QUALITY 
GARDEN 
ROSES 
HE year 1941 has been a pretty good 
year to the House of Vestal. You were 
liberal with your orders, so that our 
stock of plants moved right along, making 
room for the new crop. 
We matured a splendid crop of Roses in 
1941 and have for this spring’s planting, 
Roses we are proud of. 
As usual, we do not offer many of the new 
Roses, as most of them are no better than the 
ones we have been growing right along, and 
they cost a lot more than our reliables. 
We try out all the new things but until 
they look good to us, on our own ground, 
they will not appear in a Vestal catalogue. 
Plant Vestal’s Arkansas-grown Roses and 
be pleased. When in or near Little Rock stop 
mn and visit. We grow a lot of many things 
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 
che 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 fillmg 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, 

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DAME EDITH HELEN. 65c each 
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The Vestal Guarantee 
We guarantee to the full amount of the purchase price, 
the purity and quality of all Vestal Seeds, Bulbs, Roots, 
and Plants ordered from this catalogue; and we also 
guarantee to the full amount of the purchase price, 
the safe delivery 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 
