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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



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Dingee Hardy Climbing Roses 



Tausendschon 



EXCELSA. A new and distinctive Rambler of remark- 

 able merit. A remarkable grower, free from insects 

 and producing a great quantity of blooms of crim- 

 son maroon with the tips of the petals scarlet. 

 Flowers full and double and thirty or forty produced 

 on a stem. The undesirable features of the Crim- 

 son Rambler, the unsightly foliage, is eliminated 

 in this Rose by the infusion of Wichuraiana blood. 

 Hardy everywhere. 



DOROTHY PERKINS. The Brilliant Pink Rambler 

 Rose. Flowers are borne in large clusters, are very 

 double, with prettily crinkled petals; remarkably 

 pretty pointed buds, beautiful clear shell-pink in 

 color, lasting a long time without fading. The bush 

 is perfectly hardy in all localities, a rapid and thrifty 

 grower, bearing its wondrous flowers in great 

 clusters. 



Hardy Climbing Roses "have the popular call. 

 They have become an absolute necessity for 

 beautifying the home, for training over 

 porches, verandas, trellises and pergolas, and 

 they make most beautiful flowering hedges 

 when trained on low supports. No other con- 

 cern oflFers such a complete list of Climbing 

 Roses as we, including, as it does, all the 

 new kinds, as well as the old tried and true 

 favorites which may be found spreading their 

 beauty all over our fair land. 

 • All the Climbing Roses in our unequalled 

 list are on their own roots — a most vital point 

 in a Climbing Rose. Some are absolutely 

 hardy in the coldest parts of the country, 

 while others growing luxuriantly in the mid- 

 dle and southern sections, require some slight 

 protection in the North. The same high qual- 

 ity of stock distinguishing Dingee Roses, the 

 same care in propagation and growing makes 

 this class a most important one in our 

 business. 



A Thousand Beauties 



(GERMAN TAUSENDSCHON) 



The most sensational Climbing Rose yet 

 introduced, not even barring Crimson 

 Rambler. A single cluster of flowers is a 

 bouquet in itself, hence the very fitting name, 

 "Thousand Beauties." Blooming profusely 

 from the beginning of June until the' last of 

 July, the flowers appear in large clusters 

 (10 to 15 in a cluster), are of splendid size 

 and quite double. The colors run from deli- 

 cate balsam to tender rose through the 

 intermediate shades of bright rose and car- 

 mine, with white, yellow and various other 

 indescribable tints showing. There is no other 

 Rose in cultivation like it. It is a strong 

 grower, with but few thorns, magnificent 

 foliage, impervious against mildew and abso- 

 lutely hardy in the open ground everywhere. It has 

 created a veritable sensation, and has been awarded 

 numerous medals. The most remarkable Rose of its 

 kind in the world. 20c. each, 3 for 50c., $1.75 per 

 dozen; larger size, 30c. each; two-year-old plants, on 

 own roots, 45c. each. 



ALBERIC BARBIER. A Great New Yellow Climbing 

 Rose. Very best hardy Climbing Rose in cultiva- 

 tion. Should be in every garden. Grows in almost 

 any soil or situation, good or bad. Free from insect 

 attacks, beautiful, heavy, waxy foliage. Continues 

 in bloom for quite a protracted period; absolutely 

 free from mildew; in short, the type of Rose that 

 may be planted and forgotten; thrives without care. 

 The beautiful yellow flowers are unusually full and 

 double and are produced sometimes singly and 

 sometimes in clusters, with the utmost freedom. 



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Prices of all Hardy, Climbing Roses offered on this page, except where noted, iSc. each, 50c. for any 4; 

 larger size, 20c. each, 3 for 50c., postpaid; two-year-old plants, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz., assorted varieties, by 

 express. 



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