HEDGE OF BETTY PRIOR ROSE (Patent No. 340) 
EVERBLOOMING BABY ROSES 
RIO—CHATILLON. (Polyantha). Enormous heads of clear shining pink all season, 18 
inches, 
RII—ELSE POULSEN. (Floribunda). Magnificent border or hedge rose, often growing 3 
ft. tall, with lovely rose-pink flowers all season. See color photo on page 3. 
R12—FLORADORA. (Floribunda). New, brilliant, flame-red—the most arresting color of 
any border rose. Strong, 2!/2-3 ft. plants are constantly in bloom. Floradora is a spec- 
tacular beauty in the garden or bouquets. Pictured on page 3. 
R14—GLORIA MUNDI. (Polyantha). F lashing, orange-scarlet, double flowers all summer. 
One of the gayest bedding roses, 18 inches. 
RIS—IMPROVED LAFAYETTE. (Floribunda). Great border rose, heavily covered with 
glowing cherry-red flowers all season. 22-3 ft. 
RI6—SPARKLER. (Polyantha). Rich crimson, and always in bloom. 18 inches. See pic- 
ture on page 3. 
FERRIS’ PRICES on the 6 Everblooming Baby Roses Listed Above: 
(All one kind, or assorted to your liking) 
Strong, 2-Year, Field-Grown Plants—Blooming Size 
$1.00 Each % 3 for $2.70 * 6 for $5.00 % 12 for $9.50 
F. J: GROOTENDORST 
BABY ROSES FOR HEDGING 
AND BORDERS 
Glorious Floribundas and Polyanthas that Bloom All Summer! 
See pictures of these famous border roses on front cover and page 3—prized 
highly for their lavish, brilliant, continuous blooms, for their hardiness and de- 
pendability. Use the taller Floribundas for backgrounds and gay borders or to 
combine with evergreen and shrubbery groups, setting them 18 to 24 inches apart. 
The lower growing Polyanthas are perfect for edging and low hedges, and should 
be planted 12 to 18 inches apart. d \ : 
BETTY PRIOR. (Pat. 340). All season masses of red buds open to flesh-pink, dogwood-like 
naan so hb ie and Hatt Otten grows 3 to 4 ft.; grand for backgrounds and borders. 
illustrated on page 3. select, 2-Year, Liooming-vize klaus, $1.35 eacn; 3 tor $3.40; 12 for : 
$13.50. 
clusters on 18-inch plants, lasting almost indefiniiel elicate fragrance. Without equal for 
hedges and borders. Piciured on page 3. select, Z-Year, bloomuig-wize Plants $1.42 eacn;: 
3 for $3.40; 12 for $13.50. : 
R3—CHATTER. (Pat. 739). New, Gorgeous! Unusually brig crimson, velvety flowers in showy 
y- 
R4—DONALD PRIOR. (Pat. 377). Huge clusters of semi-double, waxen, glistening red flowers, 
richly fragrant, throughout the entire season. Grows 3 ft. tall. Wonderful for the garden and 
for cutting. Color photo on front cover. Select. 2-Year, Blooming-Size Plants, $1.35 each; 3 for 
$3.40; 12 phe $13.50. 3 
RS—FASHION. Special! (Pat. 789). The highest award winner in the 1950 Rose selections, 
and has also won high honors abroad. All season the 24-inch plant is covered with full clus- 
ters of sparkling, fragrant flowers, and a brand new color for roses—rich coral pink suffused 
with gold. Blooms are very long lasting, making it a wonderful rose ‘for beds and hedges. 
It is truly the newest, most charming “‘tashion” in Floribunda Roses; see picture in color on 
page 3. Select, 2-Year, Blooming-Size Plants, $2.00 each; 3 for $5.00; 12 for $20.00. 
R-6-—GOLDILOCKS. (Pat. 672). As fascinating as the fairy story. From eau, spring until late 
fall, Goldilocks is crowned with sunny clusters of bright yellow, iy Wir le flowers, sweet- 
ly fragrant. This popular, sparkling Floribunda grows 24 in. tall. Pictured on front cover. 
Select, 2-Year, Blooming-Size Plants. $1.50 each; 3 for $3.75; 12 for $15.00, 
R7—LAVENDER PINOCCHIO. (Pat. 947). Pointed buds of dusty rose-pink open to minidture 
Hybrid Tea flowers of smoky-pink-lavender and are richly fragrant. ( ictured on front cover.) 
Because of crop-conditions, this variety is available only in the bargain on front cover. 
R-8—SUMMER SNOW. (Pat. 416). Beautiful, large clusters of clear white flowers cover the plant 
in “snowy drifts’’, and have sweet, delicate fragrance. Finest and most pols of the white 
Floribundas. Splendid for the white border, or combines strikingly with the more colorful 
pany Roses. Grows 20 in. tall. See picture on page 3. Select, 2-Year, Blooming-Size Plants, 
$1.35 each; 3 for $3.40; 12 for $13.50. 
(If any of the Roses on this page are desired 
by parcel post, add 10c each, 25c for 3, 40c for 6, 
or on 12 or more plants add 6c each.) 
RI8—F. J. GROOTENDORST 
Hardy Everywhere 
The finest hedge or shrub rose—a favorite for cov- 
ering banks, for cemetery planting. Grootendorst is 
the Everblooming Rugosa, with great clusters of 
bright carnation rose-red blooms all summer; hand- 
some foliage. Requires no winter protection. 4-6 ft. 
at maturity. Plant 2 ft. apart in hedges. Strong, 2- 
Year, Field-Grown Plants, 90c each: 3 for $2.55; 6 for 
$4.75. 
HOW TO CARE FOR ROSES 
All Roses flourish best when planted in good, rich, well-drained soil in 
an open sunny location, but sheltered from north winds. They should be 
in beds or borders by themselves where roots of neighboring trees or 
shrubs will not penetrate or rob the soil. Make the hole deep (10 to 12 
inches) and be sure that the plant is set low enough so that the bud union 
(graft) is about 1 inch below the surface of the ground. As you take each 
plant from the packing, soak the roots for several hours in mud or water, 
then Leas as above recommended, 18 inches apart. Roots should be 
spread out scturally, the soil pressed very firmly around them, then water 
thoroughly. Prune ba 
planting. Good cultivation and thorough watering during dry periods are 
essential to success. In early summer before the weather becomes hot, it 
is well to cover the bed with two inches of Neutral Peat (see page 23.) 
The Climbing and Rambler Roses are all hardy, but require winter pro- _ 
tection in places of zero temperatures. Lay down the canes in late fall 
and cover with earth, evergreen boughs or leaves, or wrap in straw and 
burlap. The Hybrid Teas, Polyantha and Floribunda Roses must have 
winter protection, especially in the North. After a sharp frost, but before 
severe freezing weather, mound earth over and around each plant for a 
distance of 8 to 10 inches, then when the ground is frozen down about 2 
inches cover around the mounds and over them with 6 to 12 inches of 
leaves, straw or shredded cornstalks, held down with boards. 
Each spring as the Hybrid Teas are uncovered, the plants should be 
trimmed back quite heavily to encourage more blooms. Rugosa Roses will 
require little annual pruning except to keep them to the size desired. 
Climbing Roses, when once established, should have no trimming what- Canes 
ever in early spring except to prune out any dead wood. Any extensive 
trimming to Climbers should be done immediately following the blooming — 
period. 
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