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There are also very good specially pre- 
pared fertilizers for Roses on the market, 
and directions always accompany the pack- 
age. You can undoubtedly buy such manures 
locally, Roses being one of the very most 
popular flowers. 
Commercial fertilizers are best applied 
after planting, keeping well away from the 
plant. Then water in well. Bone meal would 
be good the first year, since you would not 
expect many blooms until later in the sum- 
mer, when bone meal would be available. 
How to Plant Roses 
These instructions you should heed 
carefully, because a Rose wrongly planted 
is off to a poor start. Rightly planted, it has 
every chance for success. Planting is very 
important with Roses, but correct planting 
is easy. All you need to do is to take care. 
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SOIL WELL 
MANURED 
To properly plant a Rose, first prepare 
your hole large enough. And, we mean large 
enough! Those roots must have room. ‘They 
must not be crowded, or bent, and, the Roses 
should be planted the proper depth. 
For proper depth the first branches 
should be just level with the top of the soil, 
or very slightly under the top of the soil. Re- 
member that Roses are budded plants, and 
if you plant them too shallowly, there is 
danger that they will sprout from the Japa- 
nese Multiflora roots on which they are bud- 
ded, and you will have what seems to be 
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Hansen’s Bush Cherry 
A shrub that is both ornamental and use- 
ful. Delicious fruit is fine for preserves. 
Grows rapidly, fruits quickly in any soil a 
year after planting. Hardy. Requires no 
more room than a Raspberry bush, but often 
bears as much fruit as a Plum tree. Bluish 
green foliage, white flowers in spring. Grows 
only 4 to 5 ft. high, 3 to 4 foot spread. 
Plant as close as 4 to 6 ft. PRICES: 2 to 
3 ft. plants: 1 for 93c; 2 for $1.79. 
Se see 
PRICES: 
Spirea Van 
Houttei 
114 to 2 ft. 
2 to 3 ft. size 
1 for. . $1.00 
2 for... 1.98 
3 for.. 2.96 
4 for.. 3.94 
5k 6 for.. 4.92 
SPIREA VAN HOUTTEI (Bridal Wreath). (Above.) Masses of white 
blooms in May. Beautiful drooping effect. Grows 8 feet high. Plant 5 feet 
apart in ordinary soil and moisture; sun or part shade. Prices above. 
SPIREA BILLIARDI (Pink Spirea). SPIREA ANTHONY WATERER 
Grows 5 to 6 feet. Pink flowers in (Spiraea bumalda). Grows only 2 
spikes. Blooms July-Aug. Plant 4- to 3 feet high. Pinkish red flowers 
5 feet apart in ordinary soil; ordin- in June. Plant 21% to 3 feet apart 
ary moisture; sun or part shade. in ordinary soil; ordinary moisture; 
PRICES: 114 to 2 feet, 1 for 93c; full sun. 
2 for $1.79. 
PRICES: 2 to 3 feet, 1 for $1.16; 
2 for $2.29. 
PRICES: 10 to 12 inches, 1 for 
85c; 2 for $1.69. 
WHITE SNOWBERRY (Symphoricarpos racemo- 
sus). Pink blossoms, then clusters of white berries 
until winter. Fine in shade. Grows 5 to 6 feet high. 
Plant 4 to 5 feet apart in ordinary soil; ordinary 
moisture; sun or shade. 
PRICES: 11% to 2 feet, 1 for 93c; 2 for $1.79. 
PRICES: 2 to 3 feet, 1 for $1.08; 2 for $2.09. 
RED SNOWBERRY (Symphoricarpos chenaulti). 
Pink and white berries in June, then loads of large 
coral-red berries. Grows 5 to 6 feet high. Plant 4 
to 5 feet apart in ordinary soil; ordinary moisture; 
sun or shade. Prices same as White Snowberry 
above. 
SWEET SHRUB (Calycanthus  floridus). 
(Right.) Shiny green leaves; fragrant 
brown flowers. May-June. Grows 6 to 8 
feet high. Space 4 to 5 feet in ordinary 
soil; ordinary moisture; shade or sun. 
PRICES: 18 to 24 inches, 1 for 97c; 2 for 
$1.89. 
PRICES: 2 to 3 feet, 1 for $1.25; 2 for 
$2.45. 
White Snowberry 
: 5. 
Sweet Shrub 
Reeser Back 
RED WEIGELA (Weigela, Eva Rathke). 
Gracefully drooping. June until fall. 
Crimson flower sprays. 5 feet; good soil; 
ordinary moisture; sun or part shade. 
PRICES: 114 to 2 feet, 1 for 97c; 2 for 
$1.89. 
PRICES: 2 to 3 feet, 1 for $1.25; 2 for 
$2.45. 
WEIGELA ROSEA (Diervilla). (Right.) 
Blossoms bright pink; great abundance. 
June. 8 to 10 feet high. Plant 5 feet 
apart; ordinary soil; ordinary moisture; 
sun or part shade. 
PRICES: 1 for 93c; 2 for $1.79. 
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