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Cultural Directions 
For Growing Roses 
Select a location where your 
Roses will get the sun at least 5 
or 6 hours a day. They do best 
in a slightly acid ground, and if 
your soil is alkaline it is advisa- 
ble to give the rose beds an ap- 
plication of aluminum sulphate 
before setting out the bushes. 
Broadcast this material over the 
surface at the rate of 10 pounds 
per 100 square feet, and mix it 
into the soil by spading. For easy 
cultivation and cutting of flowers 
do not make your rose beds more 
than 3 feet wide, and set your 
bushes 1% feet apart each way. 
About the end of February the 
Rose Bushes should be pruned. 
Cut the plants back to about 12 
inches, remove all dead wood and 
»weak and unproductive growth. 
Climbing Roses, if cut back at all, 
should be pruned about the be- 
ginning of July. Some growers 
object to severe pruning, in which 
case remove only the dead wood 
or unproductive growth. 
Give your first application of 
plant food about the middle of 
February and continue monthly 
untile wane. Apply one. closed 
handful to each bush sprinkled 
over the surface and watered 
down. 
Spraying is very necessary to 
protect the plants. from Black 
Spot, Mildew and Insects. Tri- 
ogen or Nicotine Pyrox are prob- 
ably the most efficient of all the 
spray materials as they control 
the fungus and kill all types of 
insects. 
During hot weather a mulch of 
some:kind is of great importance. 
Such material as Peat Moss. or 



| reflexes. 
Alice Stern. HT. Exquisite pointed 
buds, white tinted creamy salmon, open- 
ing to. moderately large flowers, sweetly 
scented and long lasting. 
American Beauty. HP. Large, glob- 
‘ular buds opening to gorgeous, deep 
vinous crimson flowers. Very fragrant. 
Betty Uprichard. HT.  Copper-red 
buds, opening to semi-double flowers, 
brilliant orange-carmine on outer sur- 
face of petals and showing light salmon 
Very pretty. 
Caledonia. HT. One of the prettiest 
White Roses we know. Both the long- 
pointed buds and the huge double flow- 
ers are pure white, with exquisitely 
curved and infolded petals. 
Charles K. Douglas. HT. Fine, long- 
pointed buds opening to large, loosely 
formed flowers of striking crimson-scar- 
let. Does not fade. Strong, branching 
grower with abundant, healthy foliage. 
One of the finest red Roses. 
Christopher Stone. HT. Bright vel- 
vety, scarlet-red flowers of good form. 
Its golden stamens appear as the bloom 
opens. Vigorous, upright grower, free- 
flowering, and does not appear to be 
troubled by heat. A fine Rose for 
Southern gardens. 
Columbia. HT. Bright pink, sweetly 
scented flowers of exquisite shape. The 
strong, stiff petals deepen in color as 
they expand. Free-flowering, healthy 
foliage and a good grower. 
Condesa de Sastago. HT. One of the 
most spectacular Roses in existence. 
The globular blooms are a blend of rich 
yellow and copper-searlet, making a 
striking combination as the flowers ma- 
ture. Strong grower and good bloomer. 
Cynthia. HT. A beautiful rose with 
large flowers of a rich Oriental red, 
turning gold at the base. 
Dame Edith Helen. HT. Showy, 
bright, clear pink. The large, perfectly 
formed, very double, high-centered 
blooms are produced freely on long, 
strong. stems. A very desirable garden 
Rose. 
PR 
Here are the Roses the world is watching—champions of the 
foremost shows of Europe and America. 
Rose ereations—personally selected by our own expert horti- 
culturists from the finest Roses of the old world and the new. 
All 2-year old, nursery-grown, budded on selected, superior 
strains of root stocks which will produce hardy, strong, vig- 
orous-growing plants that bloom profusely. 
The best of the newer 
POLYANTHA ROSES 
Sometimes called ‘‘Fairy Roses’’ be- 
cause of the dainty blooms. Low in 
growth... Continuous in bloom. 
Cecile Brunner. Sweetheart Rose. 
Lovely miniature Rose with perfectly 
formed blooms arranged in graceful 
clusters. Light pink with yellow base. 
A perfect rose for corsages. 
Golden Salmon. When in full flowers 
this variety makes a gorgeous show with 
a multitude of blazing orange blooms, 
and a seore of orange-scarlet buds. 
Ideal. The tiny glowing scarlet-crim- 
son flowers shaded black are borne in 
large clusters. Plants vigorous but 
rather long branching”. 
Lafayette. Rich cherry-pink or light 
crimson. The strong, upright plants are 
covered with blooms from early spring 
to frost. An ideal rose for massed effect 
in the garden. 

Golden Salmon Polyantha 
IRISH ROSES 
Dainty Bess. Lovely large single five- 
petaled Rose of a pure flesh-pink, tinged 
old-rose on the back of the petals. 
Center decorated with large clusters of 
wine-colored stamens. Unsurpassed for 
table decoration. Tall branching grower 
always in bloom. 
MIDGET ROSE 
Rosa Rouletti. A beautiful Mid- 
get Rose with buds shaped like 
tiny Cupid’s Darts with red petals 
staining the point. . The open 
flowers are perfect little pink Roses 

Servall is suitable for this pur- OSTPAID about one inch across. A prolific 
pose. bloomer. 
55 REUTER SEED CO., Inc., New Orleans 
Roses 
