A view of our new downtown store at 512 Broadway. We cordially invite all of our customers passing through 
Little Rock to stop in and see us. 
f/eital "QUALITY" Roiei 
T HE VESTAL Rose business has been increasing 
for several years, a steady, healthy growth that 
enables us to plan ahead and have ready for our 
customers, when they want them, the finest Rose 
plants obtainable in this country—honest plants 
with good roots and healthy tops that will grow 
and bloom when planted in your garden. If you 
have never planted Vestal Roses, look through this 
catalog and select some plants for a trial order. 
It was over 70 years ago that Jos. W. Vestal began 
growing plants for American gardens, and for over 
70 years the business, now carried on by his sons, 
has been at the same location here in Little Rock. 
Started with an idea and the will to do, it is today 
the largest retail nursery in the state of Arkansas. 
There are close to 100,000 fine two-year-old 
budded Roses growing in our fields in addition to 
nearly a half million own-root Roses in the green¬ 
houses, and we shall be happy to show you around 
the Nurseries and Greenhouses any time you are 
passing through Little Rock. Come at Rose-bloom¬ 
ing time if you can, and see all these plants in bloom. 
Here are some instructions which may help you to grow extra-fine Roses: Any good garden soil 
will grow good Roses. In planting a dormant Rose, dig a hole wide enough so that the roots can be spread out 
without bending and deep enough so the crown will be just barely covered when the bed is finally leveled off. 
Set the plant and pack clean earth tightly around the roots, tamping solidly; when the hole is nearly 
full of earth, pour in a bucket of water. As soon as this drains away, finish filling up the hole and hill up 
to the top of the canes with clean earth, peat moss, or sand—anything to protect the canes from sun and 
wind until the plant can form new roots, which will not be for two to three weeks. If you live where the 
ground freezes and are planting in the fall, leave the hills for winter protection, removing as soon as frosts 
are over in the spring. Keep Roses well watered, especially the first few weeks; and keep them well fed— 
they will repay you generously. Where winter protection is necessary, the most satisfactory method is a 
simple hilling up with clean earth. 
» » » THE VESTAL GUARANTEE « « « 
We guarantee to the full amount of the purchase price, the purity and quality of all Vestal Seeds, Bulbs, Roots, 
and Plants ordered from this catalog; and we also guarantee to the full amount of the purchase price, the safe deliv¬ 
ery of everything you order. 
We do not guarantee continued growth. At our prices it is impossible for us to guarantee growth or to be 
responsible for stock after delivery to our customers in good condition. So many factors over which we have no 
control govern the life and growth of plants, after they leave our custody, that we do not feel that we should be 
held responsible for their growth. JOS. W. VESTAL & SON 
JOS. W. VESTAL & SON Box 871 Little Rock, Ark 
