

TALISMAN 

EDITOR McFARLAND 
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HEINRICH WENDLAND VILLE DE PARIS ROUGE MALLERIN 
Reuter's 
Everblooming Roses 
We offer California Roses grown for us by one of the largest and most 
reputable growers on the West Coast. All plants offered are large, hardy, 
2-year-old, field-grown, budded stock, full of vigor. They have been 
blooming profusely this past season. 
All Tea (T) and Hybrid Tea (HT) Roses are everblooming in the 
South. Hybrid Perpetuals (HP) are more seasonal in their blooming. 
Cutturat Drrecrions. Select a location where your Roses will get 
the sun at least 5 to 6 hours a day. They do best in a slightly acid ground 
and if your soil is alkaline it is advisable to give the Rose-beds an appli- 
cation 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 11% 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 beginning 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 until June. Apply a closed handful to each bush 
sprinkled over the surface and watered down. 
Spraying Is very necessary to protect the plants from black-spot, mil- 
dew, and insects. Tri-Ogen or Nicotine Pyrox are probably the most 
efficient of all the spray materials as they control the fungus and kill 
all types of insects. 
In the spring a mulch of some kind Is of great importance. Such mate- 
rial as Peat-Moss or Servall is suitable for this purpose. During dry 
weather give your Rose-bed a thorough soaking twice a week. Light 
daily sprinklings are of little benefit. 
American Beauty. HP. Large, globular 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 surface of petals and showing 
light salmon reflexes. 
Briarcliff. HT. Large, pointed buds and double high-centered blooms 
of brilliant rose-pmk, fragrant and long lasting. 
Caledonia. HT. Both the long-pointed buds and the huge double 
flowers are pure white, with exquisitely curved and infolded petals. 
One of the finest among the whites. 
Charles K. Douglas. HT. Fine, long-pointed buds opening to large, 
loosely formed flowers of striking crimson-scarlet. Does not fade. 
Christopher Stone. HT. Bright velvety scarlet-red blooms of good 
form. Their golden stamens appear as the blooms open. Vigorous 
grower and free bloomer. Heat-resistant. 
Condesa de Sastago. HT. The globular blooms are a blend of rich 
yellow and copper-scarlet, making a striking combination as the flowers 
mature. Strong grower. 
Cynthia, HT. A beautiful Rose with large flowers of a rich Oriental 
red turning gold at the base. 
Duquesa de Penaranda. HT. In the spring the flowers are coppery 
apricot but change as the season advances to cinnamon-peach—a 
distinct and unusual color. 
POSTPAID PRICES. All above: Each 65c.; 3 for $1.75; 
6 for $3.25; 12 for $6.00 


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