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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



-OUNDED 

 1850 



A Sinele Plant of Dingee Peoniea 



Hardy Perennial Phlox 



Diversified and brilliant colors, profuse and con- 

 tinuous bloom and adaptability to almost any situation 

 or soil, places Hardy Phlox in the front rank of desir- 

 able flowering plants. Being perfectly hardy, once 

 planted, they improve and multiply in vigor and 

 beauty each successive year, and produce in gorgeous 

 profusion great showy heads or panicles of bloom 

 from early spring until checked by frost. 



Price, strong plants, 15c. each, 50c. for 4, $1.00 for 9. 

 Set of 33 varieties, named below, $2.35, postpaid. 

 Von Lassburg. Purest white. Individual flowers, large. 

 L'Esperance. Dwarf. Light lavender-pink, white center. 

 Iris. Tall. Bluish violet with blue center. 

 Premier Ministre. Tall. Rosy white flowers, deep rose 



center. Panicles of rosy white flowers. 

 Selma. Tall. Large flowers. Pale rose with red eye. 

 Caran d'Ache. Medium. Rosy carmine, violet center. 

 Fiancee. Medium. One of the best pure whites. 

 H. Menior. White with carmine eye. 

 Mad. P. Langier. Tall. Bright geranium red with 



vermilion center. A very handsome variety. 

 Pantheon. Bright rose. 

 Richard Wallace. Tall. Large flowers in immense 



panicles. Pure white, bright crimson center. 

 Coquelicot. Pure scarlet with crimson eye. Fine. 

 Charles Darwin. Tall. Bright salmon-pink with crim- 

 son center. Large spikes. 

 Mrs. Jenkins. Pure white. 



Champs Elysee. Dwarf. Very bright rosy magenta. 

 Rosenberg. Bright reddish violet. Blood-red eye. 

 La Vogue. Medium. Clear silvery rose. Very fine. 

 Barde Q,ueen. Rose pink; deep red eye. 

 Pacha. Deep rose-pink with carmine-purple center. 

 Lumineaux. Tall. Light red; crimson eye. 

 Thebaide. Dwarf. Bright salmon-red, crimson cen- 

 ter. Large size. Free flowering. 

 L'Evenement. Dwarf. Bright soft pink tinted salmon, 

 bluish center. Very showy. 



Dingee Hardy Peonies 



"Peonies are the popular hardy plant of the day. 

 Once planted they last practically forever. Hardy 

 in the coldest climates. For single specimens and 

 cemetery planting, they are unexcelled. We oifer 

 the finest varieties." 



New and Rare Peonies 



Price, strong roots, 50c. each. Set of 8 superb 

 varieties, postpaid, for $3.35. 

 Edulis Superba. Red. 

 Faust. Delicate light pink. 

 Felix Crousse. Brilliant red. Extra fine. 

 Humei Carnea. Light rose, passing into white. 

 Insignis. Beautiful violet pink. 

 Jeanne D'Arc. Pure white. 

 Nobilissima. Dark violet red. 

 Festiva Maxima. White center, flaked red. 



Double Peonies 



Price, 40c. each, $3.00 per doz. Set of 14 varieties 

 $3.35, prepaid. 



Candidissima. Creamy white. 



Caroline Allain. Rose and salmon. 



Rosea Flegans. Soft rose. 



Duke of Wellington. Sulphur white. 



Lady Bramw^ell. Pink and yellow. 



Rubens. Dark crimson. 



Canary. White, primrose center. 



Rubra Triumphans. Crimson. 



Delachi. Velvety purple. Late. 



Louis Van Houtte. Velvety red. 



Festiva. Cream white, red spots. 



Modeste Guerin. Deep rose. 



Triomphe du Nord. Velvet rose. 



Prolifera Tricolor. Pinkish white. ^ 



Old-Fashioned Peonies 



Price, 30c. each; $2.50 per dozen, prepaid. 

 Rosea. Rose pink. Rubra. Deep crimson. 



Alba. Blush white. 



Dingee Hardy Violets 



Rich in modest beauty and famed for Its enchanting 

 fragrance, the Violet continues to increase in popular- 

 ity. With the last snows of winter still about it, this 

 gentle flower shyly appears from out its icy bed, 

 heralding the coming of spring. All our plants are 

 absolutely clean and healthy and will produce highly 

 satisfactory results. 



Prices, strong plants, 10c. each, 3 for 25c., any 7 for 

 60c., any 15 for $1.00; $6.00 per 100. 



Marie Lynch. In color it is a charming shade of 

 lavender-pink and the foliage is a rich, dark green. 



Admiral Avellan. Rich dark purplish red. 



California. The largest Violet in cultivation. Rich, 

 violet-blue; flowers on long stems. 



Dorsett. Darkest, deep violet-blue; long stems, large 

 flowers. 



Farquhar. Double flowers of delicate fragrance, deep 

 blue. 



Governor Herrick. Rich, dark purple; single. 



Lady Hume Campbell. The best double blue. Strong-, 

 healthy and perfectly hardy. 



Luxonne. Soft violet purple; fragrance delicious. 



Prince of Wales. One of the best. The large, blue 

 single flo-wers are deliciously fragrant, 



Swanley White. Pure white, perfectly double, fra- 

 grant flowers. 



Peacock. IVew Violet. This is an entrancingly beauti- 

 ful new Violet; the markings of its charming colors 

 are diflflcult to describe. The prevailing color is white, 

 with delicate tracings and markings of sky-blue. 



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