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1938 CATALOGUE AND ROSE GUIDE 
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(COMMONLY CALLED MONTHLY ROSES) 
In planning a Rose Garden or Rose Bed, it 
is essential that three important conditions be 
taken into consideration. 
First: Location of bed and preparation of 
soil. 
Second: Absolutely first class Roses to 
start with. 
Third: Planting and care after planting. 
The first and third of these conditions must 
be studied out by the purchaser, and the in¬ 
structions given in this catalog are written to 
help you get started to be successful in grow¬ 
ing these most popular and beautiful flowers. 
The second condition we believe we have 
worked out for you by offering you our Clov- 
erset Roses, every one of which is a big, 
healthy, vigorous field grown plant grown by 
Rose specialists whose object is to produce a 
Rose that will please you with its many beau¬ 
tiful blooms. Our Roses are all budded on 
Japanese Multiflora or on Ragged Robin, as 
these two root stocks have been most satis¬ 
factory in our changeable Kansas City cli¬ 
mate. 
» Location, o(IQoSe Ided 
Always make your Rose bed to fit your 
Roses instead of spreading the Roses out to 
fit the bed. By this we mean that after decid¬ 
ing on how many Roses you wish to plant, 
make your bed just large enough so that the 
Roses will stand 16 inches apart each. way. 
For one dozen Roses the bed should be 31/2 
feet wide and 6 feet long, which will allow 
for three rows with four plants in a row. Larg¬ 
er numbers of plants will take larger beds in 
proportion. Rose beds should never be over 
4V2 feet wide as wider beds are hard to cul¬ 
tivate and are inconvenient when cutting 
blooms. 
The bed should always be located in a well 
drained place, away from the roots and shade 
of trees and large shrubs, and should be 
placed where they may be in full sun at least 
half the day, although full sun during the en¬ 
tire day is preferable. 
After the bed has been located, 2V2 pounds 
of our Cloverset Rose Grower Fertilizer and 1 
bushel of our shredded Cow Manure should 
be spread out on each 21 square feet of bed 
and thoroughly dug and mixed into a depth 
of 18 inches, digging over the bed twice to 
thoroughly mix the fertilizers with the soil. 
^yvavance 
We strongly advise advance preparation of 
the soil in your Rose bed. Preparing the soil 
for the Roses in advance of planting time is 
one of the best means of having not only ideal 
growing conditions but adds greatly to the 
appearance of the bed in the future. 
If the bed can be prepared, as given in the 
directions in this book, two or three weeks in 
advance of planting time and thoroughly soak¬ 
ed, to cause the soil and fertilizer to settle and 
break down into one composite mass and then 
is dug up again just before planting, the re¬ 
peated handling of the soil will cause addi¬ 
tional aeration and will also distribute the 
fertilizer more uniformly throughout the entire 
body of the soil to the great advantage of the 
plant to be grown in it. 
Never plant anything in wet soil. Always 
wait until the soil is dry enough to crumble 
when worked in the hand. Wet soil will bake 
during the first hot day and is absolutely un¬ 
suitable for planting. Always wait until the 
soil is dry. Should your soil not be right for 
planting when you get your Roses, set them 
aside for a few days. Dormant Roses may 
be heeled in temporarily for a few days with¬ 
out injury. 
