FOREWORD 
Roses certainly hold a high place among flower lovers. In 
my opinion with good care they will produce more bloom 
and beauty during an entine 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 all weather 
conditions, roses definitely must be sprayed regularly. In 
the early pant of the spring, roses are very suscepticle to 
Aphids. These are easily taken care of with B ack-Leaf-40. 
Parathion, and several other good contact insecticides. With 
the advent of warmer weather, roses must be kept free of 
Black Spot, a fungus 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 
devitalizes the rose plant and continual Black Spot infection 
certainly is the cause of much of the winter losses usually 
blamed on other causes. This fungus, like all other fungus 
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. Rosa Bugs, that appear in the spring are 
quite a pest for a short time, but a little persistent spraying 
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 with a rcasonable 
amount of care, they are without reer. Mulching in the 
summer time often brings good results. Bone meal, rotted 
cow manure, Driconure are all good fertilizers for noses. 
All of our roses are sold in tar-paper pots. and can be 
planted even im 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, cover 
the plants with paper orm something to keep the hot sun off 
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 
BLANCHE MALLERIN. Patent No. 594. A rela- 
tively new white hybrid tea rose of unusual merit, 
which is undoubtedly one of the best pure white 
patented roses. $2.25. 
CAPISTRANO. Patent No. 922. A recently intro- 
duced lovely rose pink. $2.50. 
CHRYSLER IMPERIAL. Patent No. 1167. A 1953 
introduction. Vivid rich crimson with blood red 
overtones, long tapering buds open into huge, double, 
