Safrano Roses 
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Solfaterre Rose Bush 
ROSES 
Roses are the most important flowering shrubs of the South. Nowhere in the country do they 
develop in such beauty or bloom in such profusion. No garden is complete without its Rose-bed, 
no planting scheme is perfect which does not provide a place for them. 
With few exceptions, the most satisfactory results will be secured by planting Roses grafted 
on strong-growing roots. Nearly all Roses grown from cuttings are vast ly inferior, producing poor, 
weak plants as compared with grafted specimens. Our Roses are strong, grafted plants, grown in 
the open field—the kind of Roses that give satisfaction. In planting, the graft-union should be 
placed two or three inches under the surface of the ground. Any shoots which come from the root 
below the graft-union should be promptly removed, as these are worthless and will soon injure the 
grafted Rose above. 
Roses are gross feeders. Liberal applications 
of liquid manure during the blooming season will 
result in larger and more beautiful flowers. 
CLIMBING ROSES are usually regarded 
as valuable only for porches or trellises. While 
useful for these purposes, they are often much 
more satisfactory as bush Roses. Climbing 
Roses are strong growers; given plenty of room 
and severely pruned, they produce an abundance 
of bloom never surpassed and not often equaled 
by the true bush Roses. The ability of a Rose 
to bloom depends on its ability to grow and 
produce new wood. 
Roses are derived from a number of different 
classes. These classes are indicated by initial 
letters in parenthesis immediately following the 
name of the variety. The key to these classes is 
as follows: 
Bk., Banksia; Beng., Bengal; Bour., Bour¬ 
bon; C. B., Climbing Bengal; C. C., Climbing 
China; C. N., Climbing Noisette; C. T., Climbing 
Tea; H. C., Hybrid China; H. N., Hybrid 
Noisette; H. P., Hybrid Perpetual; H. T., Hybrid 
Tea; Mult., Multiflora; N., Noisette; Pol., 
Polyantha; P., Prairie; T., Tea. 
PRICES ON ROSES.—Grafted on strong-growing stock. 
1- year, strong, open-Each Per io ioo 
ground-grown.So 25 $2 00 $17 00 
2- year, large, strong, 
open-ground-grown. .35 3 00 2 5 00 
Specimen Roses, with balls of earth $1 
each, see pages 47 and 48 . Duchesse de Brabant Rose (see page 43 ) 
