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“LADY HILLINGDON “FRANCIS SCOTT KEY LUXEMBOURG TALISMAN EDITOR McFARLAND 
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MRS. CHARLES BELL 
Here are twelve Roses that we highly recommend for southern 
gardens. They have been tried under severe conditions in all 
parts of our country and have won laurels in every section. We 
believe you will be pleased with the twelve here shown in color 
and offered as ‘““Wight’s Illustrated Dozen.” 
One each of the Twelve in 2-year- 3 50 


old Field-grown Plants for only . 
Carefully packed and sent postpaid. 

WHITE AMERICAN BEAUTY 

\ “4 Bete of the mild Southern climate and favor- 
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER a. i ae able soils, Roses thrive under our sunny skies and are 4 
oO —— lavish in displaying colorful blooms, and spreading fra- ea ee 
grance abroad. 
In spring the Rose lover eagerly looks for the first sign of * 
growth; then impatiently waits until the swelling buds burst into 
full bloom. From then until hot midsummer his garden is a mass : 
of color. When cooler days and nights of autumn come the plants Eo 
give a second season of bloom, and then the reds seem to be : 
brighter, the pmks richer, and the yellows more golden than earlier 
in the y [I Truly Roses are the supreme flowers for the Southland. 
BETTY Roses May be planted safely in fall or spring, but we prefer fall 
UPRICHARD pJanting (' the gardener can get the ground ready. In the fall the 
plants a1# dormant, yet full of the vigor stored up in summer; they 
can be moved without difficulty, and the roots will at once begin 
to draw food from the soiJ, storing it until spring’s warm days call 
the plant into growth. 
WIGHT’S NURSERIES - CAIRO, GEORGIA 




PLANTING DIRECTIONS: Dig a large hole, making it deep, so that 
the plant will set 3 to 4 inches deeper than it stood in the nursery; 
in the bottom put a little bone-meal or well-rotted manure, covering 
with an inch or more of soil; cut off broken or damaged roots, then 
set the plants, separating and spreading the roots carefully; gradually 


03 ok Ny fill m the soil, packing it tight around the roots; when the hole is 
VARIA about half filled pour in three or four quarts of water, let it settle 
S8obibn of Rose Ded and then finish filling the hole. Each fall or spring give the Rose-bed Top: RED RADIANCE 
a good application of plant-food—Vigoro, bone-meal, or well-rotted Bottom: PINK RADIANCE 
A.- Showing Depth Lo Plant. manure. A mulch of peat moss is of value during hot weather as it 
ae Rosen it Teh eae eed aE conserves moisture and keeps the roots cool. 

