The Most Wonderful Bush Rose in the World 



CHARLES DINGEE 



(See colored photographic illustration opposite) 



WE say, without fear of contradiction, 

 that our great new Rose, Charles 

 Dingee, is absolutely the best garden 

 Rose, now in commerce, for general planting 

 in all sections of the country. 



Through this magniilcent Rose we will 

 perpetuate the name of the venerablefounder 

 of this business, and it will proclaim his fame 

 as the pioneer Rose-grower of this country 

 to the coming generations in a fit and appro- 

 priate manner. 



The Charles Dingee Rose outranks all 

 other Roses because of its all-around super- 

 ior merit. This Rose originated with us and 

 is the result of a cross fertilization between 

 the Hermosa, that grand old hardy pink 

 variety and the White Maman Cochet, per- 

 haps the greatest of all white garden Roses. 

 It grows as sturdily as an oak, to amazing 

 perfection, in almost any soil or situation. 

 If you have a place where other Roses have 

 failed, in that spot Charles Dingee will flour- 

 ish and produce its gorgeous flowers with 

 wonderful profusion. It has the most mag- 

 nificent foliage, absolutely free from disease 

 of all kinds, that we have ever seen on any 

 Rose. Of the bush form its habit of growth 

 is ideal, attaining a height of two to three 

 feet and, no matter the size of the plant, it 

 commences to bloom immediately. 



It is always blooming, whether it iS grow- 

 ing with us or growing with you. The flow- 

 ers are beautiful beyond description, immense 

 in size, deep, double and grandly formed with 

 long, stiff, erect stems; both in bud and 

 bloom the beauty of the flower is nothing 

 short of superb and impossible of description 

 because of the delicate blending of colors — 

 rose tints in the center of the flower, grad- 

 ually shading off into pale blush and creamy 

 white, a color effect both entirely new and 

 distinct and exquisitely beautiful. 



It Is hardy everywhere. We have had it 

 growing here with us in all its glory in a 

 temperature very little above freezing and 

 producing the most beautiful flowers imag- 

 inable. If there ever was a Rose that has 

 made its impression on the minds and hearts 

 of those who have been fortunate enough to 

 secure it, it is the Charles Dingee. To our 

 minds, it has completely revolutionized the 

 possibilities of Rose-growing in the home 

 yard and garden, for no matter where you 

 live, there it will thrive. 



This we guarantee, and if you have no 

 yard or garden wherein to plant it, it will 

 grow in your living-room with more freedom 

 than a geranium. What Rose can compare 



to it? 



CAUTION! We are the originators and sole owners of the Charles Dingee Rose. 

 Imitations and so-called duplicates of it are intended to deceive. We have the original plant 

 from which it was grown to prove our claim that this great Rose, originated by us, can only 

 be had through us. 



Strong, one-year-old plants, 25c. each, 5 for $1.00, $2.25 per dozen; larger size, 35c. 

 each, 3 for $1.00, $3.50 per dozen, postpaid. Large, two-year-old plants, on own roots, 50c. 

 each, $5.00 per dozen; extra-heavy, three-year-old plants (stock limited), magnificent speci- 

 mens, ON OWN ROOTS, 75c. each, $8.00 per dozen, by Express. 



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