FOUNDEl 

 1850 



DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



FOUNDED , 

 1850 



Dingee-Special-Size-Rose-Plants 



FOR 



Planting for Immediate Effect 



Each One a Specimen or Star Size Plant and Now Growing in 6 

 and 7-inch Pots> Strong, Well-Shaped Bushes 



The demand each year for extra heavy, own root Roses of the leading kinds seems to increase, and in order to try 

 and meet this demand we have built five mammoth greenhouses, each 250 feet in length, devoted entirely to growing 

 these special size plants, each one in a 6- or 7-inch pot and grown on its own roots. Each one a specimen plant for 

 those who desire Roses for immediate effect, grown by our special methods, in specially prepared soil, where they are 

 given all the care and skill at our command, with the result that they are now plants that may be termed three-year-old, 

 and unsurpassed for planting where quick results are desired. 



These Roses have been trimmed where necessary to form a shapely plant and range in height from 2 to 3 feet, accord- 

 ing to their growth. They are shipped with all the soil in which they have been growing left on the roots, wrapped in 

 oil paper, and they reach you in prime growing condition. When planted they produce the same effect as if they had 

 grown there. 



Price of these Special Size Roses, on this and preceding page, from pots 6 and 7 inches in diameter, on own roots, 

 except where noted, 75c each; $7.50 per dozen, by express at purchaser's expense. These Roses cannot be sent by Parcel 

 Post.) 



Under this heading we offer plants of different classes in extra-large plants, and only a brief description of each. 

 Elsewhere in this book you will find a fuller description if desired by referring to the index pages. The Tea and Hybrid 

 Tea Roses are neither as hardy as the Hybrid Perpetuals, nor do they make as large plants; but hardy with careful protec- 

 tion. The climbing Roses, especially Philadelphia Crimson Rambler, Tausendschoen, Crimson Rambler, etc., are hardy 

 everywhere, and we supply extra heavy three- and four-year-old plants of all of them. The Cochet Roses are particularly 

 fine. 



Killarney. (Pink.) The Irish Queen. Color brilliant 

 shell pink. 



Lady Alice Stanley. A remarkable garden variety. Color 

 outside petals coral-rose, inside delicate flesh. Blooms all 

 the time. Exquisite buds. 



Lady Hillingdon. Apricot-yellow shaded orange cm 

 outer edge of petals, becoming deeper and more intense: 

 towards the center of the bloom. 



Lady Ashtown. Beautiful pink. Splendid bloomer. 



La France. (Pink.) Lovely shade of silvery pink. Ex- 

 ceedingly sweet and handsome. 



Mad. A. Chatenay. Strong grower and free bloomer. 

 Color rosy carmine with darker shadings. 



Mad. Jules Grolez or Red Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. 

 Color a distinct and charming shade of cherry-red. Flow- 

 ers of fine formation. A remarkably good grower. 



Mad. Schwaller. A beautiful combination of salmon-rose 

 with edges touched with violet-carmine. 



Mad. Segond Weber. Buds are pink or salmon- flesh. 

 When fully open a warm deep pink. Continuous bloomer. 



Magnafrano. Color bright shining rose with rich shad- 

 ings of deeper tones. 



Mary Countess of Ilchester. Strong, vigorous grower. 

 Color warm crimson-carmine. 



Meteor. Dark velvety crimson with deeper shadings. 

 One of the best outdoor crimson Roses. 



Mme. Jenny Guillemot. Brilliant saffron yellow. Mag- 

 nificent buds, long and pointed. 



Mme. Melania Soupert. Bright golden yellow suffused 

 with faint tinge of pink. 



Mme. Rene Collette. Buds rich pink shaded salmon, 

 opening light orange shaded pink. 



Mrs. Charles Russell. Beautiful shade of rosy pink. 

 Magnificent blooms. 



Hybrid Tea 



American Beauty. Rich crimson, charmingly shaded 

 and veined. Delightfully fragrant. 



Aurora. Flowers large and full. Brilliant pink. A 

 vigorous grower. 



Bessie Brown. The color almost pure white, flushed 

 sometimes with pink. 



British Queen. The finest white Rose, it is said in ex- 

 istence. 



Charles Dingee. The best Rose for outdoor culture. 

 Color rose tint shading off into a creamy white. 



Col. R. S. Williamson. Large, fragrant flowers of soft, 

 rich carmine. 



Countess of Gossford. Beautiful clear salmon-pink 

 shaded with saffron. 



Etoile de France. Deep, full flowers. Color a clear 

 shade of red. 



Farben Konigen. Queen of colors. Buds long and 

 pointed, opening large and double. Color bright rosy 

 carmine overlaid with a satiny silver sheen. Very free 

 bloomer. 



Hadley. New Rose of a brilliant color, deep velvety 

 crimson, and as fragrant as an American Beauty. 



Helen Gould. Color warm rosy crimson, always in 

 bloom. 



Helen Cambier. Colors are varying, ranging from a 

 salmon-rose to coppery rose, with often a saffron hue. 



Jonkheer J. L. Mock. A giant Hybrid Tea of wonderful 

 merit. Color a clear imperial pink, outer edge of petals 

 tinted light. 



Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. The greatest hardy white 

 Rose in existence. r-.^ ■,,,-;:.,- 



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