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CONTENTS OF THE DINGEE& CONARD CO.'S NEW GUIDE FOR 1890. 



The Mag-nificent New Meteor Set of Ever-blooming- Roses, pag-e 6. 

 Roses our Great Specialty, Other Articles we Grow, Plants Sent Safely by Mail, Our Three Warrants, Roses Page 



Readv for Shipment at all Times, Seed Department 7 



Six Good' Roses for a Trial Bed ; Roses, Hardy Plants, Bulbs, We Offer 8 



The Souv. de Woottoii Set of 6 Lovely Gems for only S1.25 9 



The Mad. Hoste Set of 6 Splendid Roses for -$1 lO 



How to Gi'ow Koses in Open Ground, Roses in Beds, Preparation of the Ground, How to Plant, When 



to Water. Pruning, When Climbing Roses Bloom . . . . U 



Set of 5 Choice Hardy Perpetual Roses, Set of 5 Darkest Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Roses for Canada, The 



True Old English Sweet-Briar Rose 12, 13 



Information for Purchasers, Our Guarantee, Size and Quality of Plants we Send Out, Our Roses all on 



Own Roots. No Budded or Grafted Roses Sent Out, Orders by Express, Correction of Errors . ... 

 Information for Correspondents, How to Send Money Safely and »t Our Risk, Lost or Delayed Ordefs, 



An Elegant Rose Presented for the Cost of Remittance : ". 15 



Prices of Koses, How to «et Koses, Plants, Bulbs, Seeds, etc., Free, Ples.se Read Carefully ... 15, 16 

 Beds of Ever-blooming Koses, with Accurate Quantities and Prices for Beds of Different Sizes ... 16 

 Eight Specially Valuable New and Rare Hybrid Perpetual Roses— Duchess of Albany,Gloire de Margottitl, 



Mad. Gab. Luizet, Baroness Rothschild, Sir Rowland Hill, etc * 17,18 



Six Pure White Hardy Roses, Our Splendid Perpetual Moss Roses, General Collection Moss Roses ... 18, 19, 20 

 Hardy Ever-blooming Climbing Roses, Hardy Climbing Roses, Waltham Queen, and the Magnificent New 



Hybrid Perpetual Rose, Her Majesty 20, 21 



The New Fairv or Polj-antha Roses, Set of 12 Elegant Varieties 



Our Splendid Premium Roses, La Princess Vera and Marie Van Houtte, Wm. Francis Bennett, The 



Puritan . . 



Our C'lored Plate Roses, Descriptions and Prices of Varieties, Special Offers for Buyers of New and Rare 



Roses ... v,^ 



The New Hybrid Tea Roses, Set of 17 Best Varieties, A Superb Set of 25 i^pmal Roses 



Our Superb "New Ever-blooming Tea Roses, The Queen and Papa GonJier, the two for JO cts 



New Roses for 1S90, Ten Elegant Novelties, New Climbing Tea Roses, and the Suniise Set of 15 . . . . 27,28, 29 



Cherokee Rose, Banksian Roses and Microphylla Roses, A New Pictureof our Establishment 29 



Diamond List Ever-blooming Roses, Set of 25 "Best Varieties, New American Beauty Hose ... 30, 31, 32, 38 



New Hvbrid Perpetual Roses for 18'JO, Set of 12 Finest Varieties 34 



Diamond List Hybrid Perpetual Roses, Set of 25 Best Varieties 35,36,37 



Sunset Set of 6 Highly Celebrated New Tea Roses, New Climbing Fairy Roses o« 



Standard List Ever-blooming Koses for General Planting. Set of 105 Best Varieties 39,40,41,42 



Standard List Hybrid Perpetual Koses for General Planting, Set of 100 Best Varieties 42,43,44,45 



Roses, Plants, Bulbs and Seeds, for Cemeteries, Charitable Institutions, Schools, G. A. R. Posts 4") 



Our Star List Roses, 100 Selected Varieties, 10 cts. each ; 12 for $1; $8 per 100, Your Choice and all Labeled,46, 47, 48 



Two- Year Roses for Immediate Effect, The New Dahlia Sunflower . 49,50 



Splendid New Dahlias, New Chrysanthemums, ]>Irs. Alpheus Hardy and Sweet-Scented Chrysanthe- 

 mum Nymphea and Fancy-Leaved Caladiums 51 



Fine English Clematis, and other Popular Varieties, Set of 15 Finest Varieties 52 



New Spirea Van Houtti, Coreopsis, New Althea, New Eulalia, New TVisteria, Other New and 



Rare Shrubs and Vines .... 53, 54. 55, 56, 57 



Hardy Ornamental Flowering Shrubs for General Planting, Set of 45 Varieties, Extra Large Shrubs for 



Immediate Effect, Other Hardy Plants We Offer .. 58, 59, CO 



Beautiful Hardv Ornamental Climbing Vines, Hoiieysuckles, Wisterias, etc., Set of 19 Varieties, Madeira 



