Fast growing—Forrest Keeling Multiflora Rose grows 
tapidly into a dense, impenetrable barrier. 
There are many types of Multiflora Rose—The Forrest 
Keeling Type, adapted to a wide variety of soils and 
situations, has proved the ideal for living fence use. 
Does not encroach on adjacent field land—Multiflora 
Rose does not sap nearby fields—crops grow right up 
to a Multiflora fence; hence it consumes about the 
same space as an ordinary fence. 
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A Forrest Keeling Multiflora fence is a boone to wild- 
life, providing fine nesting, escape and travel cover 
for a wide variety of birds and animals. Studies have 
shown that fields bordered by 
less insect damage due to the increased numbers of 
U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture authorities state ‘shrubby field borders 
contain more PEST FIGHTING INSECTS, such as lady 
beetles, than fence rows in sod and weeds. 
applies to rodents; meadow mice, probably the worst 
shrubby growth have 
songbirds and other insect predators. 
The same 
vertebrate enemy of growing crops, are common in 
sodded field boundaries, but in brush they give way 
to deer-mice, shrews and other species that are of 
little significance or actually an asset.” 
Multiflora Rose has special advantage as a divider 
between fields farmed on the contour, where it serves 
as a fence, a contour guide and an erosion buffer 
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By John W. Bell 
Post Reporter 
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strip. Because of lateral stress, it is difficult to build 
a wire fence on the contour. 
Colorful in flower, foliage and fruit— in late May, 
Forrest Keeling Multiflora Rose becomes a mass of 
small white or dusty pink blooms that fill the air with 
a delicate fragrance. The flowers are followed by 
masses of berries, the size of small peas, which turn 
red and persist through the winter or until consumed 
by birds. The attractive foliage appears early in the 
spring and lasts until early winter. 
Easy to transplant—Forrest Keeling Multiflora Rose has 
proven to be one of the easiest plants to transplant. 
Protection against livestock diseases—''Such diseases 
as Bang’s disease, tuberculosis, anthrax, hemorrhagic 
septicemia, certain types of pneumcnia, calf scours, 
and other animal diseases can be transmitted by 
across-the-fence contact’’, according to Dr. A. J. Durant, 
Chairman, Department of Veterinary Science, University 
of Missouri. He adds, "I am quite sure that this form 
of fence (Multiflora Rose) would reduce the transmis- 
sion, since it is entirely possible for disease to be 
transmitted through a wire fence that could not be 
transmitted by living fences.” 
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Forrest Keeling Multiflora Rose stays within bounds 
without pruning, clipping, shearing or training, al- 
though it may be clipped or sheared if desired. 
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Rose that you buy from us will live. 
purchased. 
GUARANTEE 
We guarantee that 95% of the No. 1 Standard (and larger sizes) Forrest Keeling Multiflora 
If you will notify us during the first summer (before August 15) following planting of the 
number which do not live, replacement will be made equal to 95% of the number originally 
Farm Utility size will ordinarily give excellent survival but we limit the guarantee to 85% 
because this smaller size is more vulnerable to adverse weather and site. 
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All you do is set a single row of plants one 
foot apart in a prepared planting strip! Under 
farm conditions, a planting strip is prepared 
in a hurry by back-furrowing and harrowing 
a bed 6 or 8 feet wide. An application of 
manure before plowing will stimulate growth 
One man can plant up to two thousand 
Weeds are suppressed by either cultivating 
for the first two years or by mulching (old 
straw, stack butts, spoiled hay, cotton hulls, 
used bedding, etc.). After that the fence needs 
no care. 
You can plant a MULTIFLORA FENCE while | 
you're thinking about constructing a wire or |} 
on lean soils. 
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| plants per day in prepared ground. 
wood fence! 
Louis Bromfield in Malabar Farm, cur- 
rent best-seller, describes the use of 
Multiflora Rose on his farm. He is using 
it to replace expensive wire fencing. He 
says in three years it will produce a 
hedge effective enough to turn cattle and 
in another two or three years will even 
turn a razor-back hog. Read what Brom- 
field says about saving fencing money 
with Multiflora Rose on Malabar Farm! 
Harold V. Terrill, Chief Biologist 
Missouri Conservation Commission. 
"This plant fits well into standard farm- 
ing operations because of its high value 
as fencing material. Living fences of 
multiflora rose have proven their worth 
under Missouri conditions. In fact, it is 
one of the most economical and easiest 
types of fence to install.” 
Iowa Conservation Commission 
"Tt will grow from two to three feet dur- 
ing a single season and reach a maxi- 
mum height of eight feet. Due to its 
compactness and thorny nature it makes 
an excellent fence for all livestock ex- 
cept poultry. 
"The ‘fence rose’, with 
pinkish-white blossoms 
cover the plant, 
tractiveness of 
its mass of 
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flowers are followed by an abundance 
of small red fruit that remain attached 
throughout the winter months. These 
fruits, or hips as they are properly 
called, attract many birds and are 
especially valuable for quail and pheas- 
ants.” 
Dr. E. C. Asbury, of New Baden, Illinois, 
says he is getting more clover seed as 
a result of an increase in population of 
pollinating insects which he attributes 
to a planting of Multiflora Rose. 
Mr. Willet N. WandellL Illinois 
Natural History Survey 
“Another advantage of Asiatic Multi- 
flora Rose fencerows is their value in 
reducing the amount of wind erosion 
during the late fall, winter, and early 
spring. During these seasons, strong 
persistant winds move fertile soil from 
many fall-plowed Illinois fields. Dam- 
age, even greater than the loss of soil, 
often occurs in the spring months when 
heavy winds seriously injure corn and 
other young crops. Well-developed fence- 
rows will not solve these problems com- 
pletely, but will serve as windbreaks 
and tend to reduce the amount of wind 
damage. Fencerows tend also to mini- 
mize the effects of our prevailing 
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westerly winds during the 
months, cutting down loss of moisture 
from fields and preventing resultant 
reduction in crop yields. Preliminary 
checks made in 1947 showed that corn 
yields were as much as 50 per cent 
greater in rows adjacent to rose hedges 
than in rows in the center of the same 
field. 
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Frank C. Edminster, U. S. Soil 
Conservation Service, Upper Darvy, Penn. 
“We have found that multiflora rose 
makes a highly satisfactory fence for 
domestic livestock and one that does not 
require the maintenance of Osage Orange 
since it reaches only a moderate height 
in its natural growth.” 
H. V. Terrill and Jack Stanford 
Missouri Conservation Commission 
“Another important feature is the fact 
that multiflora rose fences do not harbor 
as many field mice, chinch bugs and 
other insects injurious to field crops as 
sod fence rows. On average medium 
fertility soils these plants will form an 
effective barrier which will turn live- 
stock within three years. On exception- 
ally fertile bottom land areas, at the 
end of two years.” 
FORREST KEELING NURSERY 
Hugh Steavenson 
Mary Keeling Steavenson? 
ELSBERRY, MISSOURI 
