. The Conard & Jones Co. roses. Rose culture; Roses; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Seeds Catalogs. Price $, postpaid If you simply wanted something to read, without any idea of getting instruction about growing Roses, you might turn to this book and be delightfully entertained for an hour or so. In this way it is an unusual Rose book, for in it you will find how the famous "attar of Roses" is made, how to make Rose-beads, something about "the Red Rose Church" at Manheim, and also about the most beautiful Rose-garden in the world. To a lover of Roses there
. The Conard & Jones Co. roses. Rose culture; Roses; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Seeds Catalogs. Price $, postpaid If you simply wanted something to read, without any idea of getting instruction about growing Roses, you might turn to this book and be delightfully entertained for an hour or so. In this way it is an unusual Rose book, for in it you will find how the famous "attar of Roses" is made, how to make Rose-beads, something about "the Red Rose Church" at Manheim, and also about the most beautiful Rose-garden in the world. To a lover of Roses there is more than this, for a beginner is told how to begin, how to establish ideals, and get started right; after which comes the valuable "Calendar of Opera- tions," telling when and how to prune, spray, fertilize, and otherwise care for Roses the year round. There is a chapter on "Where to Plant Roses," and others on drainage, soil, and fertilizers. You are told how to handle the plants when you receive them and the best way to mulch and protect them during the winter so they will be in best possible condition to give bounteous bloom the next season. Further on is a most valuable list of Roses, with instruc- tions for pruning each one. The book ends with a list of "Roses Arranged in Classes," valuable to any lover of "The Queen of ; Price, $, postpaid. Helped Her Save Nearly All Her Roses I have your book "How To Grow Roses" and by fol- lowing instructions as to covering, I saved nearly all of my Roses (I have 75); at least 50 are Teas or Hybrid Teas, and the thermometer went down to 21 degrees below zero, so you can see I am proud of my strong plants. This is my fifth year's purchase from your firm, and I'm well pleased. M. B., St. Too deep Just right Right, and banked for winter Too shallow, and set wrong Here is shown one of the ms/rucfiVe illustrations from "How To Grow ; This sho
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