SIR or MADAME, 
WE have 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 have 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. 
In asking fo 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 for 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 & SONS. 
