It H H H West Grove 



1902 



Floral Nurseries ^ ^ ^ 



The Conard & Jones Company 



WEST GROVE. PENNA 



TO ALL OUR KIND FRIENDS AND PATRONS, GREETING 



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EAR FRIENDS — We thank you kindly for all your valued orders, and assure you of our 

 best efforts to merit your continued confidence and regard. Our business has increased so 

 rapidly we have been obliged to add a large block of new rose houses, and make extensive 

 additions to our seed and bulb departments, and are now better prepared than ever to handle 

 all orders promptly &.nd satisfactorily. 

 RIT^INP^^ I ARPPR Our prompt, honest and liberal methods of business are bringing us tens 

 'r « A M ic^ri^ i> ^^ thousands of new customers, and we now mail every year Over Three 



THAN KVKR Hundred Thousand Catalogues and more than a Million Circulars and 



Special Lists to customers in all parts of the United States, including Porto Rico, Cuba and Hawaii ; also 

 to Canada, Mexico, Australia, and other foreign countries. 



lA71i^ DD 11^ dT" MT HIi^DlPlA7fTH Please examine carefully, and notice we offer the Finest Roses, 

 r\f TO MB^W /-¥ Tf rS^ W^D t^ Plants, Bulbs and Flower Seeds postpaid to your door, and 



OUR NKW GUlDtr r UK I9O2 guarantee safe delivery and full satisfaction in every way. 

 We hope you will send us a share of your orders this season. We want to continue your name on our books. 

 WF ARF ROSE AND ^^ ^°^ want best quality Roses, Plants, Bulbs and Flower Seeds at 

 i^ r\\A7TCMQ r^nrvtATF' D c correct prices, and kindly send your orders to us, you will not be dis- 

 F LOWER GROWt^Ro appointed. Our goods are always reliable, and we spare no pains to 

 please and satisfy our customers in every way. Our establishment is well known as one of the best and 

 most reliable in the Rose Growing and Mail Order Business. We have made Rose Growing a special 

 study for many years, and can truthfully say : There are no better Roses grown than ours, and few so good. 

 DO^P^ ARF* All ON -^^^ °^^ Roses are grown on their own roots in pots, from strong, well- 

 'TM'^in AlATM orvrvrQ matured, field-grown stocks, which produce plants of the greatest 

 Tn£^IR OWN ROO.io vitality, and early-blooming power. No budded or grafted Roses are 

 ever sent out, as they do not give satisfaction. We are leading growers, and aim to keep all the choicest 

 varieties of Roses, both new and old, in different sizes and prices, ready for shipment at all times. 



NOTICE: — Forty full pA^es of this Book (4 to 42) are devoted exclusively to Roses, and every 

 variety offered can quickly be found in the Complete Index to Roses, on PAGC 43. 

 MPAAr DOQPQ OP OITP We give special attention to originating new varieties of Roses, and 

 SIltrWT ™Sw?»xVt>^^Xi5 offer this year for the first time our New American Crimson Rambler. 

 OWN INTRODUCTION "PHILADELPHIA," shown in our beautiful colored plate on the 

 front cover of this book, and fully described on page 2. We also ask attention to the following superb 

 New Roses, all introduced by ourselves in previous years : New Hardy Iron-clad, Constant-blooming- 

 Rose, New Century, page 4 ; New Hybrid Tea Rose, '* Magnafrano," page 9 ; New Hybrid Memorial 

 Rose, Alba Rubifolio, page 10 ; New Hybrid Tea Rose, Clara Barton, page 7 ; Double White Hardy 

 Climbing Rose, Royal Cluster, page 10 ; also the three New Hardy Climbing Roses, May Queen, Ruby 

 Queen and Pearl Queen, page 19. (See information for purchasers page 89. ) 



C & 1 NEW ^^^ '^ew Pedigree Cannas—Canna Lilies some call them — are among 



Dl^T\¥r^I>li^^ r* AMTMilQ ^^^ most beautiful in the world, and have won their place as the most 

 FlI^DlijrRI^Jb CANNAo gorgeous and handsome flowers for bedding now known. Prices are 

 very reasonable, and you can have a handsome collection for very little money. Seven pages, 52 to 58. 

 THP POWAUrfc /W lOIVPQ PO *Q Our West Grove Rose and Floral Nurseries are well- 

 i-i r^o Ai SirneTC^BrE^c- known at home and abroad for supplying the choicest 



I* LrUKALr NUK;^I1^K1I1^0 and most reliable Roses, Plants and Bulbs, at reasonable 



prices. During the Summer we have many acres of flowers in bloom, and always something of interest 

 to see. Visitors are cordially invited, whenever it suits their convenience to come. 



C. & J. SURPASSING FLOWER SEEDS are also one of our leading specialties. 



All the choicest varieties, both old and new. at little prices. 31 pages, 90 to 120. 

 NOTICE ALSO— Our fine Palms and other choice decorative plants for house and conservatory culture. Splendid Geraniums, 

 Superb Gladiolus, Lilies, and other Summer Flowering Bulbs for the garden. Grand, Hardy, Ornamental, Flowering Shrubs and 

 Climbing Vines for Lawns, Parks and Cemeteries. New Garden Fruits, all the best kinds, for the home garden. See pages 121 to 133. 

 WE WANT YOUR VALUED ORDERS for everything we offer, and whether large or small, you can depend on getting the 

 very nicest things at lowest prices. We want all to knowthat The Conard & Jones Co.'s Flora! Nurseries, West Qrove, Pa., 

 is the best and most satisfactory place to get the finest Roses, Plants, Bulbs, and Flower Seeds. Our guarantee goes with every 

 order. If anything is not right we will make it so. We have been practicing this ever since we began business, and believe it is 

 the foundation of our success. Again thanking you for your kindness in the past, and hoping to have a share of your valued 

 orders this season, we wish all a happy and prosperous year, and remain, Faithfully yours, 



i'-.^JIS.I-.T^E^s^^vf.r THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY 



ANTOIXE WINTZER, V.-Pres. 



EOBEKT P¥LE, Sec'y WEST GROVE, PA., U. S. A. 



{fill OO DTA WT" l\8 /^Tl r*C -^^ reply to occasional inquiries from people who do not know us, we would say we have no 

 iVi l-^-^n I ^l'« t I^V^ I H>^C.. connection whatever with any other company. THE C«NAR1> & JONES COMPANY 



is regularly incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania, and our President and Vice-President, Alfred F. Conard and Antolne 

 Wintzer, nave been prominently identified with the rose growing business here ever since it was started over 30 years ago, and are still 

 actively engaged in our company, and no other. Our Treasurer and Secretary, 8. Morris Jones and Robert Pyle, are responsible 

 business men, representing ample capital, and well known in this community. We are leading tJrowers, Importers and Retailers 

 In Fine Rones, Plants, Bulbs and Flower Seeds. 



THE CONARD e JONES COMPANY. FLOWER GROWERS. WEST GROVE, PA. 



