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HOW TO PLANT ROSES 
THE TWO MOST 
IMPORTANT  fac- 
tors in rose grow- 
ing are buying top 
grade plants, and 
y proper planting. 
. QV Roses prefer an 
~ 
open area, free of 
tree and shrub 
roots, where they 
get half a day or 
more of sun, preferably morning sun. Keep 
roots moist and covered when planting. 
Most any well drained soil, not too acid 
or alkaline can be made into good rose soil. 
Prepare the holes for planting well in advance. 
Dig holes 2 feet deep and 18 inches across. 
Add to surface soil 10% peat, 10% rotted 
manure and 5% rotted compost. Mix well. 
When planting re-dig holes, build a cone- 
shaped mound in the center, spread roots over 
cone; bud union (bulge on understock where 
top is budded on the stock) slightly above 
level of the ground. Fill in, firming with 
feet; water thoroughly. 
Roses are heavy feeders. Fertilize from 
mid-March to mid-September, using 2 cup 
Prepare soils in these proportions 
Mix all ingredients\ 
(om 
= 
EVENLY OVER) 
A MOUND OF 
of a well-balanced fertilizer per plant. Dig 
a trench around plant, fill with water. When 
water settles place fertilizer in trench, fill 
with water again and cover after water has 
settled. After first application of commercial 
fertilizer a mulch of well-rotted manure may 
be applied. 
Roses require plenty of water. Keep beds 
moist at all times. Frequency depends on soil, 
from once or twice a week in sandy soil, to 
once in two weeks in heavy soil. Allow water 
to run slowly and soak deeply. 
January is the best month for pruning bush 
roses in California. As much as possible cut 
out the old wood and shorten back the new 
growth about '% of last year’s growth. Cut 
out twiggy growth and cross branches. When 
cutting blooms leave 3 or 4 leaves with the 
top one pointing in the direction you wish 
the growth to go. 
PRUNING CLIMBING ROSES. For the first 
two years after planting do not prune climb- 
ing roses. From third year on cut back all 
new growth 1/3 right after the flowering 
period. Climbers which bloom once a year 
bloom on wood produced the previous year. 
Prune these right a*ter flowering to allow a 
good growth for next year’s flowers. 
WATER THE NEW PLANTS 
AS SOON AS PLANTED 
An attractive, modern, per- 
manent file for your gar- 
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Handy and quick to attach. 
PACKAGE (24 to pkg.) 25c 
Ask your dealer for PERMATAGS 
“WE ROSES 
LIKE TO EAT!" 
“Yes, we’re a hungry lot . 
but we deserve it. What other plant 
works as hard to keep you in flow- 
ers throughout the year? 
“The thing you owners should 
learn is that all of the food you 
supply doesn’t reach us. There are 
food poachers right 
roots called saline salts . . 
under our 
. alkali 
of the worst offenders. I 
know from experience that Georgia 
Peat takes care of these poachers, 
and supplies additional food as well. 
is one 
“Oh, and another thing ... we 
never touch food unless _there’s 
enough water nearby. Georgia Peat 
keeps it nearby like millions of tiny 
reservoirs, and so we drink heartily. 
“When you invite us new roses 
to your garden PLEASE mix 
Georgia Peat, not peat moss, in 
around our roots. Do this and I 
promise we'll work overtime for 
you.” 
GEORGIA PEAT OF CALIFORNIA 
1200 Beverly Blvd. Montebello, Calif. 
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