FOREWORD 
Roses certainly hold a high place among Hower lovers. i» 
my opinion with good care they wiil produce more bloom 
and beauty during an entire season than any other variety 
of plants. The wide range of color available in these plants 
make them especially valuable. 
Many new patented introductions are coming on the market 
every year and good many are really deserving the merit. 
To be kept in good health at all times and under ali weather 
conditions, roses defimitely must be sprayed regularly. Ip 
the early pant of the spring, roses are very suscepticle tc 
Aphids. ‘luese are easily taken care of with B ack-Leai-4v. 
Parathion, and several other good contact insecticides. With 
the advent of warmer weather, roses must be kept free ot 
B.ack Spout, a tungus disease that causes circular black spots 
to appear on rose leaves which kill the individual leaves, 
causing them to drop, and often defoliating the plant. This 
devitaiizes the rose pant and continual Black Spot infection 
certainly is the eause of much of the winter losses usually 
b.amed on other causes. This fungus, like ali vuther 1ungus 
diseases, is especially active when there is more than usual 
humidity. Dusting sulphur is a good control as vell as various 
cuprous formulas prepared for this control by various firms. 
Chewing insects are numerous but easily controlled. Para- 
thion or DDT. Rose Bugs, that appear in the spring are 
quite a pest for a short time, but a little persistent sprayiny 
will get rid of them. 
At the advent of winter, before the ground freezes up the 
soil around the rose plants should be hilled up around the 
plants at least a foot and left this way until April, after 
covering with straw. 
Roses are like all other plants; they will not produce good 
results unless they are cared fcr, but wich a r.asonable 
amount of care, they are without peer. Mulching in the 
summer time often brings good results. Bone meai, rotted 
cow manure, Driconure are all good tertilizers for noses. 
All of our roses are sold in tar-paper pots, and can be 
planted even in mid-summer. Just dig a hole about the size 
of the pot; then lay the pot on its side and slit with a razor 
blade, remove the contents of the pot, place it in the hole 
and water liberally. If any sign of wilting appears, covet 
the plants with paper on something to keep the hot sun oli 
and then water again heavily about sundown and usually by 
the next morning the rose has completely recovered. 
We hope that you will follow directions, give the roses the 
care they need and enjoy your roses to the fullest extent. 
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PATENTED HYBRID TEA ROSES 
ALOHA. ..Patent No. 948. (Retails $2.50 each; 3 or 
more $2.20 each.) The primary bud develops into 
a gorgeous five inch bloom, but the secondary buds 
do not open fully until the first flower has practic- 
ally finished. Rich rose-pink with soft lilac silvery 
pink on inside of petals when open. Deeper tones 
when in tight buds 
AMERICAN FLAGSHIP. Plant patent No. 676. 
Very dark red. A fine new variety with -beautifully 
formed, urn shaped buds. Buds and blooms are rich 
velvety crimson with maroon shadings, a little 
