. Dreer's garden book 1931. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEWyA-DREER; SELECT-^OSES >IflMDEIiPM1k\ 121 While our old customers are familiar with the high grade of Roses which we send out, we wish to direct the attention of those who have never planted our stock, to the manner in which these plants are prepared. All our Roses are strong two-year-old, field-grown, budded or grafted plants and in fall are carefully dug, planted in pots and stored in cold greenhouses o
. Dreer's garden book 1931. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEWyA-DREER; SELECT-^OSES >IflMDEIiPM1k\ 121 While our old customers are familiar with the high grade of Roses which we send out, we wish to direct the attention of those who have never planted our stock, to the manner in which these plants are prepared. All our Roses are strong two-year-old, field-grown, budded or grafted plants and in fall are carefully dug, planted in pots and stored in cold greenhouses or cold frames, where artificial heat is used only to exclude the most severe frost. During the latter part of March or before the first of April, these potted plants are moved to beds in the open air where they receive no further protection. Under this treatment the plants develop in a natural way and are not only superior to stock which has been developed into full growth under glass, but also better for spring planting, than plants which have been carried in cellars or in cold storage, under any method known to us. This Year's New Hybrid-Tea Roses Introductions of the Rose World's Most Noted Specialists Abol (F. Evans, 1927). No other white and but very few colored varieties have such a delightful sweet perfume as this free flowering white. Before the flowers are fully expanded the centre petals are sometimes lightly tinted pink passing to pure white. A gem with good shapely bud and full double flower produced on long ; $ each. Betty Suttor (McGredy & Son, 1929). Exquisite both in bud and fully developed flower, a great advance over the old favorite Mme. Abel Chatenay, long shapely bud and moderately large full double high centered flower of tea perfume. In color the inside of the petals are of delicate rosy pink, the outside a bright rosy pink. As the flower opens there is a delightful retlecting of the petals which enhance the beauty of the pink tones by
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