. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 2HE BEST PLANl'S EOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 95 THE C^BTIYJITIOn OF I^OSES. nr N submitting our revised list of Eoses to our friends and customers, we feel justified in saying that our plants ^1 this season are the largest and finest we have ever ofiered; the flattering letters received from many of our ^ ))atrons, as to the satisfactory results obtained from stock purchased of us, have made us feel that our efforts tO' send out good and reliable plants are
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 2HE BEST PLANl'S EOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 95 THE C^BTIYJITIOn OF I^OSES. nr N submitting our revised list of Eoses to our friends and customers, we feel justified in saying that our plants ^1 this season are the largest and finest we have ever ofiered; the flattering letters received from many of our ^ ))atrons, as to the satisfactory results obtained from stock purchased of us, have made us feel that our efforts tO' send out good and reliable plants are appreciated. The voung Roses that have been propagated during the winter from healthy parentage are planted out in April or Mav in "ground which has been deejdy jilowed, as well as liberally manured, where they are cultivated until early in NoVember, when the plants are' carefully lifted, potted and stored during the winter in cold houses at our Riverton Nursery as shown in illusU-ation. Pot-grown plants of sorts best suited to this method are also culti- vated at our Riverton establishment, and 'Hi/ fi. Sectional View of Rose Pits without Fike Heat. stored away during the winter in Rose pits. This treatment is especially desirable for plants intended for out-door planting; it gives the Roses their natural season of rest, enables the grower to plant early in the spring before the foliage develops, and places them in a condition for starting off vigorously and naturally, thus avoiding the risk of diseases that attack plants grown iu high temperature in forcing houses. This treatment we find specially adapted for Hybrid Perpetual Roses, as we are en- abled to furnish our customers plants that will bloom when set out in the open ground, which bv the old method was nearly an impossibility, as the high temperature, unavoidable where fire heat was used, pushed them into bloom before it was safe to plant out-of-doors. Roses taken from a high temperature and subjected to the cool
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