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. 
EXTRA-GOOD ROSES 
W E ARE quite pleased with our 1939 crop of 
Roses, for we have never seen finer plants 
anywhere—healthy, heavy plants with well-ripened 
canes and root systems that will please the most 
experienced rosarian—the kind of plants we like to 
sell because we know that they will give satisfaction, 
and satisfied customers come back to us year after 
year. 
The Vestal family have been growing plants for 
American gardens for a long, long time, having been 
at the same location here in Little Rock for 79 years. 
We grow close to 100,000 Rose plants in our fields 
on the edge of Little Rock, and at bloom-time those 
fields are a beautiful picture. In addition there are 
hundreds of thousands of own-root Roses in the 
greenhouses. If you live near or are passing through 
Little Rock, stop and see us; we shall be happy to 
show you around. 
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 five 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 purcha.se 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 sti Little Rock, Ark 
