DINGEE GUIDE 

 TO ROSE CULTURE 



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CHARLES DINGEE IS A WONDER. 

 "I was well pleased with the Roses 1 bought from you last year. 

 Charles Dingee is a wonder." — MRS. OSCAR HILL, East Bangor, 

 vania, .April 15, 1916. 



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IhARDY climbing roses — Continued. 



' Philadelphia Crimson Rambler 



This great family of Climbing Roses has become so 

 well and so favorably known that we do not consider 

 [extended description is necessary. The various Ram- 

 Ibler Roses are absolutely essential to the modern 

 Rose-garden. All these Rambler Roses are hardy 

 throughout the country, and our own-root stock once 

 [planted becomes permanent. 



This now famous variety differs from the old Crim- 

 |son Rambler in having brighter, deeper and more in- 

 [tense crimson color. Earlier than the Crimson 

 iRambler and entirely free from mildew. Flowers 

 [perfectly double and of excellent substance. 

 CRIMSON R.AMBLER (The Rose of the Masses) — 

 One-year plants will attain a height of 10 to 20 

 feet in a single season, and the second year they 

 will continue to produce a marvelous profusion of 

 rich and glowing crimson flowers in large clusters. 

 j It presents a vivid crimson mass of beauty when 

 : in full bloom, during June and July. It is abso- 

 lutely hardy everywhere. 

 YELLOW RAMBLER (Aglaia) _Flnwpr^ are deep 



golden yellow and very fragrant. 

 WHITE RAMBLER (Thalia) _Flower^ pure white, 



sometimes tinted with blush. 

 PI NK RAMBLER — Large trusses of brilliant carmine 



flowers. Very popular. 

 ^SILVER MOON _Hardv Climber. Blooms very large, 

 four or more inches in diameter, pure white in color 

 and of good substance, beautifully cupped, forming 

 a clematis-like flower. The large bunch of yellow 

 stamens in the center makes it very attractive. The 

 blooms are produced on long stems 12 to 15 inches 

 in length. Sweetly scented. Rank grower. 

 THE FLOWER OF FAIRFIELD (or Everbloominff 

 Crimson Rambler) — A rampant climber, it bears 

 continuously enormous clusters of brilliant crimson 

 flowers from early spring until frost. The youngest 

 plants bloom profusely the first year. Absolutely 

 hardy everywhere and retain the bright fresh green 

 of its foliage all summer. Don't fail to include 

 marvelous, hardy, everblooming climbing Rose. 



BORDEAUX — p^ ngi^v handsome, hardy climbing Rose from 

 France with splendid clusters of wine-red flowers, larger 

 than those of the Crimson Rambler. Strong, rapid 

 grower. Foliage free from disease and insects. Leaves 

 long and pointed. 



WEIGAND'S CRIMSON RAMBLER (Non Plus Ultra) — 

 Introduced as an improved Crimson Rambler; a little 

 fuller in the flower and deeper color. Two weeks earlier. 



W HITE BANKSIA _p,irp white, violet-scented flowers; 

 perfectly double. 



YELLOW BANKSIA _FmP dear yellow; very full and 

 beautiful. 



TAUNUS BLUMSCHEN _A new rose-pink Rambler; a 

 most profuse bloomer. 



^^^^^^^ — Produces immense trusses of pale rose-colored 

 flowers, changing to white. 



MINNEHAH.V New. A charming double satiny pink- 

 flowering Rambler of a most pleasing color. Flowers 

 are borne in clusters; foliage glossy green. 



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rhilsidclpliia Crimson Rambler. 



RUBIN (A New Rambler) _Fln«Prg are large and more 

 double than Crimson Rambler; color bright, shining 

 crimson-scarlet. Hardy in all localities. A strong, 

 rampant climber, and has received a certificate of merit 

 by the German National Rose Society. 



POM POM — Beautiful new seedling Rose. A cross be- 

 tween Crimson Rambler and Wichuraiana. Sent to us 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture. Splen- 

 did, strong, climbing habit, producing clusters of beau- 

 tiful double, shining pink. \Ve are the only house offer- 

 ing this exclusive novelty. One-year-old plants, 30c each; 

 larger size, 50c each; two-vear-oltl plants, 7,5c each. 



(JREVILLE. or SEVEN SISTERS _F1nwprs in large clus- 

 ters; varies from white to crimson. 



PYSCHE — A^'hite, suffused with salmon-rose and 

 base of petals yellow. 



RUSSELL'S COTTA(;E _r>ark, velvety crimson; ven,- 

 double and full. 



Prices of all Roses on this pasje, except where noted, l.'ic 

 each; any 1 for .)0c: larger size, 20c each; .3 for .">0c; two- 

 year-old plants, 10c. X'arieties marked * furnished in 

 large specimen or star size at 7Jc each. 



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