The Rose is the National Flower. 
Of Thee I Sing! 
Growing Good Roses 
The beds ought not to be more than 4 feet wide, and the soil should be rich. Avoid making the ground loose or spongy. The 
stiffer and harder the soil in the lower layers of the bed, the better Roses grow. Old sods, greasy, decayed cow-manure, bone meal, 
and commercial dried sheep manure are good fertilizers. Keep the surface of the Rose-beds well cultivated. 
Plant Hybrid Tea Roses 13^ feet apart. More vigorous types need more space. Set the “bud” or “graft” at least 1 inch beneath 
the surface. Spread out the fine roots carefully and tamp the soil firmly about them. It is well to tread the soil hard about the roots. 
Loose planting is fatal. 
Dormant Roses should be pruned in the spring. Remove weak and dead wood, and shorten the good canes to 6 inches. Ramblers of 
the Dorothy Perkins type should have the old canes cut out at the base as soon as they are through blooming. Other Climbers require 
little pruning; simply remove dead wood and an occasional old cane as new ones appear. 
The green plant-lice which attack the tips and buds of Roses in spring and fall may be destroyed by a nicotine spray such 
as Black-Leaf 40. Hand picking is best for rose-bugs. Black-spot and mildew may be prevented by bordeaux mixture or the 
sulphur-arsenate dust recommended by the American Rose Society. 
Protect for winter by drawing the earth 6 inches high about them and cover the tops with leaves or other litter. Remove the pro¬ 
tection gradually when freezing weather is past. 
New and Recent Introductions of 
Hybrid Tea Roses 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants. April delivery 
Extra-strong, 6-in. pot-plants, delivery in May 
Alice Harding. Plant Patent No. 202. A real exhibition yellow Rose 
with wonderful garden qualities. The bud is large, golden yellow, 
flaked with carmine, and the long-lasting open bloom is pure gold 
with sweet honey fragrance. $1.75 each. 
Better Times. Plant Patent No. 23. A beautiful new Rose with 
long crimson buds opening into large, double, brilliant cerise-red 
flowers of delicate fragrance. $1.10 each. 
Countess Vandal. Plant Patent No. 38. Long-pointed bud with 
shadings of coppery bronze, suffused gold. Plant has great vigor 
and continues in flower throughout the summer. $1.10 each. 
Crimson Glory. Plant Patent No. 105. A truly glorious Rose with 
urn-shaped buds of intense deep and vivid crimson. Form sturdy 
symmetrical plants well covered with showy blooms. $1.10 each. 
Eclipse. Plant Patent No. 172. A plant of good strong habit, pro¬ 
ducing long, streamline buds of rich gold, without shading. The 
flowers are semi-double, freely produced. Several international 
prizes have been awarded to this Rose. $1.50 each. 
Feu Pernet-Ducher. Plant Patent No. 103. An exceptionally 
fine Rose with creamy orange buds heavily marked with carmine. 
They open slowly into very deep yellow blooms with lighter edges. 
Tall, bushy plants. $1.10 each. 
Glowing Sunset. Plant Patent No. 104. A glorious new Rose with 
long-pointed buds opening to full double flowers. Petals lengthened 
and twisted similar to a choice Cactus dahlia. Color is a lovely 
combination of orange, yellow, and rose-pink, blending into a 
vivid light apricot-orange. $1.10 each. 
Golden State. Plant Patent No. 303. This long-stemmed golden 
yellow Rose has won high praise under test the past year. It has 
been selected as the official Rose of the Golden Gate International 
Exposition. The flower has splendid form and a rich color which 
lasts unusually well and the plants are first class. $1.75 each. 
McGredy’s Sunset. Plant Patent rights reserved. A variety which 
is aptly named. Outside of petals clear buttercup-yellow, tipped 
orange, while the inside is chrome-yellow, flushed with scarlet 
as it opens. Flowers are medium size, full and shapely, with a 
pleasing fragrance, and very freely borne on strong, upright stems. 
Excellent in hot weather. $1.75 each. 
McGredy’s Triumph. Plant Patent No. 190. This delicately 
scented Rose has very large, full-petaled, perfectly formed flowers 
of glistening cerise overcast with orange. We recommend this Rose 
not only for the beauty of the flowers, but for its unusual plant 
which is big and bushy with strong bloom stems and heavy bronzy 
foliage which laughs at insects and disease. $1.50 each. 
Miss America. Plant Patent No. 264. A new winter Rose which has 
almost everything a good Rose should have. The color is flesh with 
salmon and gold suffusion. Its strong delightfully fragrant flowers 
are produced throughout the season. $1.10 each. 
Mme. Joseph Perraud. A Rose of sublime beauty. Long, slender, 
pointed, nasturtium-orange buds which open to sweetly fragrant 
shell-pink. The petal edges are almost pure buff, lightened with 
pink at the margins. $1.50 each. 
Pink Dawn. A beautiful Hybrid Tea Rose with glorious deep rose 
buds opening into lovely pink blooms tinted with orange at the 
base of the petals. $1.10 each. 
Poinsettia. Vigorous, fairly tall-growing plant and semi-double, 
bright scarlet flowers during the whole season. $1.35 each. 
R. M. S. Queen Mary. Plant Patent No. 249. This new Rose is a 
wonderful combination of vivid shades, being a rich, glowing 
blending of salmon and pink with an orange base. The buds are 
long and pointed, and the flowers are of large size and wonderful 
form. Freely produced and delicately perfumed. $1.50 each. 
Signora. Plant Patent No. 201. This glorious Rose has long buds of 
warm burnt sienna, opening to an exquisite lighter hue approaching 
mandarin. Tall and stately. $1.35 each. 
Polyantha Roses 
Dagmar Spath (White Lafayette). A pure white sport of Lafayette 
with large, semi-double flowers in clusters. Always in bloom. 
$1.15 each. 
Gloria Mundi. Small flowers of unfading orange-scarlet on dwarf 
plants. 95 cts. each. 
Gruss an Aachen. Large, double flowers of light pink shaded 
salmon. A dependable Rose. 95 cts. each. 
Mrs. R. M. Finch. Large bushes covered all season with masses of 
pink and white flowers. Extra. 95 cts. each. 
Orange Triumph. Great clusters of small double flowers of brick- 
red lightly tinged with orange. Dwarf but unusually free. $1.15 
each. 
Pink Charm. Large, double flowers of a lovely shade of deep pink. 
Blooms all the time and makes a showy bedding Rose. $1.15 each. 
TRI-OGEN 
This special Rose spray has proved most effective against 
the two worst rose diseases, mildew and black-spot. Con¬ 
trols all kinds of insect pests and is perfectly safe to use. 
A weekly application throughout the season gives perfect 
protection. Medium Kit $4.50. Large Kit $6.50. 
Estate Kit $19. 
Rose, McGredy’s Triumph 
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