CHAMPION CITY GREENHOUSES, SPRINGFIELD,.OHIO 
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Summer Bedding Roses for Cut Flowers 
Mr. Florist, You Have No Excuse to Be Without Roses During Any Day of the 
Summer, and Plenty of Them. 
The planting of Roses in the garden for summer cut flowers has become in recent years a large busi¬ 
ness. We sell as many as twenty thousand plants to one concern for this purpose. The best proof that it 
is profitable is the fact that the firms who first made the trial are increasing their plantings, while many 
others are going into it. You say, "How shall we winter them?” We reply to let your wheels revolve 
fast enough to realize that you can buy Roses as cheaply as you can buy Salvias or Geraniums, and should 
you fail to winter the Roses, no serious loss is sustained. Another thing—the Tea and Hybrid Tea Roses 
will produce more blooms twice over than any Geranium. No florist has an excuse for being out of Roses 
throughout the entire summer season, and your blooms will be finer than any ever cut under glass. 
IJ 4 .-. /^VL. 4 . •_ U« Select land, if possible, with a clay subsoil and a clayey 
llOW to UDtam l I10S0 1\.0SU1LS loam top soil. Roses always do best when their roots 
1 ■■ mm , m m can strike down and take hold of clay. Give a good 
coat of manure and plow deep. Always plant G. & R. own root two and one-half inch pot plants. Time 
of planting should be governed by the locality (in our vicinity Mav 1st to 10th). Should the spring be 
early the planting may be done April 15th. Early planting, while the weather is cool, assures an active 
root action, and the plants are thus ready to work when the hot weather comes on. Cultivation should 
be intensive; that is, run the cultivator through them at least three or four times in two weeks, right after 
planting, and then use the hoe to loosen up the soil between the plants in the row. Now comes the im¬ 
portant part. Mulch with straw manure fresh from the stable to a depth of one and one-half to two inches, 
enough to thoroughly cover the ground, placing it right up around the plant. After this all you need to 
do is to pull what few weeds show (and but few do show through this mulch.) This mulch will provide 
the necessary moisture and also do away with the cultivation. Never allow the flowers to open on the 
plants, but cut in the bud state, the stems placed in water and taken inside, and my! what Roses you will 
see! Nothing grows under glass to compare with them. Only certain varieties of Roses are suitable— 
those that are good growers, producing fine buds and flowers on good stems. 
The list we name, so far as we know, 'will do well in all parts of the country. The 
important florist in Ohio or Wisconsin should have glorious Roses to cut all summer. You can 
■ . ■ experiment with a few hundred plants. There may be other varieties that in certain 
localities will fill the bill as a profitable summer cut flower. We will consider it a favor if our customers 
will write us saying what are the best for this purpose in their different localities. The following vari¬ 
eties of Roses we have found best for summer cut flowers in Ohio. Each and every one is a free bloomer, 
and is a gem of the first water. Remember this one point: The Hybrid Teas produce better flowers dur¬ 
ing the hottest weather, while the Teas produce the best bloom after the nights become cool. 
List of Roses Planted in the Garden Suitable for 
Summer Cut Flowers 
WHITE ROSES 
Grossherzogin Alexandra. 
KaiNerin A. Victoria. 
Marie Guillot. 
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. 
White Bougere. 
White Maman Cochet. 
LIGHT PINK ROSES 
Antoine Rivoire (Mrs. Taft) 
Colonel R. S. Williamson. 
Helen Good. 
Lady Katherine Rose. 
Mrs. Foley Hobbs. 
Souvenir de Pres. Carnot. 
Wm. R. Smith. 
Yvonne Vaelierot. 
DARK PINK ROSES 
Aurora. 
F. R. Patzer. 
Grosslierzogin Friederich, 
Jonkheer J. L. Mock. 
Lady Alice Stanley. 
Maman Cochet. 
Madame Jules Grolez. 
Madame P. Euler (Prima 
Donna). 
