THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, WEST GROVE, PA. 



When You Beautify Your Home= 



Surroundings, it is important above all things that you get the right sort of plants for your purpose 

 and strong healthy stock. 



You have probably learned (as most people do, sooner or later) that it pays to insist on getting what 

 is good rather than what is cheap, and that a little more spent at the start means a great deal more satis- 

 faction after you get your plants. This is especially true with Roses; therefore, in the interest of your suc- 

 cess with your plants, we ask that you let value and not price be your test. Roses bought at bargain 

 counters often prove to be very expensive before you get done with them. 



The wise buyer does not stop with the query, "What will these Roses cost me?" but goes on to 

 inquire, "What will these Roses do for me?" That is the important question for you to ask, and that 

 is the question which this firm — first among Rose growers — (without raising prices) have answered. 

 We offer you 



A New Way to Buy Roses $^ 



The experience of almost a half-century's earnest effort in doing one thing 

 well has taught us how to grow Roses which are so sure to bloom that we can 

 guarantee them. We want you to know that when you buy from us you can 

 depend upon getting your money's worth or your money back. 



And we believe that no stronger proof of the first-class result-giving qual- 

 ity of our stock could be offered or asked for than a guarantee of this kind. 



We were the first, and we believe we are the only ones who sell Roses with 

 such a guarantee, and we ask our friends to remember that it is not the guarantee which makes the Roses 

 good, but it is the quality of our plants which enables us to make the guarantee. 



ROSES 



GUARANTEED 



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A BIT OF HISTORY 



The Idea of selling Roses by mail 

 took root in West Grove soon after 

 the Civil War. Our late President, 

 Alfred F. Conard, wrote and compiled 

 the first Rose Catalog in America, 

 and our Vice President and Super- 

 intendent, Antoine Wintzer, was the 

 pioneer grower. In the intervening 

 years since then millions upon millions 

 of sturdy young Rose plants have 

 been sent out from West Grove to all 

 parts of the world, and it was under 

 the direct supervision of Mr. Wintzer 

 and Mr. Conard that most of these 

 Roses were grown and sold. Mr. 

 Wintzer is still active in the manage- 

 ment of growing our Roses and our 

 customers get full advantage of his 

 splendid experience in many ways, 

 but especially by the fact that 

 methods thus learned go to produce 

 for you what we believe to be the 

 Best Roses that can be grown. 





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Here's a picture of the front 

 cover of a little book we recently 

 published. It is chock full of 

 practical pointers about best 

 plants to get and "how" you 

 can beautify YOUR yard. 

 Fully illustrated. Price, 10 cts. 



PROFESSOR H. L. BAILEY, 



of Cornell, Editor of Cyclopaedia of 

 American Horticulture, says : "The 

 success of the Rose in this country is 

 very largely a question of the selec- 

 tion of adaptable varieties." 



" Which are the right Roses to 

 get?" is the important question. 



We have devoted two pages (8 and 

 9) to lists and suggestions that will 

 help you greatly in deciding this most 

 important question. We have given 

 two other pages (6 and 7) telling you 

 how to grow Roses after you get 

 them, and many people, because of 

 the value of these two pages, if for 

 nothing else, after ordering, will 

 carefully preserve this catalog for 

 future reference. 



OUT Ne\V Floral Guide for 1909, in addition to being a complete and com- 

 prehensive guide to "the best Roses in America," also devotes special chapters to Canna Lilies, Orna- 

 mental Shrubs, Climbers, Porch Plants, Bedding Plants, Seeds, Bulbs and Fruits, all alphabetically 

 arranged in the order named, offering carefully chosen assortments of each. 



We believe you will find this book an honest, trustworthy salesman, always ready to give you accu- 

 rate and complete information about the stock we offer. For a complete index, see pages 133 and 134. 



AN INVITATION 



Our Nurseries are half 

 way between Philadelphia 

 and Baltimore on P. R. R. 

 During the Summer we 

 have many acres of flowers 

 in bloom. Visitors are 

 most welcome. 



Always faithfully yours, 



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Robert Pyle, 



President. 



S. Morris Jones, 



Treasurer. 



Antoine Wintzer 



Vice-President. 



R. T. Sattertiiwa'te, 



Secretary. 



