Outdoor theaters are one of many institutions making use of the barrier and 
beauty qualities of Forrest Keeling Multiflora. Note how harsh architectural 
lines are softened with the Multiflora foliage. When the metal fence deteri- 
orates, the Multiflora will “take over” the fencing job. Note: This fence was 
developed in less than 26 months, using our Jumbo Grade plants. 
to the grounds. 
GUARANTEE 
Sunning in privacy. This outdoor living-room, most attractive in town, was a 
neighborhood cross-roads for children and dogs before it was screened with 
a Forrest Keeling Multiflora hedge. The hedge also makes a perfect back- 
ground for the flower border and has attracted numerous songbird residents 
We guarantee that 95% of the No. 1 Standard (and larger sizes) Forrest Keeling Multiflora 
Rose that you buy from us will live. 
If you will notify us during the first summer (before August 15) following planting of the 
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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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READ WHAT THESE EXPERTS SAY— 
Louis Bromfield in MALABAR FARM, 
current best-seller, describes the use 
of Multiflora Rose on his farm. He is 
using it to replace expensive wire fenc- 
ing. He says in three years it will pro- 
duce a hedge effective enough to turn 
cattle and in another two or three 
years will even turn a razor-back hog. 
Read what Bromfield says about say- 
ing fencing money with Multiflora 
Rose on Malabar Farm! 
Harold V. Terrill, Chief Biologist, 
Missouri Conservation Commission: 
“This plant fits well into standard 
farming 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 economi- 
cal and easiest types of fence to in- 
Strallas 
Iowa Conservation Commission: ‘It 
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 live- 
stock except poultry. 
The ‘fence rose’, with its mass of 
pinkish-white blossoms that literally 
cover the plant, adds much to the 
attractiveness of the landscape. The 
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 
pheasants.”’ 
Dr. E. C. Asbury, of New Baden, IlIli- 
nois, says he is getting more clover 
seed as a result of an increase in popu- 
lation of pollinating insects which he 
attributes to a planting of Multiflora 
Rose. 
Mr. Willet N. Wandell, Illinois Na- 
tural History Survey: ‘‘Preliminary 
checks made in 1947 showed that corn 
ylelds were as much as 50 per cent 
greater in rows adjacent to rose hedges 
than in rows in the center of the same 
field.” 
Frank C. Edminster, U. S. Soil Cons. 
Service, Upper Darvy, Penn.: ‘We 
have found that multiflora rose makes 
a highly satisfactory fence for domes- 
tic livestock and one that does not 
require the maintenance of Osage 
Orange since it reaches only a mod- 
erate height in its natural growth.” 
H. V. Terrill and Jack Stanford, 
Missouri Cons. Commission: ‘‘Anoth- 
er 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 excep- 
tionally fertile bottom land areas, at 
the end of two years.” 
