. Sectional View of Rose Pits wiihout Fire Heat. THE CatTIV/ITIOn OF I(OSES. N submittiii"' our revised list of Roses to our IViemls uiid uiistoiners, we feel justified iu saying that our plants this season arc tlie largest and finest we have ever ottered ; the flattering letters received from many of our patrons, as to the satisfactory results obtained from stock purchased of us, have made us feel that our efiforts to send out good and reliable plants are appreciated. We have more than doubled our stock, and are devoting a large* area of glass exclusively to the cultivation of the Rose,
. Sectional View of Rose Pits wiihout Fire Heat. THE CatTIV/ITIOn OF I(OSES. N submittiii"' our revised list of Roses to our IViemls uiid uiistoiners, we feel justified iu saying that our plants this season arc tlie largest and finest we have ever ottered ; the flattering letters received from many of our patrons, as to the satisfactory results obtained from stock purchased of us, have made us feel that our efiforts to send out good and reliable plants are appreciated. We have more than doubled our stock, and are devoting a large* area of glass exclusively to the cultivation of the Rose, besides a large tract of land at our Belmont Rose Farm for the cultivation of the more hardy varieties. The young Roses that have been propagated during the winter from healthy parentage are planted out in April or Mav in ground which has been deeply ))lowed, as well as liberally manured, where they are cultivated until early iu November, when the plants are carefully lifled, uptted and stored during the winter iu cold houses at our Riverton Xurserv as sliown in illustration. Pot-grown pliTnts of sorts best suited to this method are also culti- vated at our Riverton establishment, and stored away during tlie winter iu 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 tbliage develops, and places them in a condition for starting oft vigorously and naturally, thus avoiding the risk "of diseases that attack plants grown in 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 i,'round, which by the old method was nearly an iraposs-ibility, as the high temperature, unavoidable where fire heat was used, ))ushed them into bloom before it was safe to plant out-of-doors. Roses taken from a h
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