It can be checked to a certain extent by sprinkling the | quite exempt from its ravages. The best preventive if 
leaves with powdered sulphur immediately after its ap- | your bushes have been troubled with it in the past is 
pearance. If, however. this does not check it, dissolve | spraying in April with Bordeaux Mixture before the 
one ounce of potassium sulphuret in two gallons of cold | foliage has developed and not while the flowers are in 
water and apply as a fine spray. | bloom, because of the discoloration of the foliage. 
GREEN FLY OR APHIS—A green sucking insect _ HARDINESS—Hardinmess in a Rose is a matter of 
which usually gathers in great numbers upon the tips of | which no one can speak with positive certainty, because 
the new growth. A solution of tobacco made from | the condition of the weather, as a rule, prescribes the 
tobacco insecticide soap, which you will find offered hardiness of a plant, as quite frequently plants that 
eee eg ee Ss ee Se Se. have been out year after year will be winter-killed by 
The Rose Bug is a familiar insect, appears in the | unusual conditions. 
earliest summer, sometimes in great quantities, and is FOR GROWING ROSES FOR CUT FLOWERS— 
very troublesome. It is a very destructive insect and | In greenhouses, such as Columbia, Premier, Killarneys, 
usually feeds upon the white petals, but is easily de- | American Beauty, Bride, Bridesmaid Milady, Ophelia, 
stroyed by the use of BEETOL SPRAY—A new discov- | My Maryland, Lady Hillingdon, Sunburst, Kaiserin 
ery for rose bugs said to be very good. Offeredelsewhere. | Augusta Victoria. For outdoor growing for cut-flower 
: : rpos is better adapted for this than the’ 
BLACK SPOT—A fungous disease, appearing as its | PUTPOSSS Rone 3s P 
name indicates as a black spot upon the leaf, eventually Cochets and Charies Dingee 
turning yellow and falling. It rarely occurs in the FOR CEMETERIES—tThe Souperts, Baby Ram- 
early part of the season and the Teas are almost but not | blers and Memorial or Wichuraiana. 
The Dingee & Conard Co., 
es of you and four from each of two other firms. You were slow in shipping so 
represented Roses they their own roots. Candidly, your bushes 
old as quickly as Ey others; neither did they make as good growth that first 
competitor. 
the bushes received of you were really superior to the others which by this 
f you had become thrifty and vigorous as if they 
> garden and grow on and on. 
included a Climbing American Beauty which was a budded or grafted plant. 
to watch those I had and decide which were really the best. Several bushes 
he root upon which they were budded. I dug these up, cut off all the wild 
ly died while others appeared to recover ‘and blossomed in the 
F own root plants. I have deci ided that while budded or 
an ameateur—one who hes but a imited amount of time to 
herefrom—the own root Roses are the only ones of any value. 
MRS. art WHITEHEAD, Rhode Island. 
TERMS, GUARANTEE AND HOW WE SHIP 
TERMS | 2c per plant on less Than 12 plents, to send by parcel post, or we 
will send by express at your expense without additional charge. 
Oar terms are cash with order 
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eS LS al ES A The 2- and 3-year-old ito and shrubs are sent by express at 
Open an cou yy «|: Your expense, unless you desire to have recs sent by parcel post 
= Bee ee | with soil on their roots the same as if they were sent by Express. 
will 
Of ce Order, Express | We can send 50 pounds to the fi first and second zones and 20 pounds 
a Se) ae pal esti eee ede charge is 5c per plant up to and including 
safe carriage of the 4th zone; 10c per plant to the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th zones. 
psa docts full | One-half hes: amount if you wish them sent without the soil, but 
wv. ae we assume no responsibility of their condition. 
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egistered Letter. Canadian INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING 
: : PLEASE OBSERVE CAREFULLY—When ordering, please 
OUR GUARANTEE use the order sheet provided for that purpose whenever possible. 
; Sunply fill up the blanks giving the number and name of the 
We cuarantee that our goods must reach their destination 
rari witl ice; we will understand. 
in good satisfactory condition, to you, or they will be dupli- varictiss wanted, W size and price; : 
eS money refunded. You will not find many guarantees ORDER EARLY—Many of our customers order early, and the 
thet cover the situation as briciy a =< as t this. Y. ou | plants are Set e512 ide: the earlier you order the better. We will 
a | book for delivery whenever you direct, or at the time we consider 
Fun absolute! y no risk. 3 
: ; . proper to plant such stock ordered. 
WE GIVE, HOWEVER, NO WARRANTY, express or im- PARCEL POST C. O. D.—If you desire your order, no matter 
plied, as to any description, quality, productiveness or any how small, sent Cc. O. D. by parcel we can di So abana 
other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants we send out, tional cost of only 10 cents, and te ae fee for the money order, 
and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If 
= a = making it much cheaper than by express. as you have mo express 
the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, charces and additional charge for ret money. 
they are at once to be returned. ee ea 
CANADIAN CUSTOMERS—Canadian laws permit sending 
COMPLAINTS—When the goods reach you, if th Roses or Shrubs into Canada at any time, but a permit must be 
compleamt it must be made withm ten days, otherwise we cannot ured from the Secretary of the Destructive Insect and Pest 
in i Advisory Board, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Owing to 
s the rate of postage on Canadian orders we must request an addr 
tional 20 per cent to cover postage. 
FOREIGN ORDERS—Twenty per cent extra should be added 
to orders going outside of United Stab tes proper to pay extra cost 
of packing and postage. To countries with which we have a 
post, goods can be sent by mail. 
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