What Color Is a Rose? 
The description of roses as shown in this catalog is very 
meager and our particular reason for this meager description 
is the fact that it is really impossible to describe the colors 
of the roses we list. Take, for instance, Autumn or Talisman. 
They show every color of the rainbow except blue, and even 
then as the bloom becomes old certain shades of blue appear. 
Describing roses is just about as much a puzzle to us as 
describing a pretty girl. About all you can say about the girl 
is pretty eyes, pretty skin, pretty teeth, and pretty hair, but 
no one could identify a girl by that description. So it is with 
roses. Our pink roses include all tints of pink from the very 
lightest flesh color to the darkest pink bordering on red. Our 
red roses comprise all the colors from dark pink to very black 
velvety red, and some of them show orange tinge. Our white 
roses cover several different tints, such as Kaiserin, which is 
a cream white; Edel and Portadown Ivory are paper white; 
Mme. Jules Bouche is white with a pink tinge. Our yellow 
roses comprise all tints from the lightest lemon color to the 
darkest orange; and many of the roses carry several of these 
colors in the same bloom. Therefore, since we have the roses 
in our gardens in pots in full bloom so that you can see them 
and know just what they are, we invite you to visit our gar¬ 
dens and select the very colors that you like best. We have 
tried to avoid the misunderstanding that is bound to occur if 
we attempted to describe the wonderful colors of these beau¬ 
tiful plants. So visit our rose gardens any time between May 
20 and freezing weather in the Fall and see thousands of 
these beautiful roses in over 150 different varieties in full 
bloom. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
For Growing Cloverset Hybrid Tea Roses 
(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 instructions given in this catalog are 
written to help you get started to be successful in growing these 
most popular and beautiful flowers. The second condition we be¬ 
lieve we have worked out for you by offering you our Cloverset 
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 beautiful blooms. Our 
Roses are all budded on Japanese Multiflora or on Ragged Robin, 
as these two root stocks have been most satisfactory in our 
changeable Kansas City climate. 
Location of Rose Bed and Preparation of Soil 
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 deciding 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 3% feet 
wide and 6 feet long, which will allow for three rows with four 
plants in a row. Larger numbers of plants will take larger beds in 
proportion. Rose Beds should never be over 4% feet wide as 
wider beds are hard to cultivate and are inconvenient when cut¬ 
ting 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 entire day is preferable. 
This is the way the Roses look when you get them. No set 
back in Your Garden 
After the bed has been located, 2% pounds of our Cloverset 
Rose Grower Fertilizer and 1 bushel of our shredded Cow Manure 
and enough agricultural lime stone to cover the soil 1-16 inch 
deep 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. 
Advance Preparation 
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 soaked, 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 repeated handling of the soil will 
cause additional 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 unsuitable 
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 without injury. Potted Roses' can be planted at 
your convenience. Place them in a sunny place and water them 
every day. 
PRICES 
Sterilized shredded Cow Manure is packed in 50 pound bags. 
Price, per bag—$1.00. 
Caution 
In order to be successful with your Roses, a few important 
instructions will have to be followed and unless they are followed, 
your Rose Bed will probably be a failure and your money will 
be wasted. 
We invite you to visit us with your Rose troubles and it will 
always be a pleasure to us to help you. 
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