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4 DEDICATED BY THEIR PRESIDENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY (INCLUDING PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS) AMERICAN PILLAR THIRTEENTH EDITION, 1920 REVISED AND ENLARGED By ROBERT PYLE, President THE CONARD & JONES CO.

WEST GROVE, PA.

Copyright, 1920, by The Conard & Jones Co.

Contents THE AMATEUR'S ROSE-GARDEN ESTABLISHING IDEALS THE ROSE-Lover's CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS WHERE TO PLANT ROSES PREPARING TO GROW ROSES Drainage Soils Fertilizers When to Plant Treatment on Arrival PLANTING.

Staking the Roses Labeling Plotting Mulching PROTECTING THE ROSES From Frost From Enemies PRUNING How to Use This Pruning Information Own Root, and Budded or Grafted Roses SELECTING THE ROSES Family Groups and Abbreviations Terms Used to Describe Appropriate Uses One Hundred and Sixty-two Choice Roses ROSES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES AND USES SELECTIONS FOR SPECIAL SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Pacific Northwest Minneapolis and Vicinity New York and Lower New England Roslyn and Northwest Long Island Philadelphia and Vicinity Washington, D. C., and Points South Chicago and the North.