
OR YEARS we have known that Vestal’s Arkansas-grown Roses couldn’t be beat, and if you could 
have seen our 1940 Rose-fields we feel sure you would agree that our claim was justified. Strong, 
well-branched plants, with healthy foliage and great crops of gorgeous bloom, made the 1940 Vestal 
fields something to remember. 
This Little Rock soil is just light enough for Rose roots to develop properly, and our climate ripens 
the canes right up to the Queen’s taste, so that we are able to offer you Rose plants that are ideal in 
size and form, with clean, ripened canes and a root system to please the most demanding Rosarian. 
Plant Vestal Roses and be happy. Stop in and see us at any time. We grow a Iot of other things 
besides Roses and shall be pleased 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 ts 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. 

Try some of the Newer Roses 
JOS. W. VESTAL & SON, Box 871, Little Rock, Ark. 3 

