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MORE
ABOUT
GOOD
ROSES
A Corner in Our Packing Shed
Note the generous amount of wet moss on the roots
to prevent injury from drying, from 4 to 6 weeks if
necessary
How "Star" Roses Are Packed
Here is a "close-up" photo taken in a
corner of our packing shed showing how
carefully the Rose roots are protected with
wet moss and wrapped in "Grizzly Bear,"
a specially made, crinkled and moisture
proof paper.
The extreme care used in growing, dig-
ging, storing and finally in packing Slar
Roses accounts for the unusualh high
percentage that live and grow and bloom.
The picture above shows one of our
packers wrapping several Roses together
for one order. Each plant is labeled, with
a durable, printed celluloid star tag which
is expected to remain permanently on the
bush.
A Rose may be well grown, properly dug
and cared for until shipping time, but
when it comes to packing, we have learned
of very few growers who gi\e the same ex-
acting care that we do to insure their
Roses arriving safely, with the result that
a few days delay in delivery will often
ruin plants, which with proper packing
would have arrived in good condition.
STAR ROSES ARE GUARANTEED
TO GROW AND BLOOM unless they are
lost by winter kill or insect pests, which
are conditions over which we have no
control.
"Three Tenths of a Cent for Each Flower"
By \V. C. Egan
"In the Spring of 1915 I planted three
each of 42 varieties of roses.
In getting
them ready for their winter nap this fall,
I find 28 varieties still in good condition
after their 10th season of bloom. This
seems to me a good record for this section,
where it was said they could not be grown.
The 14 absent sorts were discarded for
various reasons. In some cases one plant
had died and I could not obtain one of the
same variety to replace it, wherefore I
discarded the remaining two and substi-
tuted three plants of one of the newer
kinds.
"I amused myself the other day, when
housed by a cold snap, in figuring out a
little problem in connection with the 28 — '
191.5 H.brid Teas. As I could not put my
hand on the record of all bloom given in
1916, I made a calculation on 27 varieties
of three each, or 81 plants. The number of
blooms in 1916 was 2,466; for the 10
years they have bloomed that would mean
24,660. Figu rin.tT, *V 3^ Roses to have each rose
cost SI. 00 each, we have an original outlay
of $81, or about three tenths of a cent for
each flower. (267 Roses for $1.)
Add the health and pleasure promoted
by reason of their care, and you will find
the Roses an asset far beyond their
original cost. When I consider the fact
that these plants gi\-e promise of a con-
tinuity of bloom through future years, I
stand up and exclaim, "God bless them'"
Reprinted from 1925 Rose Annual — Amer-
ican Rose Societ.'.

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Mr. Egan had some losses in his Rose
garden, but a large percentage of his
Roses had lived and bloomed for ten
years when he wrote the article abo\e. A
gardener for a private estate who recently
called here said, "his best Roses were
25 years old."
If you had your Star Roses for onK- one
.ear and they averaged twenty blooms to
the plant it would mean only 5 cents for
bloom.
The pictur. ..,, site shows Roses
wrapped, ready to be put in a box and
shipped. When packed this way the\' will
stay plump and fresh for four weeks or
more, so you need not worry if there are a
few da\s delay in deliver\- after .our plants
leave here.
Try if possible to have the ground ready
in advance. Directions on how to care for
.our Roses on arrival alwa.s accompany
each order.
Some people, less than a day's jour-
ney from here, write to know if it is safe to
order Roses so far from home. Well, read
the answer below.
Note in the picture below that the
roses have been pruned ready to plant.
We ship in strong boxes.
).00 WORTH OF ROSES TO
CENTRAL AMERICA
Order No. 21343 February 18, 1925
"All the roses which you shipped are
starting well and \'er.' soon I shall send a
new order."
Don Alfonso — Q — M.
San Salvador.
Roses wrapped, ready for boxing. We ship to China,
Japan. India, South Africa, South America and
Europe, as well as throughout the U. S. A.
Here are a few of our
July 7, 19:5
(wn, Star Roses. Photo taken
1 hrcc months yet to grow.
FROM
THE CONARD-PYLE CO.
Jiar Rose (Xrowers
Robert Pyle, Fres. West Qrove. Pa.
(Formerly The Conard & Jones Co.)
U. S. Postage