Vine, 3 Ornamental Grasses ' ........ 61, 62, 63 



Summer Flowering Bulbs, Excelsior Tuberoses in 4 Varieties and 2 Splendid Sets, 50 cts. and $1 



each 64 



Splendid Seedling and IVIixed Gladiolus, at 75 and 50 cts. per dozen 65 



Named Gladiolus. Set of 50 Varieties, Set of 10 Gladiolus for 50 cts., Set of lOfoi $1, Set of 7 for $2.50, Set of 



Hardy Hybrid Gladiolus, Giant Fairy Lily Coperia Drummoudi 65,66,67 



Tuberoiis-Kooted Begonias, Gloxinia Crassifolia Graudiflora, The Three Graces, Hyacinthus 



Candicans, Apios Tuberosa . .68,69 



Japan Lilies, Auratum. Monadelphum, Browni, Midnight, etc., Set of 30 Magnificent Varieties . . . 70,71, 72 

 New Chrysanthemums, Lilian B. Bird, and other Beautiful Novelties, 100 Varieties in all .... 73, 74, 75 



Iris Kem3>eferii, Tritoma Uvaria, Caladium Esculentum, Spirea Japonica . . . .\ -.76,77 



Fine Ever-blooming Carnation Pinks, Set of 22 Varieties 78 



Hardy Perpetual-blooming Carnations, Sweet May Pinks. The Best Currants 79 



The Best Grapes, Complete Set of 25 Best Varieties. Industry and other Gooseberries 80 



The Best Lawn Grass Seed (our Rosemont Brand), Tobacco Insecticide Soap, Other Insect Exter- 

 minators, Excelsior Fertilizer, and the Best Books on Flower and Garden Topics.. .... 113 



Celebrated La Favorite Geranium Set and Mrs. E. G. Hill Fuchsia Set, 12 Varieties in all ... 114 

 The Famous Moon-Flower, We offer 3 Superb Varieties ; Set of 3 New Tea Koses for 60 cts ... 115 



INDEX to THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.'S FLOWER & 



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Ageratum 88 



Amaranthus 88 



Antirrhinum .... 88 

 Alvssum . . . ,■ -. 88. 101 

 Asters ........ 86, 89 



Acrolinum 100 



Ammobium 100 



Arundo 91 



Avena 91 



Abutilon 101 



Agapanthus 101 



Balsam 85, 90 



Briza Maxima .... 91 



Begonias 301 



Cosmos Hybridus . . 91 



Candytuft 88, 91 



Calceolaria ... 101 

 Chrysanthemums 91. 101 



Calendula 90, S3 



Coreopsis 91 



Canna 81, 91 



Celosia 90 



Convolvulus 99 



Coix Lachrvma . . . 91 



Campanula 101 



Carnations 101 



Cineraria ...... 101 



Coleus ........ 101 



Cuphea ...... 101 



Cyclamen lOO 



Dahlias 85 



Dianthus 92 



Eschsholtzia .... 91 



Euphorbia 91 



Foxglove 101 



Fuchsia 101 



Gaillardia 91 



Godetia 92 



Geranium 101 



Gloxinia 101 



Hollyhocks 101 



Hibiscus 92 



Helianthus _' 92 



Honesty 101 



Herbs 100 



Humulus 99 



99 

 101 

 101 

 113 



93 



Heliotrope . . . 

 Impatiens . . 

 Ipomoea .... 

 Lantana .... 

 Linaria .... 

 Lawn Gra^ . . 

 Lobelia- .^S. . 

 Larkspur '. . ."^ . . . 101 



Mignonette 93 



INIarigold 93 



Mimulus 93 



ISfarvel of Peru ... 93 



Mimosa 91 



IMyosotis 94 



Maurandia 99 



Moon-Flower . . 85, 115 

 Nasturtium .... 83, 94 



Nigella 100 



Nicotiana 94 



Oxalis 94 



Ornamental Gourds . 99 



Pansy 82, 95 



Petunia 84. 95 



Phlox 83, 96 



VEGETABLE 



101 



SEEDS. 



Portulaca 97 



Primula 86 



Palm 85 



Perilla 94 



Poppy 81, 86, 96 



Pampas Grass .... 91 



Pyrethrum 101 



Perennial Peas ... 101 



Passiflora 101 



Ricinus 97 



Sweet Peas .... 87, 100 



Salvias 86 



Salpiglossis . . . . 87, 96 



Stocks 97 



Sweet William . . . .101 



Smilax 101 



Thunbersia 99 



Tropc-eolum 99 



Verbena 85, 98 



Waitzia 100 



Xcranthemum .... 100 

 Zinnia S3, 98 



Ilelichrvsum .... 100 

 Helipterum 100 I 



Our Vegetable Seeds are the best the world produces; all the Choicest Novelties and 

 Best Standard Sorts, carefully selected for Home Planting. Complete lists begin page 102. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the vear 1890, bv the Dixgee & Conard Co., iu tlie office of the 

 Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D, C. 



