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RICHARDS’ PLANTED ROSES 
This new and modern way of selling roses eliminates all danger of the plants not starting after 
being replanted in your garden, and insures the buyer of getting exactly the rose desired. 
These planted roses are growing in Cloverset pots and are planted in specially prepared rose soil 
heavily fertilized to insure rapid and permanent growth and bloom. They weight 12 to 14 pounds “tlh 
or about 160 pounds per dozen. The acquisition of about 160 pounds of the finest rose soil with each dozen 
purchased entirely disposes of all questions as to the adaptability of your own garden soil to growing 
roses and insures success even when planted in soil unsuitable for them. 

Our planted roses do not require immediate replanting. They may be kept growing in our pots until 
any time convenient for replanting. They will grow and bloom just as well in the containers as they 
do in the ground. 
As RICHARDS’ PLANTED ROSES are delivered to you properly planted in Cloverset pots and in 
full foliage and in vigorous growing condition we overcome the most serious loss to the rose buyer, viz., 
improper planting and improper care of dormant roses immediately after planting, which are the chief 
causes of failure in rose growing. By our modern method of furnishing you our plants already started 
and in full foliage, and later, in full bloom, we take the responsibility of the early handling of them, and 
furnish them to you as finished plants ready to give you entire satisfaction in your garden, and as you are 
invited to select each individual plant out of our display frames, we enable you to select only the most 
vigorous and healthy plants among hundreds of the same sort. 
From a small experimental trial six 
years ago and continuous improvements in 
methods of potting and handling—and from 
the leaping demand for RICHARDS’ 
PLANTED ROSES (with which we simply 
can’t keep pace in spite of repeated doubl- 
ing and redoubling of production)—we are 
convinced that our method of selling roses 
growing and blooming is the only way they 
should be offered. 
Already Planted and Started for You 
Ready for You Anytime 
The greatest innovation ever offered the 
rose buyer, enabling us to oifer our roses 
already growing and blooming. 
For sale only at our gardens — Cannot be shipped 
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DIRECTIONS FOR REPLANTING POTTED ROSES 
Planting these roses is very simple indeed. After 
the permanent bed is located and soil properly pre- 
pared; the holes about 12 inches in diameter and of 
proper depth are dug, the pot is removed from the 
rose plant by slitting the pot with your pocket knife 
and peeling it off the ball of soil, and the plant is set 
in the bed so that when the ground is finally leveled 
off the “bud” or union of top and root is barely cov- 
ered. The plant is set without injury to the root 
system, consequently with no disturbance to the foli- 
age or buds, and goes right ahead without the slight- 
est wilting. 
Always pack the soil firmly around the roots of 
any kind of plants. This is done to force the air 
spaces out of the soil around the roots. After this a 
generous watering to soak the soil thoroughly down 
to the lowest roots is all that is necessary. 
CAUTION: Do not break or crumble the ball of soil 
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We give no guarantee with potted roses. 
All plants in pots are so obviously alive and 
thrifty at time of purchase that they carry no guar- 
antee and need none, 

