. Pahtial View of Ruae Tkial Beds at ovr Nl'rsery, Riverton, N. J. While our old customers are familiar with the 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. The bulk of our Roses are field-grown plants, having been cultivated in fields during the growing season of 1913. In fall they were carefully dug, planted in pots and stored in cold greenhouses, where artificial heat is only used to exclude severe frost. Under this treatment the plants develop in the most natural way, and are m
. Pahtial View of Ruae Tkial Beds at ovr Nl'rsery, Riverton, N. J. While our old customers are familiar with the 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. The bulk of our Roses are field-grown plants, having been cultivated in fields during the growing season of 1913. In fall they were carefully dug, planted in pots and stored in cold greenhouses, where artificial heat is only used to exclude severe frost. Under this treatment the plants develop in the most natural way, and are much superior to stock which has been forced in a high temperature into an unnatural and weakened growth, and to the comparatively worthless Roses which are sold so cheaply in a dormant condition. Our Roses, with few exceptions, are either home-grown or grown for us in England or Ireland by specialists who have made a life-study of the Rose, a very large percentage of the Hybrid Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals having been received from the famous nurseries of Messrs. Dickson & Sons, Belfast, Ireland. Most of these plants are budded or grafted, and while some planters prefer stock grown on their own roots on account of the liability of budded plants to throw up suckers, this will rarely occur if the deep planting as directed below is followed, and if a wild shoot should appear it is readily distinguished by its seven small leaves instead of the usual five, and should be removed close to the root. Much can be said in favor of budded plants, being more vigorous, producing finer blooms, come into bearing sooner, and are just as permanent and hardy as those on their own roots, and many of the choicest sorts do not succeed unless budded or grafted. HOW TO GROW ROSES. SITUATION.—Good roses may be grown in any open, sunny position, if possible sheltered from north winds, and clear of all roots of trees and shrubs. PREPARATION OF THE BEDS.—Roses will grow and give good returns in any
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