GROWING GOOD ROSES 
The beds ought not be more than 4 feet wide, and 
‘the soil should be rich. Avoid making the ground 
loose or spongy. The stiffer and harder the soil in 
the lower layers of the bed, the better Roses grow. 
Old sods, decayed cow-manure, bone meal, and 
commercial dried sheep manure are good fertilizers. 
Keep the surface of the Rose-beds well cultivated. 
Plant Hybrid Tea Roses 11% feet apart. More 
vigorous types need more space. Set the “‘bud”’ or 
“graft” at least 1 inch beneath the surface. Spread 

out the fine roots carefully and tamp the soil firmly 
about them. It is well to tread the soil hard about 
the roots. Loose planting is fatal. : 
Dormant Roses should be pruned in the spring. 
Remove weak and dead wood, and shorten the good 
canes to 6inches. Ramblers of the Dorothy Perkins 
type should have the old canes cut out at the base 
as soon as they are through blooming. Other Climb- 
ers require little pruning; simply remove dead wood 
and an occasional old cane as new ones appear. 

Recent Introductions of Hybrid 
Tea Roses 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants. 
April delivery. 
Better Times. Pat. 23. Long crimson buds open- 
ing into large, double, brilliant cerise-red flowers 
of delicate fragrance. $1.50 each 
Condesa de Sastago. Fiery copper inside ‘and 
golden yellow on the reverse. $1.50 each 
McGredy’s Sunset. Pat. 317. Outside of petals 
clear buttercup-yellow, tipped orange, while the 
inside is chrome-yellow, flushed with scarlet as 
it Opens. $2 each 
Mme. Joseph Perraud. Long, slender, pointed, 
nasturtium-orange buds which open to sweetly 
fragrant, shell-pink blooms. $1.50 each 
Poinsettia. Semi-double bright scarlet flowers 
during the whole season. $1.50 each 
President Macia. Great billowy blooms, 5 to 6 
inches across, of pale flesh with the reverse deep 
pink. $2 each 
R. M. S. Queen Mary. Pat. 249. Rich, glowing 
blending of salmon and pink with an orange base. 
$2 each 
Hybrid Perpetual or June Roses 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants, 
$1.25 each; $12.50 per doz. April delivery. 
Frau Karl Druschki. Pure snow-white. 
General Jacqueminot. Bud _= scarlet-crimson; 
flower clear red. 
Mme. Albert Barbier. 
and coppery buds. 
Mrs. John Laing. 
pink; fragrant. 
Hardy Rambler Roses 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants, 
$1.25 each; $12.50 per doz. 
American Pillar. 
flowers. 
Dorothy Perkins. Bears beautiful clusters of pink 
blooms. 
Mary Wallace. Lovely large, light pink flower. 
Paul’s Scarlet Climber. Bears double scarlet 
flowers In great profusion. 
Chevy Chase. Attractive, healthy foliage and 
masses of deep crimson pompons over several 
weeks. $2 each 
New Dawn. A counterpart of the beautiful flesh- 
pink Rose, Dr. W. Van Fleet. $2 each 
Produces creamy yellow, 
Immense blooms of soft, clear 
Bears heavy trusses of pink 
Polyantha Roses 
Belvedere. Large, full, velvety red flowers. 
Dagmar Spath. A pure white sport of Lafayette. 
Mrs. R. M. Finch. Pink and white flowers. 
Orange Triumph. Great clusters of small double 
flowers of brick-red. 
Price of above varieties, $1.50 each 




Hybrid Tea or Everblooming Roses 
Extra-strong, field-grown, dormant plants, 
$1.25 each; $12.50 per doz. April delivery. 
Betty Uprichard. Coppery pink opening to flowers 
of brilltant salmon, shaded rose-pink. 
E. G. Hill. Long buds and highly scented, dazzling 
scarlet bloom, shading to red-pink. 
Etoile de Hollande. Broad petals of velvety crim- 
son-red make up a beautiful flower. 
Hinrich Gaede. A magnificent Rose with shapely 
buds of brilliant nasturtium-red. 
Joanna Hill. A splendid clear yellow with golden 
heart. 
Margaret McGredy. Fragrant Oriental red flowers. 
Mme. Butterfly. Brilliant pink, suffused apricot 
and gold. : 
Mme. Edouard Herriot. Coral-red buds shaded 
yellow to scarlet. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. Golden yellow Rose. 
Mrs. Sam McGredy. Long coppery buds open to 
shapely fragrant blooms of coppery scarlet-orange 
with the reverse a deeper copper. 
Radiance. Lovely, light silvery pink flowers, with 
beautiful suffusions of deeper color. 
Red Radiance. Lovely deep red color. 
Talisman. Bright rose flamed with orange, vary- 
ing to scarlet and yellow. 
Standard or Tree Roses 
‘These ornamental Tree Roses are useful to relieve 
the flat appearance of a Rose-garden. The height of 
these Standards runs from 3 to 3% feet, 4 years old. 
Margaret McGredy. Orange-scarlet. 
Mme. Jules Bouche. White. 
Mrs. E. P. Thom. Canary-yellow. 
President Macia. Pink and rose. 
Radiance. Pink. All Standard 
Red Radiance. Red. Roses, $5 each 

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