New G^sidle to Rose Culture for 



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Baltimore, Md. 

 The Diii'.'ee <fc Conard Co., 



Gentlemen: — You cannot say too muchiu favor 

 of Helen Gould and Virginia R. Coxe. I have the 

 plants you sent me in 1900. The Virginia R. 

 Coxe is four feet high and it is as hardy as any 

 Rose 1 have, and 1 have nearly 250 varielies. 



Yours truly, tAPT. C. H. SNOW. 



New 

 Hardy 

 Ever- 

 Bloom- 

 ing 

 Hybrid 

 Tea Rose 



Uirginia 



jss. R. (ZOXC 



The Sweetest and Most Vivid 



Crimson Rose in the World 

 Introduced by 

 The Dingee & Conard Company 



This wonderful new variety is indeed 

 a pearl of the first water. It origin- 

 ated in Germany, and by special per- 

 mission of the originator. Peter Lam- 

 bert, we have given it a name by 

 which it will be known and sold in 

 this country. Having secured control 

 of the stock in America, we named it 

 n honor of Virginia R. Coxe. a talented 

 American woman, a descendant of the fam- 

 ous Randolph family of Virginia, an excel- 

 lent likeness of whom appears on this page. 

 A description is inadequate to portray the 

 beauty of this lovely variety, especially the 

 flowers, which are the glory of the plant. 

 For intense, dazzling color there is no other 

 J: s< to compare with it. The flowers are 

 large, full and moderately double, are hand- 

 somely made, of splendid substance, and are 

 produced on extraordinarily long stems that 

 shoot out beyond the foliage in free yet hand- 

 some disorder. The color is fiery crimson. 

 ^ shaded with a dark velvety 



^^, sheen, producing the most gorge- 

 ous effect ever seen in any 

 Hose, and which completely 

 overshadows varieties that have 

 been considered heretofore the 

 most brilliant of their class. 

 The fragrance ig distinct and 

 deliciously sweet, more so than 

 any Rose in our collection. 

 It grows to a height of 

 ^ four to five feet, is perfect- 

 ^ ly hardy in all sections, 

 and blooms all the time. 

 When in full bloom the 

 bush presents a siL'ht that 

 fairly dazzles the eye. This 

 is tin- most up-to-date and 

 W meritorious Rose that has 

 beeu sent from Europe for 

 a long while. Perfectly 

 distinct. All OUT Roses are 

 wi own roots. 



P R 1 T F ^ Strong plant, 15 cents each : 



riviLLj 4for . fMmUi 9 for $| 



postpaid. Strong two-year- 

 old plants, 35 cents each ; S3. 75 per dozen, by 

 Kxpress. 



