The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing

The book that taught America to grow roses out of doors: how to site and prepare a bed, how to prune and propagate, and a rated list of the best varieties with the faults of each set down honestly.

Planting

5 pages in this part of Outdoor Rose Growing.

Practical Wooden Label Used in Testing Beds

PARADISE Nich upισμα Watsh 1907 FIG. 25 Mr. J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, uses a label formed from a wooden block of cypress…

Celluloid Label

A thin piece of paper bearing name, etc., is cemented between two clear strips of celluloid. Cementation is effected by flowing a small…

Celluloid Label: Briar

Seventh, for Briar, Manetti and Rugosa, do not place the bud more than three inches or less than two inches from the finished surface of…

Celluloid Label: Teas

Hybrid Teas and Teas budded on Multiflora need more room than when budded on Briar or Manetti.

Celluloid Label: Daily

Where high pruning is used it must be understood that with such treatment the stems will gradually become shorter and weaker, and the…

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