Super Rose Bushes 
Grown by Raffel’s New Method 
The method used in our nursery is to plant the wild Odorata cuttings during the winter months, and in 
the latter part of May or first part of June insert three buds of the hybrid-tea variety instead of one 
as is usually done. These buds are forced out without removing the growth of the Odorata (wild 
stock). 
By digging time we have very large bushes, all being well branched and with large, well-branched 
root systems. When planted in the garden these bushes require more space than regular bushes as 
they grow much larger. 
When digging these, we cut the hybrid-tea and also the wild tops back to about twelve inches. After 
planting them in the rose garden, the wild top is allowed to grow along with the hybrid-tea. Plant 
the ‘Super Bush Roses” so the lower bud, or where they start branching from the main stump, will 
be level with the ground. Cut away any wild growth that may grow from beneath this bud joint, 
but leave the wild growth which grows out above where the hybrid-teas are budded on. Occasionally 
a wild branch will grow straight upward. These can be cut out. 
The wild growth grows very little after the first year. You may have one bush out of a large number where 
the wild growth will show more strength than the hybrid-tea. In this case you must thin some of the 
wild out. It is best to allow not more than one-half as much to grow the first year, as you have 
growth on the hybrid-tea top. If you do not care to have this wild growth spread on the ground, 
you may cut it part way back, or you can cut it all off and the hybrid-tea bush will be much superior 
to ordinary bushes. On some of the bushes the wild may die out but you will find they will still be 
far superior to ordinary bushes. 
When pruning these Super Rose Bushes do not cut the hybrid-tea branches back quite as heavy as you 
do your regular bushes. If there is less than one-half as much wild growth as hybrid-tea, leave the 


wild unpruned. But if there is more, thin some out. 
HEAVY No. 1 GRADE BUSHES 
$1.25 each; $12.50 per dozen 
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We Ship No Orders for Less Than $3.00 
Autumn J. Otto Thilow Picture 
Christopher Stone Korovo Pilar Landecho 
Condesa de Sastago McGredy’s Ivory Pres. Herbert Hoover 
Contrast McGredy’s Wonder Princess Marina 
Cynthia McGredy’s Yellow Raffel’s Pride 
Dickson’s Perfection Mme. Bollaert Raffel’s Yellow 
Duchess of Penaranda Mrs. E. P. Thom Red Hoover 
Editor McFarland Mrs. Pierre S. Dupont Red Talisman 
Etoile de Hollande Night Snowbird 
Faience Pedralbes Talisman 
Hinrich Gaede Phyllis Gold Treasure Island 
We Have Very Fine Super Bushes of the Following Patented Varieties — Heavy No. 1 Grade Bushes 
(If you order one dozen or more of these patented rose bushes, deduct 10%.) 
Applause $2.00 Major Shelley $1.25 
California $1.25 Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek $1.50 
California Centennial $2.00 Mme. Henri Guillot $1.50 
California Favorite $1.50 Mirandy $1.50 
Charlotte Armstrong $1.50 Nocturne $1.50 
Debonair $1.50 
Edith Willkie $1.50 
Forty-niner $2.00 
Fred Edmunds $1.50 
Peace $2.00 
Santa Anita $1.25 
Stockton Beauty $1.50 
Heart’s Desire $1.50 Taffeta $1.50 
Horace McFarland $1.50 Tallyho $2.00 
Lowell Thomas $1.50 Will Rogers $1.25 
Tree Roses 
We have a good assortment—Write for list of Varieties and prices. 
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