CALIFORNIA ROSES, 
INC. 
the shears toward the eye, incline the guard downwards, 
and make a slanting cut as close to the eye as possible. 
This prevents bruising the eye and insures more rapid 
healing, thereby excluding destructive insects. 
In pruning older bushes, the age, size and vigor of the 
plant will determine in each case the number of main 
stems to leave and the number of breaks each stem should 
carry. A trial and error method, coupled with a little com¬ 
mon sense, soon teaches one how to do this. The life of 
the plant is controlled by pruning. A slight yearly in¬ 
crease in its size is essential. When the plant becomes 
too large, some of the old gnarled trunks should be cut 
back to the ground, encouraging the building of a new 
bush with the clean fast growing ground canes which us¬ 
ually come with the fall growth. Given proper cutting 
of flowers and sensible, moderate pruning, your plants 
will retain their vigor at eight years or older. 
Bean Straw 
We can now supply bean straw both in the bale and 
ground for mulching. To our knowledge there is nothing 
better for use in Rose beds. The bales are coarse heavy 
fiber suitable for use in the bottom of the hole when 
planting. The ground or chopped straw is cut up to one 
inch or less in length and sent out in huge beet pulp 
sacks holding nearly a bale. 
BALES REGULAR BEAN STRAW.$1.50 each 
SACKS CHOPPED BEAN STRAW. 1.50 each 
SMALL SACKS CHOPPED BEAN STRAW. . .75 each 
Add 3 per cent Sales Tax in California. 
The above prices on Bean Straw are delivered in the 
Metropolitan Los Angeles area which we reach by truck 
only. Elsewhere quoted f.o.b. Puente, California. 
THE PACIFIC ROSE SOCIETY invites you to become a 
member and help gather and disseminate first hand in¬ 
formation on Rose culture. The practical and effective 
methods discussed by the members and guests at the 
monthly and special meetings and written up in their 
bulletins will be of great help. Initiation fee $2.00. Dues 
$1.50 yearly. Write the President, Fred W. Walters, 1056 
Olive Lane, La Canada, California, for further information. 
THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY offers a treasure chest 
of Rose lore with membership dues $3.50 yearly. The 
Rose Annual and the Quarterly magazines are filled with 
reports from all sections of the country, as well as some 
foreign notes, on the different varieties, their habits and 
their culture. Write the Secretary, Box 687, Harrisburg, 
Pa., for details. 
A membership in both taken through the Pacific Rose 
Society, or any such affiliated local group, may be had at 
considerable savings. 
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