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 entire scason 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 part of the spring, roses are very suscepticle to 
Aphids. These are easily taken care of with Black-Leaf-40, 
Parathion, and several other good contact insectic des. With 
the advent of warmer ‘weather, roses must be kept free of 
Black Spot, a fungus disease that causes circular black spots 
to appear in 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 contrel as well as various 
cuprous formulas prepared for this control by various firms. 
Chewing insects are numerous but easly controlled. Para- 
aiteyay ore IND Rose 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 
¢o:1 around the rese 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 for, but with a reasonable amount 
of care, they are without peer. Mulching in the summer time 
often brings gocd results. Bone meal, rottet cow manure, 
Driconure are all gocd fertilizers for roses. 
All of our roses are held in tar-paper pots, and can be 
planted even in mid-summer. Just dig a hove 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 liberaily. It any sign of wilting appears, cover 
the plants with papor or 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 hecpe that you will follow directions, give the roses the 
care thcy need and enjoy your roses to the fullest extent. 
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