YOU WANT YOUR ROSES to GROW and 
BLOOM SATISFACTORILY—SO DO WE... 
PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION fo the INSTRUCTIONS BELOW 
Consider these simple instructions and you will have little difficulty 
in growing beautiful Roses. 
Rose bed should be in a sunny location and the soil should be of 
good garden grede and well drained. Fertilizer or well rotted manure 
should be thoroughly worked into the soil as the bed is spaded. 
Unpack and plant Roses as soon as received from the nursery if at 
all possible. |f you cannot plant at once, unwrap the plants and heel 
them in the ground until ready to set in their permanent places. 
Never throw package into the basement or garage and leave for 
several days and then expect to find plants in perfect condition when 
unwrcopped. 
In plconting, set the plants with the bud, or joint, just above the 
roots, about 115 inches below the surface of the soil. Have holes 
large enough te avoid crowding of the roots and be sure soil used 
for filling in is finely pulverized. Tramp soil firmly a couple of times 
as. the hole is filled and leave a slight depression around each plant 
to retain water. 
As soon as planting is completed see that all plants and the soil 
around them is thoroughiy soaked with water. Cut back all canes to 
a fength of 4 or 5 inches at planting time. This is very important as 
the root system of a newly transplanted Rose bush will not be able 
to leaf the canes to their entire length and many times plants will 
simply die in trying to do so. 
If some plants appear dead and refuse to leaf out within a reason- 
able length of time after planting, try covering them with a piece of 
wet burlap. Soak the burlap with water two or three times daily and 
leave over the plant for 48 hours. This will make most of them start 
leafing very soon. Some varieties seem to be slower than others in 
starting and we find that the above method will sometimes literally 
bring out plants that appear to be brown and entirely dead. Try it, 
and you will be amazed at the results. 
Keep the Rose planting well watered at all times when there is no 
natural rainfall. A seasonable application of fertilizer applied twice 
during the summer months, with an interval of at least 30 days be- 
tween applications, will induce added growth and extra quality in 
blooms. 
Allow 18 to 24 inches between plants when figuring the number of 
plants needed for a bed. 
Each succeeding spring all canes should be cut back to the 4- or 5- 
inch height as stated above. This causes strong new growth and 
abundant bloom to develop. 
For winter protection in cold climates, hill the dirt up around each 
plant to a height of 8 to 12 inches in late fall before the ground 
freezes. Level off as soon as danger of hard freezes is over in spring 
and cut plants back as directed. 
All our Hybrid Tea Roses are budded on Multiflora. Once in a 
great while a shoot from this Multiflora will come up from below the 
bud. These wild shoots are easily distinguished by their rampant 
growth and their groups of 7 leaves to a stem. Dig down around 
the plant and cut the wild shoot off close to the root. This will pre- 
vent its growth, which otherwise would kill off the true-budded Rose 
variety. These shoots rarely come up but it is well to inspect your 
plants occasionally to be sure. 
RA-PID-GRO 
MAKES A COMPLETE, QUICKLY AVAILABLE, EASILY PREPARED PLANT FOOD BY MERELY 
ADDING PROPER AMOUNT OF WATER. 
VITAL PLANT FOOD ELEMENTS. 
ENAL RESULTS. 
WHAT IS RA-PID-GRO? 
Ra-pid-gro is a complete concentrated plant food formula. Easily 
made into an immediately effective liquid fertilizer by simply adding 
water. It will speed up growth of plants now in place and will assure 
more successful transplanting of new plants. 
HOW IS IT USED? 
Just add water at the rate of |] Ib. of Ra-pid-gro to 22 gallons of 
water. Allow to dissolve and it’s ready for use. Apply around each 
plant. For use on small numbers of plants mix at the rate of a tea- 
spoonful to the quart of water. 
WHAT WILL IT DO? 
Ra-pid-gro will work almost unbelievable miracles in promoting rapid 
and healthy growth on cll types of plants. Use it on lawns, around 
shade trees, evergreens, shrubs, roses, perennials, vegetables and 
house plants. Many times plants which have been given up for dead 
will respond to applications of Ra-pid-gro. 
HOW DOES ITS COST COMPARE 
WITH OTHER FERTILIZERS? 
Ra-pid-gro is less expensive than other fertilizers. In 
the larger quantities it makes your fertilizer cost about 
Yoc per pound, as against a cost of about 3c per pound 
for average fertilizers. Remember 1 pound of Ra-pid-gro 
makes 176 pounds of rich and complete plant food. 
5701—1-Ib. FABRIC BAG Makes 176 Ibs. 
5702—2-Ib. FABRIC BAG Makes 352 Ibs. 
5705—5-Ilb. FABRIC BAG Makes 880 Ibs. 
CONTAINS VITAMINS B: and B: PLUS ELEVEN OTHER 
CLEAN TO HANDLE, EASY TO USE, PRODUCES PHENOM- 
STOPS EXPENSIVE AND TRAGIC 
TRANSPLANTING LOSSES 
Save Them With Ra-Pid-Gro 
By using a large tub or pail and mixing Ra-pid-gro with water at 
the rate of 22 gallons of water to 1 pound, you have a solution in 
which to dip the roots of the plants before setting out. If this is done, 
you will practically eliminate transplanting losses. Trees, shrubs, roses, 
evergreens and similiar plants should set in the solution 3 to 4 minutes. 
Berry plants 1 minute. Vegetables and house plants just dip and re- 
move. Grass and vegetable seeds should be sprinkled with Ra-pid-gro 
before sow:ng. Use balance of solution for watering after planting 
plants or sowing seed. 
HOW MUCH WILL I NEED? 
Figure at the rate of 1 Ib. of Ra-pid-aro for each 100 Ibs. of other 
fertilizer you have been using. Or the manufacturer recommends the 
following: for a lot 40x60 ft. with 15 shrubs, 20 feet of hedge, 3 fruit 
trees, 2 evergreens, 12 roses and 800 sq. ft. of lawn, 5 Ibs. of Ra- 
pid-gro for a season’s feeding. A lot 40x100 ft. with 25 shrubs, 
3 shade trees, 4 fruit trees, perennial bed, a few grapes and rasp- 
berries, 10 evergreens, a small vegetable garden and 1500 sa. ft. of 
lawn requires 10 Ibs. per season. A lot 75x150 with 48 roses, 40 shrubs, 
4 shade trees, perennials, 6 evergreens, hedge, vegetable garden, 
strawberry and raspberry patch, grapes, 10 fruit trees, and 4000 sq. 
ft. of lawn will require 20 Ibs. of Ra-pid-gro per season. 
WE OFFER THREE OF THE MOST 
CONVENIENT SIZES— 
All are sent by Prepaid Parcel Post. 
$1.25 
2.35 
4.50 
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