THE DOCTOR—Furling pointed buds of rich pure pink averaging 2¥4 inches in length, 
often three inches, intensely fragrant with the damask perfume, characterize this re- 
markable rose. The buds open to huge airy semi-double blooms of finest substance. 
My plants of The Doctor are very large and strong. But do not buy it unless you can 
plant it where it does not get afternoon sun as its wood cannot take any appreciable 
amount of sunburn for it will die to the union and the decay will spread throughout 
the plant from there. Even here in the Pacific Northwest its wood will not stand our 
hottest days unprotected. But there is no question but that this rose is worth all of the 
trouble it is as it is the most beautiful of all pink roses in any language............. $1.50 
TREASURE ISLAND—Gorgeous, extremely long pointed buds that in the heat achieve 
coppery pink with shades of salmon and orange. Its colors are best when warm 
weather comes; in fact, in cool weather in the spring it is only a pink rose. Then as it 
gets warmer it gets richer in color opening to a bloom having quilled petals of light 
salmon edged paler. Originally this was a very poor grower but I have constantly 
improved it every year so that now it has ample vigor though it is not a tall grower. 
Do not whack this plant, let it grow as large as possible...........-....2.-2:.200-2s00000--+- $1.50 
Of course ANY rose can be in prize-winning condition at some time. 
SUN OR SHADE 
The flower of the rose plant has been the chief target of the hybridizers, and in 
some cases a bloom has been created that would stand a lot of sun, In fact, it would 
have to have it or else grow slowly enough in order to give its best colors (see Hen- 
nessey on Roses to further clarify this paragraph). This statement, ‘‘a lot of sun,’’ would 
possibly mean in June when the roses are at their best. That would not mean in August 
when the sun was beating the life out of even the cactus, and with no humidity in sight. 
Different sections of the country have to interpret this more or less. For instance, on 
the northern seacoast a rose plant might go to town with full strong sun, while the 
same sun a hundred miles inland in a hot valley would not be to the plant's liking, 
even though the bloom was marvelous. 
So I am going to recommend that for all hot areas you plant all of your roses so 
that they will get several hours shade in midday. Rose plants do not like the strong 
sun beating down on them all day long, even though they tolerate it and bloom and 
grow. As many have no other place to plant them, I suggest that they put up a minia- 
ture lath house over them in the hottest weather—that is, if rose blooms are of more 
importance than the looks of a lath house. 
And speaking of pink, where there is no yellow in its makeup, base of flower, etc., 
it will usually fade considerably in the heat, so plant your pink roses in part shade. 
Pink is a dilution of red and if red does not hold, what can pink do? 
See in other gardens how much better my plants grow and how outstanding are the 
varieties I pick to propagate. 
PETALAGE 
One of the things that is not generally understood is that there is no difference in the 
lasting ability of singles or doubles so long as the ancestry is similar. An illustration 
would be that a Doberman Pinscher would live just as long if he had no spots or five 
or twelve. You see, petalage is increased by the stamens turning into petaloids and then 
into petals, and that does not have the slightest bearing on the length of time these petals 
last. The advantage, if any, lies in the fact that in wet or cold weather the less petals 
the better the rose will open. This all leads up to that with less petals a plant can make 
more blooms. Other conditions being the same, there are some varieties with not more 
than medium petalage that have foolproof plants and the real long stems that you like 
and that will give enormous amounts of long-stemmed cut flowers. 
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