Briarcliff 
