6 SUNSET NURSERY CO. 


BUSH ROSES 
All our roses offered in the following list are strong, two-year-old field 
grown No 1 Grade and will bloom the first year. 
PLANTING 
The best time to plant roses is during the months of December, January, 
February and March; however, you can plant them later also during April and 
May, but at a time the plants have to be put in pots by us in order to insure 
safe transplanting and the price has to be increased to pay for the extra cost. 
Roses are best planted in fairly sunny location, the soil should be well 
drained and well fertilized. When planting the roots must be straightened out 
and spread in the hole, with the soil as much as possible worked well between 
the roots and firmed well, setting the plant so that the point where it has been 
budded is just below the surface. Water well after setting. PLANT EARLY. 
PRUNING 
During the months of December, January and February roses must be 
pruned. Dead and old wood must be removed—the strong growers should be 
cut back more severely than the weaker ones; judgment has to be used accord- 
ingly. Climbers are usually thinned out and only cut back to prevent them 
from growing up too high and leaving the bottom part all bare. Polyantha or 
baby roses require but very little pruning. 
SPRAYING 
At the first signs of aphis appearing on the young growth, roses have to be 
sprayed with a good insecticide. Very soon thereafter mildew will begin to 
appear and this has to be combatted with a spray or dusting sulphur. For leaf 
eating insects use a contact spray or, better yet, a stomach poison like arsenate 
of lead. 
Consult us at any time as to the proper spray to use—we shall be glad to 
advise you. 
FERTILIZING 
As said before, roses should be well fertilized. Once a month an applica- 
tion of Gaviota will be found beneficial. A handful scattered on the soil around 
the plant and worked into the soil, well watered after the application, will do 
wonders to stimulate growth and size of flowers. Later in the summer this 
can be omitted until early fall, before the late summer flowers begin to appear. 
