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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



TOUNDED 

 1850 



Dingee Special Star Size Rose Plants 



For Immediate Effect 



We were the first Growers in America to pro- 

 duce at popular prices, the extra heavy, own- 

 root Rose bush. The demand for these magnifi- 

 cent specimen plants made it necessary to pro- 

 vide especially for them. To that end we built a 

 mammoth greenhouse addition to our establish- 

 ment where with special methods, specially pre- 

 pared soil, skill and care these beautiful plants 

 are grown under conditions not found elsewhere. 

 Those who are not equipped to meet the demand 

 are offering foreign grown, budded and grafted 

 Roses as a substitute. There can be no com- 

 parison and buyers should beware of these so-called 

 Star Size budded and grafted Roses, for in a very 

 short time they go back to the source of their 

 strength — the wild root, and you have a Wild Rose 

 of no value whatever. We provided for our cus- 

 tomers' wants by the expenditure of thousands of 

 dollars in equipment, and we are probably today 

 the only Growers in America who are producing an 

 own root Star Size Rose Bush in all the leading 

 varieties, now growing in pots 6 and 7 inches in 

 diameter, each plant carefully trimmed into shapely 

 size. In fact each plant is selected from a large 

 stock and given special attention to insure a perfect 

 plant, in fact is a specimen plant having received 

 individual care. These plants will produce magnifi- 

 cent and immediate results. They can be planted 

 safely anywhere in the United States or Canada. 

 Hardy everywhere; slight protection in cold cli- 

 mates will not be amiss. 

 Each one a superb specimen now growing in pots 6 and 7 inches 

 in diameter. These mammoth plants will give immediate results. 

 For a fuller description see elsewhere in this book. 



REAIEMBER we are the originators and for more than 60 years 

 we have been the leaders in the Rose plant business in America 

 and we are still leaders in producing, at popular prices, the best 

 plants for American Rose Growers, growing them today where we 

 started in business sixty-seven years ago. 

 iW^PLEASE NOTE — With the ex- 

 ception of one other concern this stock 

 cannot be had anywhere at any price. These plants have the size and will 

 produce immediate results. Plants from 6- and 7-inch pots and the most 

 important of all, the plants ARE ON THEIR OWN ROOTS, and once plant- 

 ed will last a lifetime. 



FINALLY — of necessity the stock is limited. We would suggest that you 

 order early and the stock will be reserved for delivery whenever you want it. 



Hybrid Tea Roses 



American Beauty. Rich crimson, charmingly shaded and veined. Very fragrant. 

 Bessie Brown. The color almost pure white, flushed sometimes with pink. 

 Col. R. S. Williamson. Large, fragrant flowers of soft, rich carmine. 

 Etoile de France. Deep, full flowers. Color a clear shade of red. 

 F. R. Patzer. Creamy buff, back of petals delicate warm pink. 

 Gen. McArthur. Gorgeous crimson-scarlet. Double fragrant flowers. 

 Hadley. New Rose of a brilliant color, deep velvety crimson, and as fragrant 

 as an American Beauty. 



PRICES of these special Star Size Roses on pages 20, 21 and 22, extra heavy, 

 specimen plants, from pots 6 and 7 inches in diameter, each plant on its own, 

 root 75c each; $7.50 per dozen, by express, of one or more varieties. 



On«»- Year-Old Rose Bush. 



