Our office and nurseries are on the Dixie Hiway, four miles north of Tyler 
A Message to Our Customers and Friends 
F OR many years we have been engaged in growing Roses. Obviously, this has given us 
wide experience with plants and a knowledge of the varieties that are most popular and 
satisfactory to professional and amateur gardeners. Plants from our fields are growing 
and blooming in many of the noted Rose collections of America. 
Our methods of growing plants differ somewhat from the usual way. We believe we get 
exceptionally good results—and our customers seem to agree with us. First of all, we are very 
particular about the understock, the plant on which the named variety is budded. This under¬ 
stock must be a strong, healthy, well-developed plant, or it is not used. Next, the buds of the 
desired variety are taken from selected plants, and the budding operations carried on by 
trained men. 
After the bud has begun to grow, the “mother” plant is cut away. Then proper feeding ^ 
forces the roots to turn their activities into making a strong, sturdy plant of the desired variety. 
The next important step is to keep the young plant free from childhood diseases. Our entire 
Rose fields are dusted thoroughly with sulphur preparations, maintaining the foliage in a 
clean, healthy state, free from black-spot, mildew, and insect pests. Clean foliage is essential 
in storing plant energy and results in giving our customers strong, vigorous plants for their 
gardens. Every plant that we send out is two years old, field-grown, and free from disease. 
With even the slightest care they should thrive and bloom for years to come. 
Simple Suggestions for Planting Roses 
Setting a Rose properly is an 
insurance against loss. The 
operation is simple, and can be 
carried out by anyone. 
Prepare the bed or border by 
spading 18 to 24 inches deep. 
Take out about half of the soil; 
with the remainder mix in 
about half its bulk of well- 
decayed manure. Then put 
back the top-soil and level it as 
far as possible. This work 
should be done a week or ten 
days before the plants arrive. 
When you receive the plants, 
do not let them be exposed to 
sun or wind. Keep them cov¬ 
ered to prevent drying out. 
Dig a wide hole, so that the 
roots may be spread apart, and 
deep enough to set the bud or 
joint just below the level sur¬ 
face. Cut off any broken or 
bruised roots; work the soil in 
and around the roots, and be 
sure they are well covered. 
Then partly fill the hole, tamp¬ 
ing the soil to make it solid. 
Pour in three or four quarts of 
water and let it soak away; 
then fill the hole, packing all 
the soil except the top inch or 
more, which should be loose, 
to act as a mulch. 
In severe climates protect 
the bed with a winter mulch of 
leaves, litter, or straw, which 
must be removed in spring. 
A summer mulch of peat moss 
conserves moisture and keeps 
down weeds. 
Rose plants can be kept free 
from insects and most diseases 
by dusting or spraying. As a 
general thing dusting with sul¬ 
phur dust is easier, more sat¬ 
isfactory and fully as effective. 
It may be applied in the 
morning when dew is on the 
foliage or after a shower. 
Photo by Gettings 
Miss Gertrude Ann Windsor 
Queen of the Texas Rose Festival 
Tyler, Texas, 
October 2 to 6, 1936 
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