PLANTING AND CARE 
of ROSES 
By Yesse Sreedlove 
For the benefit of new Rose growers who will receivé 
our plants for the first time, and also to help those 
who may be interested in checking on methods of 
growing Roses, we recommend the following: 
PREPARATION OF SOIL 
Select a place where there will be sunshine at least half the 
day—not under trees, nor too close to hedges or other plants that 
will rob the Rose bushes of food and water. Remove old vege- 
tation from the ground. Provide plenty of space for your bushes. 
If they are planted in rows, let them be at least 314 feet apart 
which will give room for cultivation and cutting. The bushes 
may be as close as 18 inches in the row. If they are planted in- 
beds, set them at least 214 feet apart. 
Dig a trench a foot deep and 114 feet wide for each row. When 
Roses are planted singly, dig holes correspondingly large and 
deep. Fill the trench so that the union, where the top is budded 
to the understock, will be just at the top of the ground when 
the trench is filled. 
PLANTING 
Place the bushes in a tub of water as soon as they are un- 
wrapped, and let them soak for at least an hour. Prune the roots 
to 12 inches in length and cut the tops back to 6 to 8 inches. 
Set the bush over a mound of soil in the trench, letting the 
roots slope slightly downward. Cover the roots with good soil, 
packing lightly as the trench is filled and being careful to leave 
no air pockets. Soak well with water during the planting. 
Keep a hill of soil 3 to 4 inches high about the branches during 
the winter months. Rake this soil away a little at a time when 
the first growth appears in the spring. 
Caution: 
Do not plant too deep. Leave the union of top and understock 
at ground level. 
Do not plant in low, wet ground, but select a well-drained, 
sunny place for your Roses. 
Do not wet foliage when watering. Let the water run on the 
ground until it soaks down to the deepest roots. 
AFTER-CARE 
Keep your Roses healthy. Use a good dust fungicide, prefer- 
ably sulphur-copper Rose dust. Apply lightly each week, except 
during the hottest summer weather. Apply the dust within 
twenty-four hours after each rain. 
For aphids—those little green sucking insects—use a nicotine, 
pyrethrum or rotenone insecticide. Follow directions on the 
package. 
PRUNING 
In cutting Roses, do not take long stems until the bushes have 
attained a good growth. When the plants are as large as you 
want them, prune only to keep them the size and shape you de- 
sire. Keep dead wood cut out at all times. Make sloping cuts 
just above leaf joint or next to the branches, and take care to 
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leave no stubs. In pruning for exhibition flowers, more severe 
cutting will have to be done. In that case, cutting the plant back 
to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground will force out longer stems. 
FERTILIZATION 
No chemical fertilizer should be used in the soil when planting 
Roses. Directions on the package will tell you the amount to be 
applied after the plants are rooted and growing. Be careful not 
to use too much, for that will burn the plants in hot weather. 
Soak with water after each application. 
SHIPPING SEASON 
We begin our shipping season in the fall, as soon as our nursery 
stock is dormant, for it must be matured and ripened before it 
can be successfully transplanted. The season usually begins about 
October 1, and in our locality we can continue digging and ship- 
ping throughout the winter and into the spring months. Your 
orders will be filled as they come to us, or at the proper planting 
time in your locality. 
GUARANTEE 
We guarantee to ship you first-class, well-grown, healthy 
plants in good growing condition. Most failures are due to lack 
of watering before planting, lack of sufficient water after plant- 
ing, improper care, over-fertilization, frost, etc., and we cannot 
therefcre be held responsible for the results. However, we will 
replace at half the catalog price any plant or plants we sell that 
die, if notified by June 1 following planting, but in no case will 
we be liable for more than the purchase price of the plants. 
REFERENCES 
The Citizens National Bank, the Peoples National Bank, and 
the Tyler State Bank & Trust Company, Tyler, Texas; and Dun 
& Bradstreet, New York. 
PRICES 
Except where noted, all Roses in this catalog are 75c 
each; $7.95 per doz.; $14.95 for 25; $27.50 for 50; $50.00 per 
100. Every plant in this catalog is sent to you prepaid. 
TYLER, TEXAS 
