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DINGEE GUIDE 

 to ROSE CULTURE 



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NONE WERE SO SATISFACrTORY AS YOURS. 

 "Last year I ordered Roses from live different firms, but none were bo satis- 

 factory as vours. I lilted espeoiallv tlie paeliing and tlie larsre ball of earth on 

 the roots." — MRS. (i. C. UTTLEFIEI>D, Webster, Mass., Februarj- 17, 1916. 



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Dingee Hardy Everblooming Tea Roses 



Tea Roses form the foundation of nearly all the great Roses of today. Without them, the lovely Hybrid Tea class 

 would be impossible. They are among the oldest and most highly cherished of all Roses. They have made the Rose- 

 gardens of America what they are. Their place and value is everlasting. Rugged, healthy and hardy in growth, free 

 blooming (they bloom all the time,) their flowers are chaste and beautiful. You cannot well do without them. They 

 thrive gloriously in all sections of the country. 



Their ease of propagation has, unfortunately, caused them to be produced by some growers in enormous quantities 

 to meet a certain demand for "cheap Roses," and these so-called cheap Roses have brought untold disappointment to 

 all who have planted them, and have discredited the business of every first-class Rose dealer. Don't be misled into 

 buying these cheap, "one-eyed," "thumb-pots" Rose-plants made to sell at popular prices. Plant good Roses, grown 

 by a firm with a reputation to sustain. Pay a fair price for high-class goods, with a guarantee back of them — the 

 Dingee kind — and you will soon become a Rose enthusiast. 



Ours is the greatest collection of own-root Roses in the world. This collection of hardy, everblooming Tea Roses is 

 the very life of our immense list. To the beginner — the novice in Rose culture — the great number of varieties may be 

 confusing, but to eliminate a single One, however, would do a distinct injustice to the introducer and to our collection, 

 for each variety has its own particular charm and merit. If you find it difficult to make a choice, leave selection to us. 



Prices of all Hardy, Everblooming Tea Roses, except where noted. 1.5c each; 4 for .50c: larger size, 20c each; 3 for 

 50c, postpaid; two-year-old plants, 35c each, by express; $3.50 per doz. of one or more varieties. Varieties marked * 

 furnished in still larger or star size at 75c each. 



* Bridesmaid 



This variety is valuable for cutting and does finely in 

 the open ground; a sport from the old and popular pink 

 Tea, Catherine Mermet, but of a fine, clear dark pink, 

 much deeper and more constant in color than Mermet. 

 The bush is a strong, sturdy grower, bearing all summer 

 a profusion of dainty beautiful flowers on strong stems. 



BEAUTE INCONSTANTE _Th;. is a ver>' odd and beauti- 

 ful variety, a single bush bearing at one time flowers 

 of various colors, ranging from orange to capuchin-red 

 carmine. The buds are particularly large, beautiful and 

 pointed. Especially fine for open-ground culture and 

 will attract attention wherever seen. 



BOADICEA _Finp large, double, rose-pink flowers, pro- 

 duced in wonderful profusion on good, stiff stems; buds 

 long and pointed. 



^ The Bride 



There is no other white Rose more satisfactory than The 

 Bride. When planted in the open ground, the flowers are 

 sometimes found to be delicately tinted with pink, making 

 it exceedingly attractive. The buds and flowers are unusu- 

 ally large, well formed and deliciously perfumed. It is 

 of a strong and healthy growth, and a profuse bloomer. 



*BI.lTMENSCHMIDr _A splendid bedding Rose 'of the 

 Cochet type, glowing all summer with its wealth of 

 citron-yellow flowers, each petal of which is edged with 



I dainty rose. The individual flowers are large and well 



: formed, resembling in many ways some of the hand- 

 somest Tea Roses. The bushes are strong, vigorous 

 growers and when planted in quantity they soon form 

 a most attractive feature of the garden, being in con- 



' stant bloom. 



,BOUGERE-'_Thig is a fine variety for open-ground cul- 

 ture. Large, full and double flowers supported on long, 

 » stiff stem? and produced in great abundance all thrcueh 

 I the growing season; color bronze-rose or violet-crimson, 

 shaded with lilac. 



60 Years of Rose Growing has taught us how 

 to produce the Best Plants 