Mrs. George Shawyer. 
My Maryland. 
President Taft. 
Radiance. 
RED 
Crimson Q.ueen. 
Etolle de France. 
Eugene E. Marlitt. 
General .McArthur. 
Helen Gould. 
Hadley. 
Hoosier Beauty. 
Laurent Carle. 
Olivia. 
Rhea Reid. 
YELLOW 
Blumenschmidt. 
Etoile de Lyon. 
Her/-. Marie Antoinette. 
Lady Hillingdon. 
Sunburst. 
FANCY 
Blanche Martignot. 
Jenny Gillemot. 
Lady Roberts. 
Mrs. A. R. Waddell. 
Ophelia. 
Souv. de Pierre Notting. 
. Marechal Neils at New Orleans 
If our friends at New Orleans will take our 2%-inch pot plants of Marechal Niel in January or Feb¬ 
ruary, shift them into a 4-inch pot, plunge outside in old manure, stake and water as needed, and shift 
into larger pots as required, they can have every four cents they buy of us up into a $1.00 plant by Sep¬ 
tember and October. In this way you never have the fatality when planted out that occurs in the Lay¬ 
ered Banksia that are budded, and you get a much superior growth. Try this plan. _ 
Novelties in Cannas and Some that are Scarce 
EUREKA —Largest white Canna we have seen, oft¬ 
en five to six inches across. Need we say the only 
meritorious white Canna to date; pure white. A 
good grower and free bloomer. $1.00 per dozen; 
$6.00 per hundred. 
FIREBIRD —This is by all means the very best red 
flowered Canna; gigantic trusses of immense 
flowers with petals two and one-half to three 
inches and over across. The color is a clear glis¬ 
tening scarlet without streaks or spots of any 
kind. Don’t fail to try it. $1.25 per dozen; $8.00 
per hundred. 
GOLDEN GATE —The flowers open almost pure gold, 
but soon become richly rayed with orange-crim¬ 
son and apricot. Throat deep carmine-red; charm¬ 
ing variety. $1.00 per dozen; $6.50 per hundred. 
KATE F. DEEMER —The grand flowers open a rich 
oriole-yellow, which gradually gives place to a 
turkey-red in throat of the flower, this in strik¬ 
ing contrast with the rest of the blossom, which 
turns almost white. Thus two colors of flowers 
will be on the same stalk at one time. This 
makes a fascinating combination, and is the most 
unusual of all Cannas. 75 cents per dozen; $5.00 
per hundred. 
MRS. ALFRED F. CONRAD — A most remarkable 
variety, with exquisite salmon-pink flowers of 
largest size in erect and abundantly furnished 
heads. So freely produced as to keep up a superb 
showing of its fine bloom for months above the 
rich green foliage; extra fine. $1.00 per dozen; 
$6.50 per hundred. 
METEOR —The almost solid mass of deep, dazzling 
crimson produced is spectacular; a good grower 
and altogether the very best Canna. $1.00 per 
dozen; $6.50 per hundred. 
PANAMA —The color is an attractive rich orange- 
red, with a well-defined edge of bright golden- 
yellow. The flowers are very large and the im¬ 
mense spread of the individual blooms coupled 
with its early free flowering habit makes this 
Canna noteworthy. $1.00 per dozen; $6.50 per 100. 
THE WONDERFUL YELLOW KING HUMBERT or 
QJLiEEN HELEN — This Canna is a sport from 
King Humbert, which is known far and wide as 
“the one best Canna.” The yellow flowering form 
is a better Canna than King Humbert in these 
particulars. A far better grower and a better 
bloomer. Yellow Humbert will make at least 
three or four times the growth of the King and 
every stalk will have its flowers. The foliage is 
deep green, same shape as the King. The flowers 
are deep golden-yellow, spotted red, the indi¬ 
vidual bloom and the truss being as large as 
Humbert; without question the best of all Cannas 
to date. $1.00 per dozen; $6.50 per hundred. 
