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 business. 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 fall 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. 
How to Obtain These Results 
Select land, if possible, with a clay subsoil and a clayey loam top soli. Roses always do best when their roots 
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 May 1st to 
10th). Should the spring be early the planting may be done April 15th. Early planting, while the w'eather 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 important 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 culti¬ 
vation. 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. 
Important 
The list we name, so far as we know, will do well In all parts of the country. The 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 varieties 
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 during 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 
Grosslierzogin Alexandra. 
Kaiserin A. Victoria. 
Marie Gulllot. 
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. 
White Bougerc. 
White Maman Cochet. 
LIGHT PINK ROSES 
Antoine Rlvoire (Mrs. TUft) 
Colonel R. S. Williamson. 
Helen Good. 
Lady Katherine Rose. 
Mrs. Foley Hobbs. 
Souvenir de Pres. Carnot. 
Wm. R. Smith. 
Yvonne Vacherot. 
My Maryland. 
President Taft. 
Radiance. 
DARK PINK ROSES 
RED 
Aurora. 
F. R. Patzer. 
Grossherzogin Friederlck. 
Jonkbeer J. L. Mock. 
Lady Alice Stanley. 
Maman Cochet. 
Madame Jules Grolez. 
Madame P. Euler (Pxima 
Donna). 
Mrs. George Shawyer. 
Crimson Qneen. 
Btoile de France. 
Eugene E. Mariitt. 
General McArthur. 
Helen Gould. 
Hadley. 
Hoosier Beauty, 
Laurent Carle* 
Olivia. 
Rhea Reid. 
YELLOW 
Blumenschmidt. 
Etoile de Lyon. 
Herz. Marie Antoinette. 
Lady Hillingdon. 
Sunburst. 
FANCY 
Blanche Martlgnot. 
Jenny Gillemot. 
J/ady Roberts. 
Mrs. A. R, WaddeU. 
Ophelia. 
Souv. de Pierre Netting. 
Marechal NiePs at New Orleans 
If our friends at New Orleans will take our two and one- 
fourth inch pet plants of Marechal Niel in January or Feb¬ 
ruary, shift them into a four inch pot, plunge- outside in 
old manure, stake and water as needed, and shift into larger 
pots as required, they can have every three and one-half 
cents they buy of us up Into a $1.00 plant by September 
and October. In this way you never have the fatality 
when planted out that occurs in the Layered Banksla that 
are budded, and you get a much superior growth. Try 
this plan. 
WHAT OUR PATRONS SAY 
If we can please these customers, why not you? 
Marietta. Ga., Sept. 7, 1914. 
The Good & Reese Co., Springfield, Ohio. 
Dear Sirs: — Just thought you’d like to hear of our won¬ 
derful success with G. & R. Roses for this summer. I 
have one thousand Cochet Roses from four to six years old, 
and than I have about one thousand which you sold me 
this March and April. The latter bed I have spared when 
possible, but am writing to say that I have picked one 
thousand perfect buds every day for ten weeks. Have 
sold thirteen thousand of these to an Atlanta firm during 
the month of August, and with the others, supplied my 
retail trade. Have fed them often with commercial fer¬ 
tilizer. bone meal and cotton seed meal. I am giving them 
a mulch now of stable manure and charcoal. Our Irriga¬ 
tion has been grand, and I know how much people enjoy 
hearing good of their products, so thought I would tell 
you. as I am very proud and grateful for my success. 
Plea.se send me a list of the most prolific Peonies. 
Very truly yours, 
MRS. HENRY MEINBRT. 
Brownsville, Tex., Nov. 20, 1914. 
I wish you could see some of the cut flowers I am get¬ 
ting from Paul Neyrons (tall as my head), K. A. Victoria, 
etc.—little 2^-inch plants a year ago, now taller than my 
head, and some of them with bases of shoots three Inches 
thick. They did wonders here the past year. I have 
worked off over half my purchases last year at a dollar 
apiece. You can Judge how they have grown In one year 
for me. There are no Roses like yours. I know, because 
I have tried others. Yours truly, 
A. W. REED. 
San Gabriel. Calif., Dec. 9, 1913. 
Messrs. Good & Reese Co., Springfield, Ohio. 
Sirs:—Your Rose shipment of Ist Inst, came yesterday 
and opened up in the usual fine condition that has char¬ 
acterized your stock during the twenty years I have done 
business with you. Growing all my stock In the open 
field. These plants were set out today. Temperature this 
6 a. m. 40 degrees, at noon 70 degrees. 
Respectfully yours, 
P. H. DREISER. 
