FOUNDEI 

 1850 



DiNGEE UUIDETo ROSE CULTURE 



FOUNDED 

 1850 



Dingee Hardy Shrubs for Permanent Planting 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora as a Specimen Plant. 



This class of plants has been a leading specialty 

 with us for years, our stock now consisting of nearly 

 twenty acres. They are absolutely hardy, and once 

 planted, last indefinitely, increasing in size and beauty 

 year after year. For cold climate where hardy plants 

 are needed they stand without an equal. Planted in 

 clumps, masses or used for hedges, screens, or for fill- 

 ing unsightly corners, they make a glorious show. They 

 supply that certain something which is lacking in 

 every yard where hardy shrubbery is not planted. We 

 recommend a liberal planting of this class of plants. 

 They last a lifetime and are sure to give splendid sat- 

 isfaction. Their culture is exceedingly simple. When 

 received cut the plants back about one-third their 

 growth if not done before shipping. Set about three 

 feet apart for a screen, but as individual specimens 

 plant wherever desired. Water freely when planted, 

 and for a few days afterward. No protection require(j'.. 

 They may be planted as soon as ground is ready to 

 dig up until late spring. This class of plants should 

 be set out earlier than Roses and other pot plants, so 

 if your order contains some of them we will send the 

 different varieties at the proper season. We urge 

 early planting. Prices are wonderfully low. 



Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora 



The Best and Most Ornamental of All Hardy Shrubs 



We grow and sell annually many thousands of these most popular of all shrubs. They are extensively used for yard, 

 lav/n and hedge planting and for screens. Attains a height of 5 to 7 feet; hardy in all localities; blooms the first and 

 every season in July and August, and continues in bloom for two or three months; the flowers are massive, cone-shaped, 

 often measuring 10 inches in length, and have a pleasing variation of color, changing from original pure white to pink, 

 and finally to a beautiful, rich coppery red. Well-rooted field-grown plants, that will bloom this year. 



Prices, 15c each; 50c for 4; $1.00 for 9. By express or freight, $5.00 for 50; $8.00 per 100. Strong, two-year-old, field- 

 grown, blooming plants, 25c each; $1.00 for 5; $2.00 for 12; $3.75 for 25; $12.00 per 100, by express or freight. Extra 

 size, three-year-old, field-grown, blooming plants, by express or freight only, 35c each; $1.00 for 3; $1.75 for 6; 

 $3.25 per dozen. 



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Border Group of Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora, Used as a Screen. 



Greenwich, Connecticut, 

 June 8, 1915. 



Gentlemen : I wish to 

 thank you for the fine Rose 

 bushes you sent me. Those 

 and the others I ordered are 

 fine plants and seem to be 

 doing well. The Roses that 

 my parents got of you thirty- 

 five years or so ago are nearly 

 all alive. Some are five feet 

 high and all are enormous 

 plants and every year simply 

 covered with blossoms. It 

 certainly has paid this family 

 to get their bushes from you, 

 especially since they are 

 grown on their own roots. 



Yours very truly, 

 KATHERINE LYON MEAD. 



Vernon, B. C, Canada, 

 April 17, 1915. 

 Dear Sirs : I wish to thank 

 you for the second supply of 

 Rose bushes. They were in 

 the best condition when I re- 

 ceived them. When I can I 

 will recommend your firm. I 

 was told that it was pretty 

 hard to beat your Roses, so 

 that is how you got my or- 

 der. Whenever I want any 

 more Roses you wi'l get my 

 order. LONEL R. L0 3KE. 



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