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THE DIN GEE W CONARD COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 



Hardy Phlox 



Dingee Hardy Violets 



Rich in modest beauty and famed for its en- 

 chanting fragrance, the Violet continues to increase 

 in popularity. With the last snows of winter still 

 about it this gentle flower shyly appears from out its 

 icy bed, heralding the coming of spring. All our plants 

 are absolutely clean and healthy and will produce 

 highly satisfactory results. Prices, strong plants, 

 12}^ cts. each; any 1 2 for $1 .25; $1 0.00 per 1 00. 

 Marie Lynch. In color it is a charming shade of 

 lavender-pink and the foliage is a rich dark green. 

 California. The largest violet in cultivation. 



Rich violet-blue; flowers on long stems. 

 Lady Hume Campbell. Double blue. Strong, 



healthy and perfectly hardy. 

 Prince of Wales. One of the best. The large, blue, 



single flowers are deliciously fragrant. 

 Swan ley White. Pure white, perfectly double, 



fragrant. 

 Peacock, New Violet. This is an entrancingly 

 beautiful new Violet ; the markings of its charm- 

 ing colors are difficult to describe. The prevailing 

 color is white, with delicate tracings and mark- 

 ings of sky-blue. 



Hardy Perennials 



Funkia (Day Lily) Subcordata Grandiflora. 



White Day Lily. Handsome spikes of large, 

 waxy-like blossoms, with an odor like that of 

 orange blossoms, and large, broad, glossy, light- 

 green foliage. One foot to 18 inches. 25 cts. 

 each, postpaid. 



Funkia Aurea Variegata. Flowers purplish- 

 lilac; leaves beautiful, variegated green and gold. 

 2 feet. 25 cts. each, postpaid. 



Hibiscus Meehan's Marvel Mallow. Without 

 exception the finest production among the Hardy 

 Plant line in years. They make a bush-like 

 growth from 4 to 5 feet high and 2 to 3 feet across. 

 The flowers are of an enormous size, frequently 8 

 to 10 inches in diameter and ranging in color 

 from fiery crimson through various shades of red, 

 pink and white. Require no care or protection. 

 Price, mixed colors, Pink, Red or White, 

 strong 2-year-old field-grown roots, 75 cts. 

 each, postpaid. 



Yucca Filamentosa-Spanish Bayonet. A low- 

 growing evergreen plant with narrow leaves. The 

 flower stalk is from 2 to 4 feet high and rises from 

 the center. Creamy white, bell-shaped flowers. 

 25 cts. each, postpaid. 



Delphinium, Belladonna. Everblooming hardy 

 Larkspur. The most beautiful sky blue of dwarf 

 habit. 3 to 4 feet. Blooms all summer until cut 

 down by frost. 



Delphinium, Formosum. Deep gentian blue 

 with white bee. Long spikes. 18 inches to 3 feet. 



Delphinium, Chinese Album. A white flowered 

 form. 2 feet. 

 Price of Delphinium, strong one-year roots, 



25 cts. each, postpaid. 



Dingee Choicest 



Hardy Perennial Phlox 



Diversified and brilliant colors, profuse and con- 

 tinuous bloom and adaptability to almost any 

 situation or soil, place Hardy Phlox in the front 

 rank of desirable flowering plants. Being perfectly 

 hardy, once planted they improve and multiply 

 in vigor and beauty each successive year. Price, 

 strong field clumps ready to plant any time, 

 20 cts. each; any 6 for $1.00, postpaid. 

 Diadem. Dwarf, pure white. 

 Eclaireur. Purplish-crimson: large 

 White Eclaireur. Large; pure white. 

 Fernand Cortez. Tall; deep crimson. 

 G. A. Stephen. Brilliant scarlet. 

 Iris. Tall; blush-violet. 

 Tapis Blanc. Dwarf; pure white. 

 Terre Neuve. Dwarf; grayish-lilac. 

 Brilliant. Clear blood-red. 

 L'Aiglon. Carmine-rose. 

 Mount Sully. Orange-scarlet, purple eye. 

 Mrs. Jenkins. Pure white. 



Coquelicot. Pure scarlet with crimson eye. Fine. 

 Perle Rose. Rose-purple. 

 Selma. Tall; pale rose. 

 Suffrage. Lilac-mauve, rosy center. 



Hardy Ornamental Grasses 



For ornamental purposes these grasses are strik- 

 ingly original in effect and impart a tropical brilli- 

 ance to the landscape. The plumes which these 

 grasses produce are beautiful for interior decoratiou. 



Prices of all Eulaliasand Erianthus descri bed 

 below. 25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00. 

 Eu I alia Gracillima Univittata. Forms an ex- 

 ceedingly handsome plant, 4 to 5 feet high. 

 E. Japonica Zebrina. The leaf blades are of 



deep green, distinctly striped crosswise with large 



bars of pure white. 

 E. Japonica Variegata. Blades are creamy white 



in the center, with a broad margin of bright green. 



Plumes are beautiful. 

 Erianthus Raven nae. Reed-like ornamental grass 



throwing up 30 to 40 fine erect flowerlike stalks 8 



to 10 feet high the first season. The plumes are 



highly valued as parlor ornaments. 



Hardy Climbing Vines 



Clematis Paniculata. The flowers are pure white 

 and are borne in great panicles or clusters of 

 bloom, fairly covering the plants, so that it is a 

 mass or sheet of fleecy white with an exquisite 

 fragrance. It begins to bloom late in August the 

 first year. Hardy in all sections of the country. 

 Strong plants in pots, 25 cts. each. Strong 

 two-year-old field-grown plants, 50 cts. each, 

 postpaid. 



Wistaria Magnifica. The finest "Wistaria of its 

 color now known. Extremely vigorous, growing 

 30 to 40 feet in one season when well established. 

 The flowers are pale lilac, and the immense 

 clusters of drooping racemes, which measure 12 

 to 18 inches in length, are deliciously fragrant. 

 25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00, postpaid. 



Wistaria Alba. There is nothing more striking or 

 appropriate for pergolas and ordinary trellises 

 than this splendid vine. Pure white flowers. 

 25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00, postpaid. 



Mammoth Flowered Trumpet Creeper (Big- 

 nonia Grandiflora). One of the most superb 

 climbing vines in existence. Grows with rapidity, 

 is perfectly hardy everywhere. The flowers are 

 trumpet-shaped and warm orange-red. Strong 

 plants, 25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00, postpaid. 



English Ivy. A splendid evergreen climber, with 

 dark glossy green leaves; clings firmly to stone, 

 brick or wood walls without trellis or support; 

 very desirable. 25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00. 



Ampelopsis Veitchii (Boston or Japanese Ivy). 

 It covers buildings and walls with a perfect mat 

 of dark green, leathery foliage, which changes to 

 brilliant crimson as fall approaches. Clings to 

 either tree or wood without support. Price, fiel d- 

 grown plants, 25 cts. each. Large three 

 year old plants, 75 cts. each, postpaid. 



