Tree Roses 
The varieties noted below comprise a list of those 
varieties best suited for growing in tree form. We can 
supply the following in extra strong, two-year-old 
stock, with straight stems budded from 40 to 42 inches 
high. The varieties are as follows: 
These Roses are grown on a special understock which 
transmits great vigor to the scions budded thereon. A 
feature of our Standard Roses is their constant ever- 
blooming character. From earliest spring to late au¬ 
tumn they bear masses of beautiful flowers in shapely 
heads. The stems are straight and strong. Immediately 
after planting, Tree Roses should be carefully staked 
and tied. The stakes should only reach the base of the 
branching top. Price of established plants, each $2.00; 
per ten, $18.00. 
Autumn 
Golden Dawn 
J. Otto Thilow 
Los Angeles 
Mme. Butterfly 
Mrs. G. A. Van Rossem 
President Hoover 
Talisman 
Price on the above two-year-old plants, each, $1.75, 
$15.75 per ten. This price is for dormant plants, which 
can only be supplied up to and until the end of March. 
Note: After April lrf we will have a full line of 
Standard Roses, tree form, in 24-inch standards, 
36-inch standards and 42-inch standards, established 
in containers. 
fl Grand Novelty in Tree Roses 
''Carrie Jacobs Bond" 
About April 15th we will be able to deliver, 
established in containers, some very fine plants 
of our glorious novelty Carrie Jacobs Bond. It is 
the first time that this Rose has been offered in 
either bush or standard form. We will be able to 
supply it in standards budded 24 inches high, 36 
inches high and 42 inches high. Our stock is ex¬ 
ceedingly limited. Price, each, $3.50. 
ROSES OFFERED UNDER 
PATENT 
All patented or applied for 
patent Roses offered in this cata¬ 
logue are sold by us with the 
distinct agreement, and agreed 
to by the purchaser, that the 
asexual reproduction of patented 
plants is reserved by the pat¬ 
entees, and is strictly prohibited 
under the provisions of the 
Plant Patent Act. 
Etoile de Hollande 
Hadley 
Lady Forteviot 
Lucie Marie 
Mrs. E. P. Thom 
Mrs. Mabel V. Socha 
Pres. Jac. Smits. 
The Planting and Care of Roses 
Some Simple but Important Requisites for Success 
Rose culture is an easy matter, with scarcely a 
chance of failure if a few simple requirements are com¬ 
plied with. No subject responds more generously to 
good treatment. Obviously the first essential is to 
obtain good, strong, low-budded, field-grown plants of 
select varieties, since a wrong beginning in this respect 
can be corrected only by starting anew, with loss of 
time, labor, money and enjoyment. Dependable stock 
having been ordered proper planting and care will 
insure success . . . results that will repay your efforts a 
thousandfold. Here are plain directions that should 
enable anyone to grow the Queen of Flowers to the 
state of perfection: 
Care of plants upon arrival: As soon as you 
receive the plants remove the various materials in 
which they are packed for shipment, excepting, how¬ 
ever, the damp sphagnum moss about the roots. This 
should be left on until the plants are ready for placing in 
their final growing quarters. If you live in a locality 
where the ground does not freeze, as for example certain 
portions of the Southern States or the lower latitudes of 
the Pacific Slope, the moss should be removed at once 
and the plants placed in the bed where they are to grow. 
In the more northerly sections, where the ground is 
frozen and planting out impracticable, remove, as above 
all the packing except the moss around the roots and 
bury the plants to the tips in a cold frame. If a cold 
frame is not available, the dirt floor of an outbuilding, 
such as a shed or cool cellar, will answer. In any 
instance cover the plants completely with soil. Select a 
position where there is plenty of light, but not direct 
sunlight and no artificial heat whatever. As soon as 
Spring breaks and it is possible to work the soil, plant 
them out in the garden. If the plants are to be buried, 
as suggested in the preceding paragraphs, it is advisable 
to wrap them in a piece of ordinary window screen, to 
guard against the attacks of mice, etc. 
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