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1938 CATALOGUE AND ROSE GUIDE 
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Q. What are Roses? 
A. Roses are a species of briar that are na¬ 
tive to and grow wild in every part of the 
world except the extreme Arctic regions. 
Q. Are all Roses alike? 
A. No. Every section of the world has its 
own and different varieties as compared with 
other lands. Those varieties found in ex¬ 
treme cold countries necessarily being much 
more vigorous and hardy than those found 
in warm climes. 
Q. Do all Roses grow alike? 
A. No. Some are dwarf, some grow tall, 
some trail along the ground, some of them 
grow long canes or branches and some are 
short and stocky. 
Q. Why are Roses popular? 
A. Because in addition to beautiful dark 
green foliage, they produce beautiful blooms 
in many colors and in most cases they have 
a wonderful fragrance. 
Q. When did they come into general favor? 
A. While Roses have been recognized for 
centuries as a beautiful flower it was not un¬ 
til 1867 when through the patience and perse¬ 
verance of a French Rose Grower and Hy¬ 
bridist a rose was produced that would bloom 
continuously during all the warm and grow¬ 
ing months of the year which in our latitude 
means from May until November. This rose, 
due to its sweet fragrance, was called a TEA 
ROSE, the name probably having been sug¬ 
gested by the fragrance of a cup of tea. It 
was, however, not very hardy and was eas¬ 
ily Winter-killed. 
Q. Do other Roses bloom all Summer? 
A. Yes. With the everblooming Rose to start 
with and through constant work and trials 
these Rose Breeders or Hybridists have by 
crossing or breeding different varieties from 
other parts of the world with the continuous 
blooming Tea Rose succeeded in producing 
hundreds of different and beautiful sorts all 
of which have some of the characteristics of 
one or both of the parents but all of them hav¬ 
ing the habit of blooming continuously through 
all of our Summer months, or, in other words 
they are everblooming and are often called 
Monthly Roses on account of their free bloom¬ 
ing habit. 
Q. What are these Everblooming Roses 
called? 
A. They are called Hybrid Teas. Hybrid, be¬ 
cause they are Half Breeds, having come from 
tender free blooming varieties and varieties 
that bloom only once but are very Winter 
hardy, and Tea, because of the great fra¬ 
grance they possess, making them reasonably 
hardy in extremely cold climates and at the 
same time having the wonderful habit of 
blooming continuously. Nearly all the new 
roses introduced now come under this class 
of roses. 
Q. Are Hybrid Tea Roses hardy? 
A. In the latitude of Kansas City and as far 
north as Minnesota they are dependably 
hardy where Winter protection is given and 
where through proper culture during the pre¬ 
ceding Summer the plants go into the Winter 
season full of vitality and vigor. 
Q. Are all Hybrid Tea Roses equally hardy? 
A. No. Some grow more vigorously during 
the Summer and are, therefore, better able 
to survive the effects of the following Winter. 
We believe the condition of the plant at the 
beginning of Winter has more to do with 
Winter hardiness than the variety, as any 
strong, healthy plant will more likely come 
through the Winter in good condition than a 
weak or starved plant. 
Q. What care should roses receive during the 
Summer to promote hardiness the following 
Winter? 
A. Full instructions for Summer as well as 
Winter care will be found in this catalog and 
Rose Guide. 
Q. Can any one grow good Roses? 
A. Yes. Assuming that good plants are 
planted in a favorable location and horse 
sense is used in their culture any one can 
grow fine roses. 
Q. What are Own Root Roses? 
A. Own Root Roses are plants that grow 
from cuttings or slips that are taken from the 
parent plant and rooted in sand. They are 
poor growers, not developing until the second 
year, enough root system to give satisfactory 
blooms and they never become strong enough 
to produce heavy crops of blooms such as are 
produced on Budded or Grafted Roses, and 
they are generally short lived, due to this in¬ 
ferior root system. 
Q. What are Budded or Grafted Roses? 
A. In order to produce strong and vigorous 
growing roses a strong and vigorous root 
system is necessary, and since roses do not 
themselves produce this heavy root system, an 
eye from the rose plant is Budded or inserted 
on the root of a strong rooted briar, where, 
having the strong root system to support it, 
it quickly grows into a much larger and 
