WILD BROS. NURSERY CO., SARCOXIE, MO. 
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It’s easy to have lovely roses. Have you a bit of ground with 
sun half the day, soil that will grow good garden crops? Then 
plant firmly and prune severely; cultivate and water as needed; 
dust them occasionally with sulphur; and you can have beauti¬ 
ful, fragrant flowers from May until the frosts of autumn. 
Brief planting and pruning suggestions will be sent with each 
order, or by mail on request. 
For best results you want the best plants. You do not expect 
to get Community Silver Plate for the price of ordinary grades. 
Neither should you expect the best roses for the least. As autumn 
and winter approach a rose stores up starch in the wood and 
(bark, especially in the roots. When growth ceases the plant 
cells are literally filled with starch. If dug before this change 
takes place or, as commonly said, before they are mature, the 
plants will not readily start into growth in the spring and will 
not grow as vigorously. A rose dug too early cannot be a first 
class rose, because the storage of starch must occur in the field 
before digging. Sometimes that is the reason good looking 
plants do not give good results. 
Our roses are properly grown, and are not dug until 
thoroughly matured. When dug, the roots are bedded in moist 
packing material in a cold storage room where artificial refrigera¬ 
tion keeps the temperature at 35 to 40 degrees. This controll¬ 
ed temperature and proper humidity condition gives them a 
steady, mild winter. They have had a good rest, and when 
planted are ready to start into active growth. We do not handle 
Southern Roses. 
Budded and Own-root Roses. Almost all Tea and Hybrid 
Tea, and a few Climbing Roses, give more, better and larger 
A few bushes will give you table flowers all summer 
flowers when budded. In such cases our roses are budded. We 
consider them the best roses that can be grown. They please 
us and give us good results. We feel sure they will please you. 
Sverblooming or cfAionthly ^Rgses loom the tyirst year 
ROSE PRICES 
Two or more 55c varieties at 50c each; five or 
more at 47c each; ten or more at 45c each, 25 or 
more at 42c each. 
ROSE SURPRISE COLLECTION 
Our selection, all good named varieties, and a 
good assortment of colors. 5 or more at 44c each, 
10 or more at 40c each. 
These roses will give you beautiful flowers a few weeks after 
planting, and all summer till fall. Plant 15 to 18 in. apart; T. 
indicates Tea, H. T., Hybrid Tea, Pol., Polyantha. 
Please note we tell you the grade. Two year roses are graded 
No. 1, No. IY 2 and No. 2. No. 1 is the best. 
These are No. 1 two-year field grown budded plants, 
the very best grade. Postpaid in Missouri and adjoin¬ 
ing states if your rose order amounts to $2.00 or more. 
For more distant states add 3c each. 
Ami Quinard 
Blackish buds opening velvety dark crimson-maroon; semi¬ 
double; old rose fragrance; blooms freely; growth vigorous. 
An almost black rose at a moderate price. H. T. 55c each. 
Autumn 
Well named for its combination of autumn colors, burnt 
orange stained and splashed with red, orange and various shades 
of pink; upright habit; dark green foliage. H. T. 55c each. 
Briarcliff 
Large, pointed buds; double, high-centered blooms, the edges 
of the petals ruffled; brilliant rose-pink; very fragrant; blooms 
freely; long, stiff stems; few thorns; the flowers keep well; 
vigorous; foliage resistant to disease. H. T. 55c each. 
Caledonia 
Long tapering buds, opening into large snowy white flow¬ 
ers, very lightly tinted lemon, on good stems; fragrant; blooms 
freely; attractive foliage. H. T. 55c each. 
Ophelia 
Cecile Brunner 
Also called the Sweetheart Rose. Tiny buds as perfectly form¬ 
ed as a Tea rose, opening into full double flowers about IV 2 
in. across, in graceful, loose sprays; delicate pink becoming 
lighter with age; decidedly fragrant. Pol. 55c each. 
Columbia 
Large; beautiful rich rose-pink buds, opening slowly into 
somewhat flat blooms, full to the center; very fragrant; vigor¬ 
ous; blooms freely; good stems; the cut flowers keep well; 
especially good in cool weather. H. T. 55c each. 
Condesa de Sastago 
Golden buds striped red; when fully open the inside of the 
petals is a fiery-coppery red, the outside gold; fragrant; blooms 
freely; foliage dark green; vigorous. H. T. 55c each. 
Everblooming Roses, continued next page 
Briarcliff 
