14 ROY HEINNEISSEY’S ROSES 
EMPRESS TREE 
EMPRESS TREES—I have a few of these but they are only for the 
Pacific Northwest or where the temperature does not go down to zero 
very much as that kills the flowering buds. The flowers are like gigantic 
lavender snapdragons and are produced before the foliage and are fragrant, 
the tree is possibly the best garden tree in that you can grow other plants 
right up to the trunk as this tree feeds deep. It is an extremely fast grower 
with soft roots which necessitate spring planting. It has huge leaves like 
a catalpa. It is not usually stocked in nurseries due to its growing so fast 
that it is not salable the following season coupled with its microscopic seeds 
which require greenhouse germination. Shipped express collect. Size from 
2% to 3% ft. where it will branch on starting growth Mach..........222... $3.00 

TULIPS 
I believe that I have picked the top varieties in this collection. Do not 
order less than six bulbs of a kind. These are of my own growing except 
those marked otherwise. 
I cannot afford to pack and ship less than a $3.00 order of Tulips even 
though they are included with a rose order as the tulips have to be sent 
early and separate. You will find that my tulip selections are equal to my 
rose selections of varieties and that you will get uniform good results with 
my bulbs, but mind you must not let them get above 70 degrees or else they 
will grow short stunted. 
For southern gardens you should put your bulbs in your refrigerator 
for 40 days and keep them just above freezing. [But mind you they should 
be wrapped in many layers of wax paper and wet peat or other wet material 
to prevent excessive drying. 
Also for the second year they must not stay in the hot soil or they will 
not bloom . They must be dug as soon as the foliage turns brown. All orders 
for tulips must be in by September 25th as I will have started planting by 
that time. I will promise you that you will get the same results with my 
tulips as with other things you have bought from me. 
Tulips deteriorate very rapidly when the temperatures get above 70 F. 
and even tho they may'bloom they do not have the fine bloom that properly 
handled bulbs have. For that reason be sure that you buy from a grower 
who stored his bulbs in an insulated warehouse as even a few days at 70 
will harm them. 
Never put any fertilizer in trench where you plant the bulbs—it may 
burn them or if down deep may make gases that may poison them and 
give you far less results. Put it on top of the ground and let the rain take 
it down. Also, if cats or dogs walk over the tops of the tulips you will have 
far less blooms and considerable disease due to packing the ground. 
If you must buy the gigantic new parrots, I have them—but do not re- 
commend them as the irregularities of the buds hold water that does not 
dry off quickly, then Botrytis will either spoil the flower or prevent bloom- 
ing entirely—so unless you have a very windy place, do not try Parrot 
tulips. Then wind may break them. 
100 of one variety at $1.00 less than eight times the dozen price. | 
