DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



The Exquisite 

 <«Baby Doll*' 



The Famous SoUpCrt RoSCS 



Always Blooming 



These famous Roses will give absolute satisfaction 

 to every purchaser. They bloom the first j-ear and 

 will be in bloom every 3^ear from early Alay until 

 severe freezing weather. More than once we have 

 seen them in bloom in open ground after a severe 

 snowstorm. There are no other Roses like them; 

 certainl}^ none better. If you try them, take our word 

 for it, you will not be disappointed. 



Prices of Soupert Roses: Strong plants, 25c each; 5 for 

 $1.00, postpaid; two-year-old plants, 65c each; $6.50 per 

 dozen, by express, or 75c each by parcel post prepaid with 

 soil on roots. 



'FOUNDED 

 1850 



Polyantha or Fairie Roses 



The members of this distinct and charming class of everbloom- 

 ing Roses, of which the Bab}' Rambler forms a conspicuous group, 

 are distinguished by their dwarf, bushy habit of growth, medium 

 size, very double flowers and delightful fragrance. 



Price of all Polyantha Roses en this page, first size plants, 25c each; 5 for 

 $1.00; two-year-old plants, 65c each; $6.50 per dozen; 75c each by parcel 

 post with soil on roots. 



MLLE. CECILE BRUNER— Rosy pink on rich creamy white 



ground; a great bloomer; verj- satisfactory- for bedding. 

 MARIE PAVIE — Medium size, very full and double; borne in large 



clusers: white flushed with carmine. 

 PERLE D'OR — Coppery gold, changing to fawn and salmon; flat- 

 rayed form, very double; elegantly perfumed. 

 MIGR'ON — Very similar to Mile. Cecile Bruner, but of lighter shade 

 of pink, buds equally as handsome as the Cecil Bruner. 

 BABY DOLL — The flowers are miniature in size but magnificent in form and 

 produced by the hundreds, exquisite for cutting or bouquets and bedding pur- 

 poses. Ma'kes a magnificent show in the open ground, always blooming 

 from early spring until late fall. The tips of the petals are vivid scarlet, 

 then mellowing down through shades of pink into saffron, lavender and gold, 

 finally into deep old gold, a combination so extraor- 

 dinary' and so pleasing that every one seeing it 

 exclaims, "What a Wonderful Rose!" Foliage slender 

 and produced in abundance, dark lustre green. 



Special Offer L"u%erT r«sL' 



five in all, 90c, postpaid; 

 $2.75, by express. 



the five beautiful 



one-year-old plants, 



two-year-old plants, five in all, 



*CLOTILDE SOUPERT— Known the world over 

 as one of the very best of all bedding Roses. A 

 strong, dwarf gjower and a truly wonderful 

 bloomer, producing clusters after clusters of the 

 finest formed flowers. Full and double, and deli- 

 ciously sweet. Color effect is beautiful, ivory- 

 white, shading toward the center to silverv-rose. 



YELLOW SOUPERT (Mosella)— The flowers are 

 verj' double, and of the same camelia-like form 

 as Clotilde Soupert, and are produced in immense 

 clusters; buds exceedingly dainty. Color, white, on 

 beautiful, light 3-ellow ground; center chrome- 

 veil ow. 



RED SOUPERT (Ma Petite Andrea)— An unusu- 

 ally strong grower, dwarf and compact, producing 

 large, full, double flowers in amazing profusion. 

 Color brilliant crimson. 



*PINK SOUPERT— Identical with Clotilde Soupert 

 except in color of flower, which is clear livel}- pink 

 and at a little distance resembles a Carnation. 



WHITE SOUPERT (Clotilde Pfitzer)— The genu- 

 ine White Soupert. Identical in every way with 

 Clotilde Soupert, except in color, which is ivory- 

 white. Free blooming and hardy. 



Dwarf or Baby Rambler Roses 



The Baby Ramblers fill a long-felt want for a rose 

 suitable for planting along walks, driveways, and 

 around beds where a low growing bush is desired for 

 planting in beds or single specimen plants. They are 

 of a dwarf habit, rareh^ growing more than twelve 

 inches in height. Blooming always. Absolutely 

 hard}'. 

 CRIMSON BABY RAMBLER— The color is clear 



and brilliant rubj'-red; foliage dark and glossy. 



ANNY MULLER— Color a shiny and brilliant pink, 



produced in the greatest profusion in large clusters. 



DOUBLE WHITE BABY RAMBLER — Great 

 masses of double, pure white flowers, covering the 

 plant as with a mantle. 



BABY TAUSENDSCHON— A dwarf form of the 

 Climbing Tausendschon or Thousand Beauties. 

 Flowers firm, w^hite, delicately flushed pink, chang- 

 ing to deep rosj^-carmine. 



GEO. ELGER — It produces great quantities of lovely 

 little buds of golden-j-ellow, opening into miniature 

 symmetrical Roses. Bush is so loaded with blooms 

 they resemble a huge bouquet. 



MRS. WM. CUTBUSH— Flowers of pale pink, borne 

 in huge trusses throughout the entire summer. 



ORLEANS— The most attractive of all the Baby 

 Rambler Roses. A very rapid grower, soon pro- 

 ducing a bush resembling a huge bouquet of bril- 

 liant geranium red flowers, suffused rose, with a 

 rosy-white center. 



ERNA TESCHENDORF— Crimson flushed carmine. 



Darker red than Crimson Baby. 



Price of all Baby Rambler Roses offered on this page, ex- 

 cept where noted, 20c each for strong pot plaats;~3 for 50c, 

 postpaid; two-year-old plants, 65c each; $6.50 per dozen, by 

 express, or 75c each by parcel post prepaid with soil on roots. 



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