The Rose is the National Flower. 
Of Thee I Sing! 
Growing Good Roses 
The beds ought not to be more than 4 feet wide, and the soil should be rich. Avoid making the ground loose or spongy. The 
stiffer and harder the soil in the lower layers of the bed, the better Roses grow. Old sods, greasy decayed cow manure, bone meal, 
and commercial dried sheep manure are good fertilizers. Keep the surface of the Rose-beds well cultivated. 
Plant Hybrid Tea Roses 13^ feet apart. More vigorous types need more space. Set the “bud” or “graft” at least 1 inch beneath 
the surface. Spread out the fine roots carefully and tamp the soil firmly about them. It is sometimes well to tread the soil 
hard about the roots. Loose planting is fatal. 
Roses must be pruned when planted, and every spring afterward. Remove weak and dead wood, and shorten the new growths 
to 6 inches or less, remembering that dwarf, slender-growing Roses must be cut back harder than strong ones. Climbing Roses 
ought not to be cut in the spring except to take out dead wood, but in July, when they have finished flowering, remove the old canes 
and train up new vigorous shoots from the roots for next year’s bloom. 
The green plant-lice which attack the tips and buds of Roses in spring and fall may be destroyed by a nicotine spray such as 
Black-Leaf 40. Hand picking is best for rose-bugs. Black-spot and mildew may be prevented by bordeaux mixture or the sulphur- 
arsenate dust recommended by the American Rose Society. 
Protect for winter by drawing the earth 6 inches high about them and cover the tops with leaves or other litter. Remove the 
protection gradually when freezing weather is past. 
Popular Hybrid Tea or Everblooming Roses 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants, 90 cts. each; $9 per doz. 
April delivery. Strong 6-in., 2-year plants from pots, ready for de¬ 
livery in May and later, $1 each; $10.50 per doz. 
Betty Uprichard. Free-blooming, erect plants with long, beautifully 
shaped buds of coppery pink opening to flowers of brilliant salmon, 
shaded with vivid rose-pink. 
Dame Edith Helen. Massive, very double flowers of an extremely 
pure and lucid shade of rose-pink. An outstanding variety. 
E. G. Hill. Long buds and highly scented, dazzling scarlet bloom, 
shading to red-pink. 
Joanna Hill. A splendid clear yellow with golden heart; semi¬ 
double and moderately fragrant. 
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria. The popular, double, pure white 
bedding Rose. 
Killarney Brilliant. Remarkable for its very long and lovely deep 
pink buds, freely produced on a vigorous plant, and opening into 
broad blooms of informal beauty. 
Lady Alice Stanley. Very double flowers of light silvery pink, 
darker on the outside of the petals. 
Los Angeles. The flowers are pale satiny pink, richly shaded with 
deep rose and gold. 
Mme. Butterfly. Flowers are a brilliant pink, suffused apricot and 
gold, of good texture and fragrance, and are unusually enduring. 
Mme. Edouard Herriot. Also called “The Daily Mail Rose.” Its 
coral-red buds develop into flowers of the same hue, shaded yellow 
to scarlet—an extraordinary coloring. 
Better Times 
Carrie Jacobs Bend 
Mrs. Aaron Ward. A Rose of pleasing surprises because of its color 
variations, all based on its normal, deep Indian-yellow hue. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. Dependable pure golden yellow Rose. 
President Herbert Hoover. Large flowers of a very charming com¬ 
bination of rich pink, flame-scarlet, and yellow, with broad, pink 
petals; very fragrant. 
Radiance. Lovely, light silvery pink flowers, with beautiful suf¬ 
fusions of deeper color. 
Red Radiance. Even better than the parent Radiance in habit, 
and a lovely deep red color in its great, globular flowers. 
Talisman. Bright rose flamed with orange, varying to scarlet and 
yellow. An excellent continuous bloomer. Plant vigorous; foliage 
healthy. 
Wilhelm Kordes. Vivid salmon-pink, shaded with orange and yellow. 
Recent Introductions— HYBRID TEA ROSES 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants. April delivery 
Extra-strong, 6-in. pot-plants, delivery in May 
Better Times. Plant Patent No. 23. A beautiful new Rose with 
long crimson buds opening into large, double, brilliant cerise-red 
flowers of delicate fragrance. $1.50 each. 
Carrie Jacobs Bond. Plant Patent pending. Magnificent new Rose 
named for the author of “The End of a Perfect Day.” The color 
is an enchanting deep rose enhanced by a luminous coral sheen. 
$1.50 each. 
Cathrine Kordes. Magnificent, high-centered blooms of rosy scar¬ 
let, shaded with velvety red. Remarkable for its fine lasting 
qualities and delicious fragrance. $1 each. 
Countess Vandal. Plant Patent No. 38. Long-pointed bud with 
distinctive shadings of coppery bronze, suffused gold. Plant has 
great vigor and continues in flower throughout the summer. $1 each. 
Crimson Glory. Plant Patent No. 105. A truly glorious Rose with 
urn-shaped buds of intense deep and vivid crimson. Form sturdy 
symmetrical plants well covered with showy blooms. $1.25 each. 
Golden Dawn. A splendid garden Rose. Lemon-yellow buds, 
heavily splashed with crimson; sweet-scented sunflower-yellow 
blooms. $1 each. 
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