SIR or MADAME, 
TT^j E h ave great pleasure in handing you our NEW ROSE CATALOGUE, 
III and at the same time wish to express our gratitude for the kind way in 
which customers have supported us in the past, and for their many 
expressions of satisfaction at the way their orders have been carried out. 
It is often remarked by growers in the North that Roses from the South are 
too delicate for their climate ; this we have proved to be a great fallacy so far as 
the East Coast is concerned; our grounds standing very high, are much exposed, 
consequently the plants get well hardened and ripened early in the season, and 
are in excellent condition to move in November. Those grown in the North 
continue to produce flowers and foliage almost until the winter is upon them, and 
when moved at that time are much more susceptible to frost than the hard well- 
ripened plants from the East Coast. 
THE WAR. 
Although a large number of our employees hare joined the forces, we 
still have a requisite number of skilled hands who have been with us for 
many years, and we feel confident of being able to carry out all orders with 
our usual care and despatch. 
As the budding and preparation of the Pose plants for the coming 
Autumn was well in hand before the War broke out, our stock this season 
is not in any way curtailed, indeed we have to offer this year one of the 
largest and best grown lot of plants it has been our privilege to send out, 
and we are confident of being able to supply first-clasB quality throughout 
the season. 
In asking for your support in these strenuous times, it will, perhaps, not 
be out of place to reprint a recommendation from the Council of the National 
Rose Society to its members, which is applicable to all lovers of their 
gardens. 
“ In a crisis like the present, the Council hope their Amateur members 
will allow them to point out that orders lor Rose plants during the present 
Autumn and coming Winter will be especially welcomed by the Trade 
Growers, and will also help to prevent the threatened lack of employment in 
the Nurseries. 
(Signed) EDWARD MAWLEY, 
Hon. Secretary.” 
We therefore trust we may have your kind orders as soon after receiving this 
Catalogue as possible, and promising our best attention to your wishes. 
We are, your obedient Servants, 
BENJAMIN R. CANT and SONS. 
