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.-.«» 53 YEARS WITH ROSES 
Y FOLLOWING simple rules we are successfully growing at Thomasville not only the easy-to- 
grow Teas, but many other types, including Hybrid Teas, even to yellow ones. 
Roses will thrive in most garden soils capable of growing flowering trees and shrubs, but 
the location must be one that is well drained, or drainage must be put in the bottom of holes at plant- 
ing time. Dig holes at least 18 inches in depth and width, and use several shovelfuls of well-rotted cow 
manure; or if this is not available, use peat moss, or 50 percent of each. Set the plants just deep enough 
to leave the bud union above the ground, which means no deeper than they stood in the nursery. 
Pack well and water thoroughly. In the spring use a balanced fertilizer, preferably a moderate 
application repeated four or five times during the growing and flowering season. 
Roses must be dusted or sprayed to keep down fungous diseases and insects. We have always pre- 
ferred a good dust such as Du Pont Floral Dust, Phygon or Pomogreen, although there are good 
dusts by other manufacturers. Rose dusts should contain copper-sulphur to control fungous diseases, 
with 3 percent DDT added to combat insects. 
Don’t cut blooms the first year; such treatment ts often the cause of dieback and complete loss, 
especially with yellow or Pernetiana varieties. If you must cut a few blooms the first year, take them 
with short stems and only from top growth. This ts very important. Those who dust regularly and 
use the shears sparingly, the first season, grow such Roses as Peace and Eclipse well. 
Rose lovers will do well to jon the American Rose Society, a non-profit organization which for 
annual dues of $4.50 will mail you the beautifully lustrated Annual, a bi-monthly Magazine and a 
Members’ Handbook. For $5.00, sent to Georgia Rose Society, Box 518, Thomasville, Ga., you get 
all these, plus membership tn the Georgia Rose Society, which mails regularly a bi-monthly Rose 
Bulletin of many timely and useful Rose articles. 
Visitors have been charmed by the great display of top quality Rose plants blooming in our fields 
the past season, including many of the new and patented varieties. We may not have enough 2-year 
Rose plants to sell the entire season, but those we ship this year are of the finest quality. The Rose 
shipping season begins November 1 and continues through February. Regardless of when you will 
plant, we urge that you order early. 
Rose gardening is such a delightful experience, and you get more for the money out of it than any 
other hobby! 
THOMASVILLE NURSERIES, THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA 5 
