ROSES FOR YOUR GARDEN 
Few plants, indeed, give greater satisfaction and more joy to the 
garden-lover than the Rose, and few are as easily grown, so that even 
the amateur, who has never tried it before, has the assurance of 
success if simple directions are followed. The modern everblooming 
or Hybrid Tea Roses offer the widest range for selection. These Roses 
bloom continuously from June until frost and give the greatest satis¬ 
faction. Many recent developments have outclassed former favorites, 
and our list includes only the finest, sturdiest, and hardiest of the 
modern everblooming sorts. Dormant Roses are strongly recom¬ 
mended and they should be planted as soon as possible after the 
ground has opened, preferably during April and early May. After 
May 15, when growth has started, we ship pot-grown plants. 
Planting. We recommend spring planting of 2-year-old stock 
that has been prepared far in advance by being potted up in the fall 
and carried through the winter in coldframes. These plants have an 
active, fibrous root-system and are shipped during the month of May. 
They are in bud at all times during the season and ready to begin 
blooming at once. The ball of earth surrounding the roots should be 
planted 3 inches below the surface of the soil and thoroughly watered. 
Grafted or budded Roses are more vigorous, produce more and better 
flowers, are more hardy and are less susceptible to disease. If planted 
as directed, wild suckers will rarely appear. These may easily be 
detected, as they always appear below where the plant is grafted. 
Summer Culture. The Rose-bed should be cultivated every 
week, and a light syringing during the latter part of the day is bene¬ 
ficial. During dry periods, thoroughly soak the bed until the water is 
not immediately absorbed, and after watering, the bed should be 
cultivated as soon as the ground can be worked. 
Insects. For green fly or aphis, we recommend a solution made of 
one heaping tablespoonful of soft soap dissolved in three gallons of 
water. To this add a tablespoonful of Black-Leaf 40. This, applied 
in a fine spray, will prove an infallible remedy. 
Pruning. Hybrid Perpetuals should be pruned as early in spring 
as the weather permits—not in the fall. Thin out weak shoots 
and side growths and cut back the remaining wood to from two 
to eight eyes. Hybrid Tea and Tea Roses require the same treat¬ 
ment as the Hybrid Perpetuals. Cut the weak-growing varieties 
nearly to the ground and they will produce excellent flowers in 
June. Climbing Roses require the pruning out of all wood that is 
over two years old; the remaining wood should not be pruned until 
after flowering. 
Substitution. Please Read. We will not book an order unless we 
are reasonably sure that it will be completed at the proper time. 
However, if, through circumstances beyond our control, a variety 
may not be in condition to ship at planting-time, we will substitute 
an equally good or better variety in the same color. 
Select Hybrid Tea Roses 
All Hybrid Tea Roses on this and the next page, 
Autumn. Burnt-orange, streaked and marked with red. Bud of 
medium size, developing into a cupped, double, fragrant, attractive 
flower. 
Better Times. Plant Patent No. 23. An outstanding Rose with 
long crimson buds opening into large, double, brilliant cerise-red 
flowers. They have a delicate fragrance and are produced on long 
stems. Very free flowering. $1.50 each. 
Betty Uprichard. A pretty combination of colors: inner face of petals 
delicate salmon-pink to carmine, outside glowing carmine with 
coppery sheen and orange suffusion; well-formed medium-sized 
flowers of good substance and sweet scented. 
Chateau de CIos Vougeot. Beautiful flowers of a brilliant scarlet, 
shaded fiery red and changing to dark velvety crimson as the 
blooms expand. Very double and intensely fragrant. 
Columbia. One of the finest of the forcing or greenhouse Roses, but 
also a leader among garden varieties. The fragrant blooms are a 
lovely peach-pink, shading to a deeper pink at the center and are 
very freely produced. It is a strong grower, almost thornless, with 
heavy, luxuriant foliage. The flowers are produced during late 
summer and fall, and are exceptionally good. Very free and fra¬ 
grant. 
Countess Vandal. Plant Patent No. 38. A vigorous Rose with 
attractive, long-pointed, orange-copper buds and large, double, 
high-centered flowers that have a rich fragrance. The color is bril¬ 
liant pink with a beautiful salmon glow. $1 each. 
Dame Edith Helen. Shapely buds and substantial, high-centered 
blooms of clear pink, sweetly scented and freely produced on long, 
strong stems. Vigorous. Most remarkable for the number and 
beautiful arrangement of its petals, and its color is always good. 
Duchess of Wellington. A gem among Roses, and the most vigor¬ 
ous growing of the yellow kinds. It has a healthy, luxurious habit, 
is not subject to mildew, and can be depended on to bloom through¬ 
out the season. Color, intense saffron-yellow, becoming deep 
copper-yellow as the flower expands, occasionally stained rich 
crimson. 
85 cts. each; $9 per doz., unless otherwise noted 
Edel. A British introduction of exhibition quality,_ producing 
large, beautifully formed flowers of ivory-white, passing to pure 
white. A strong grower of uniform habit and very free flowering, 
opening in all weathers and delightfully fragrant. 
Edith Nellie Perkins. An outstanding, vigorous, and free-flowering 
Rose with long-pointed buds of good size and long-lasting, double, 
fragrant flowers of Oriental red, shaded cerise-orange; inside 
salmon-pink. 
E. G. Hill. Beautiful long buds of perfect form and full, double, 
high-centered flowers of dazzling scarlet, shading to a deeper red 
as they develop. Vigorous; free flowering. 
Etoile de Hollande. Particularly healthy growing, free-flowering 
bedding Rose with large, brilliant red flowers, perfect in half- 
expanded form. 
Feu Joseph Looymans. Remarkable for its long-pointed buds of 
brilliant Indian-yellow and large, double, cupped, very fragrant 
flowers. Vigorous; continuous bloomer. 
Golden Dawn. The ideal yellow garden Rose. The ovoid, lemon- 
yellow bud is heavily splashed with crimson and develops into a 
well-formed, sweetly scented, large, double, sunflower-yellow flower. 
Gruss an Teplitz. Bright scarlet-crimson flowers, with vivid, fiery 
red center. It is quite hardy and extremely free flowering. This is 
essentially a garden Rose and we recommend it with the utmost 
confidence. It is much more vigorous in growth than most other 
Hybrid Teas and ought to be planted in a separate bed. 
Hadley. Rich crimson, varying to deep velvety crimson; vigorous, 
branching growths, each terminating in well-formed, intensely 
fragrant flowers which are produced continuously. 
Joanna Hill. The very large, long-pointed bud opens to a large, 
full, semi-double, attractive, long-lasting, moderately fragrant 
flower of a splendid clear yellow color with a golden heart. 
John Russell. A handsome, rich deep velvety crimson Rose of very 
large exhibition type, beautiful both in bud and in the fully ex¬ 
panded double flower. Strong, vigorous grower. 
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria. An old variety but still one of the 
best, and it should be in every collection. In color it is a soft pearly 
white tinted with lemon. 
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