HORTICULTURAL SPECIALIST 
11 
STANDARD OR TREE ROSES 
Tree roses are steadily growing in favor, they 
are splendid for planting in the corners of beds or 
dotting through beds of Hybrid Teas. All of the 
plants we offer this season are worked on the 
Oregon brier with perfectly straight and sturdy 
stems, much superior to the rugosa stems usually 
seen. Winter protection is best afforded by burying 
the plants. Wrapping with straw is totally inade¬ 
quate in New England except for one or two very 
hardy varieties. Tree Roses are less subject to black 
spot than dwarfs, as their height permits of a bet¬ 
ter circulation of air amongst the heads. We can 
make deliveries just as soon as the frost leaves 
the ground. It is good practice to wrap a bunch 
of sphagnum moss about the budded portion and 
keep this moist until plants start into active growth. 
The following varieties can be supplied. As stocks 
of (Standard Roses in America on Oregon Brier 
stock are quite limited early orders are respectfully 
solicited. 
Etoile de Hollande 
Margaret McGredy 
Miss Rowena Thorn 
Mme. Edouard Herriot 
Mine. Jules Baiche 
Mrs. E. P. Thom 
President Hoover 
Radiance 
Souv. de Claudius Pernet 
Talisman 
Stems of Tree or Standard Roses are 40-4*2 inches 
in height, heavy and perfectly straight. No one who 
has ever tried Oregon Brier stocks is ever likely to 
buy those on Rugosas again on account of their 
crookedness. An early application for these is neces¬ 
sary as the available supply will not last long. 
Prices of Standard Roses $3.25 each, $35.00 per 
doz. 
HARDY LXLIUMS 
These are one of my leading specialties, and the 
greater proportion of those offered are home grown 
bulbs. The coming of Lilium regale paved the way 
for a tremendously increased interest in Lilies. 
Whereas formerly but a limited number of varieties 
were listed or grown, the demand today is for a very 
much wider assortment, embracing practically all 
Lilies which will grow in North America. The bulb 
rooting varieties like Candidum and Testaceum 
should be planted quite shallow, 2-3 inches suffices, 
while such stem rooters as regale, speciosum, aura- 
turn, Henryi, Sargentiae, Browni, and others should 
be covered 8-12 inches. All Lilies should be planted 
where their feet will be dry in winter, fresh manure 
must never be used in the soil at planting time, if 
very old and well decayed it is all right, all lilies 
love leaf mold and they seem to root with avidity in 
peat moss, sand is good for all of them and at 
planting time a cushion should be placed for each 
bulb to rest on scattering more above them. 
Candidum can be planted from early August on¬ 
wards, the majority of other lilies are ready in 
October but the imported bulbs of speciosums and 
auratum with one or two other varieties rarely ar¬ 
rive in America before December 1, sometimes much 
later, if places where these are to go are mulched 
to exclude frost they can be planted in either De¬ 
cember or January, failing this bulbs should be 
either kept in dry soil over winter in a cold cellar 
