CHRISTENSEN NURSERY CO. 
935 County Road 
BELMONT, CALIFORNIA 
Phone LYtell 3-0087 
Open Daily 8-5:30, Sunday 9-5:30 
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Return postage guaranteed. 
CHRISTEMSEMS CLIMBING ROSES 
$1.50 each, unless 
CECILE BRUNNER. Dainty pink buds and 
flowers borne all through the season. 
CECiILE BRUNNER YELLOW. Tiny yel- 
low buds and graceful miniature blooms 
in clusters. 
ETOILE DE HOLLANDE. Flowers as gor- 
geous as the bush form, and more of them. 
HIGH NOON (Plant Pat. 704). Intense 
clear yellow ‘‘pillar’’ rose of perfect form. 
Free blooming. All America Selection for 
1948, $2.00. 
MERMAID. An 
climbing rose requiring little care, once 
established. Ideal for banks and slopes or 
any other situation demanding rapid cover. 
exceptionally vigorous 
Colorful yellow flowers in clusters. 
MME. HENRI GUILLOT (Plant Pat. 788). 
Orange red buds open to rich pink blooms 
with a sunset glow. $2.00. 
TREE ROSES... for Garden Character 
$5.50 each, 6 or more at $5.00 each. Slightly higher in containers. 
Autumn Mrs. P. S. Dupont San Fernando 
Charlotte Armstrong New Yorker Sutter’s Gold 
Christopher Stone Peace Snowbird 
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MRS. E. P. THOM. Perfect buds of rich 
yellow follow2d by large open blooms on 
long stems. 
PAUL’S SCARLET CLIMBER. Generous 
clusters of vivid scarlet flowers maintain 
its everlasting popularity. 
PEACE (Plant Pat. 932). 
have this ‘‘best new rose in a decade” as 
a climber. Yellow, white and pink flowers, 
beautiful foliage, strong growth. $2.50. 
Now you can 
PRESIDENT HOOVER. Rampant climber, 
apricot and rose-red flowers. 
SHOT SILK. Pink flowers shot with gold 
on strong canes with beautiful foliage. 
TALISMAN. Bend of gold, apricot, 
and carmine; 
pink 
a dazzling and eye-filling 
climber. 
PLANTING 
Unwrap the roses soon as received. If 
the roots are dry, plunge entire plant in 
a bucket of water overnight. If moist, 
dampen packing material and carefully 
rewrap. Keep moist and cool until 
planting time. While digging holes to 
receive the roses, keep them in a bucket 
of water (Fig. 1). Dig spacious holes, 
mounding soil in center. Place the roots 
over the mound and set the bud union 
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HIGH NOON (Pat. 704) 
SIMPLE RULES FOR SUCCESS WITH ROSES 
at ground level (Fig. 1), and fill in with top- 
soil (Fig. 2). Soak with a slow stream of water 
and fill in with additional soil as required. 
Construct a ridge around the plants for future 
irrigation. 
PRUNING 
Figures | & 2 show a rose correctly pruned at 
time of planting. Note that cuts are made just 
above an outside bud. Figure 3 shows a rose 
after one season’s growth. Shaded portions in- 
dicate parts of plants to be removed. Keep the 
plants open in the center. Don’t prune too 
early; January is a good time. 
SPRAYING 
To control aphis and mildew, the rose’s worst 
enemies, begin spraying in early spring and 
repeat each week as long as necessary. 
FERTILIZING 
Use a balanced commercial fertilizer, about 
one heaping trowelful applied in the basin 
around the plant. Soak soil first, then apply 
fertilizer, then soak again. Begin fertilizing 
in late spring and repeat monthly until ve 
tember. A mulch of well-rotted manure in the 
dormant season is good. Don’t spade near roses: 
this disturbs shallow roots. 
