MINIATURE ROSES 
CENTIFOLIA MINIMA—A very tiny flowered Centifolia with the open bloom not 
more than a half-inch across of a soft pink with a deeper center. It has a great many 
dainty and minute petals which would take a magnifying glass to count. I believe 
that this is the first time it has been offered for sale in a catalog as its history as far 
as has been determined goes back sixty years and then is lost; so the original variety 
name is lost but as the Designation of minima is botanically accurate it can be used 
with the Variety name if it is ever found. I identified at a Portland, Oregon, Rose 
show 3 years ago where it was shown without any designation, this is one of the 
really old Roses that is very interesting as well as dainty. Best to plant this where 
it does not get the afternoon sun. Stock very limited—no further discount; each $1.50 
ROSA ROULETTI—Of rich pink, blooming constantly and heavily on a wee plant that 
starts to bloom when it is about two inches high, and which reaches a maximum 
height of about six inches. Rouletti is perfectly fitted for rock gardens and for most 
unusual and satisfactory edgings for the rose bed or perennial border.................. $0.50 
OAKINGTON RUBY—Ruby red. Has very tiny blooms that are given constantly. 
Blooms as small as does Rouletti but due to the flower stems being longer the plant 
eventualyygessai little taller than sROulettie..cs sue eyes Ae re ce eer ee $0.50 
If you are intending to buy some new rose plants to fill in those beds where some 
old ones died, don’t do it, as I will refuse to sell them to you if I know about it, 
UNLESS you dig out all of the old soil for about a foot and a half square and deep 
and replace with soil free of rose material, as my plants or others will not give results 
unless you do. ‘““Toxins” is the answer. I repeat, people do amazing and astounding 
things to roses and then still expect them to grow and flourish! 
The union of the rose and the understock (the knot where the rose starts) is the 
weakest part of the rose and in addition to keeping it above the ground it has to be pro- 
tected from sunscald and frost damage in the winter. The best is to use a heavy mulch 
of loose material such as Peat Moss or Buckwheat Hulls but any loose material will do— 
it also keeps the ground cool the way the rose likes it. 
