McKay Nursery Company 
McKAY’S Qorgeous Roses 
McKay’s Gorgeous Roses, queens of the floral garden, are best known for their 
exquisite beauty and rare fragrance. Essential to the gratifying results they produce 
is the fact that our roses are all strong, dormant plants, well rooted, plants that have 
been grown out-of-doors where they have received the very best of painstaking 
care and attention. 
Roses thrive best in clay loam enriched with well-rotted manure. They should also 
have an open, airy situation, unshaded by trees or buildings wherever possible. 
Southeastern exposure is the best one. A good, rich soil is a great aid to produce 
blooms and it is advisable to make it so by working in some well-rotted manure and 
leaf mold. 
All Roses should be cut back closely at the time of planting. For Hybrid Perpetuals 
remove at least one-half of the previous season’s growth annually in the spring. 
Climbing Roses should first be allowed to partly cover the space desired before 
trimming back. Old decayed wood should be kept out. After the ground freezes in 
the fall cover Roses with some coarse dry material like straw or marsh hay. Before 
the ground freezes in the fall hill the 
dirt up around the base of each bush to 
a height of 6 to 8 inches. Climbers 
should be taken down and covered. 
Hybrid Perpetuals 
American Beauty. Deep, rich rose 
flowers, of beautiful form, and 
very double. 
Anna de Diesbach. Very large and 
fragrant flowers of a rich car¬ 
mine color. A notable, hardy 
and superior garden Rose. 
Alfred Colomb. Dark red. Flowers 
large, of fine, globular form; 
a brilliant carmine-crimson. 
Raised from Jacqueminot. 
Extremely fragrant flowers, 
and in every way a superb 
Rose. 
How to Keep Roses Healthy. It is 
very important to keep your plants 
healthy and vigorous and free from 
diseases and insects. We find that a 
strong stream of water from a hose ap¬ 
plied once a day either morning or 
night will keep roses free from insects 
to a large extent. Where this is not 
practical or if your Roses should be at¬ 
tacked by some of the common insects 
or diseases we recommend the follow¬ 
ing remedies: 
For sucking insects such as plant lice 
use “Blackleaf 40” or some other nico¬ 
tine solution. Mildew and black spot can 
be controlled with flour of sulphur or 
Bordeaux Mixture. Arsenate of Lead 
can be used where eating insects attack 
your bushes. 
PAUL’S SCARLET CLIMBER 
The brightest and purest red of all pillar Roses. 
Vivid scarlet shaded crimson, semi-double flowers in 
clusters, that retain their color till they fall, never turn¬ 
ing blue, the color being intensified by the numerous 
yellow stamens. A vigorous grower with a profusion of 
bloom that remains for a long season. 
Dorothy Perkins. 
Captain Hayward. A striking bril¬ 
liant carmine-rose, highly per¬ 
fumed and of unusual forma¬ 
tion, for the center petals stand 
upright while the outer ones are 
reflexed, giving the flower a pe¬ 
culiarly attractive appearance. 
Of medium height, very hardy, 
produces an abundance of 
blooms. (See cut on page 26). 
Clio. A Rose of perfect form and 
finish, with broad, thick petals, 
high, full center, beautiful form, 
pointed flower. The color is a 
delicate satiny blush with slight¬ 
ly deeper center. 
CLIMBING AMERICAN BEAUTY 
Color rosy crimson; flower about four inches in diameter, 
finely formed on long stems. Blooms very freely in May and 
June, and occasionally during the summer. 
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