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American Beauties 



If any Rose has earned the title of the "National Rose," it is American Beauty. Wherever the Rose is 

 known, it is the queen, and deservedly so. In size, color, form and fragrance it has no equal. Of quick, 

 healthy, bushy growth, either in pots or outdoors, with magnificent foliage, it produces in abundance glor- 

 ious buds and large, deep, double flowers of immense size. The three kinds below make a gorgeous com- 

 bination. 



' Crimson American Beauty 



American Beauty is splendid for open-ground cul- 

 ture, and is hardy in nearly all localities, except 

 where the winters are particularly severe, provided 

 the true stock is planted. Our plants are grown in 

 specially prepared soil by our own expert growers. 

 We guarantee our plants to be true to name, abso- 

 lutely first-class in every particular. Color, rich 

 crimson, charmingly shaded and veined. As the 

 flowers expand, their beauty seems to be enhanced 

 rather than diminished. The fragrance is not ex- 

 celled by any Rose known. 



'^ Pink American Beauty 



QUEEN OF EDGELY 



We believe we are the only house offering this 

 beautiful new variety, which is identical in every 

 way with American Beauty of which it is an off- 

 spring, except in color, which is soft, rich pink, fad- 

 ing still lighter as the flower grows older. Has ihe 

 same large, massive, cup-shaped flowers and fra- 

 grance; in short, it is a lovely blonde full sister to 

 the dark brunette, American Beauty. -^ Ours is the 

 original stock, not to be had elsewhere. 



* White American Beauty 



FRAU KARL DRUSCHKI 



This brilliant white type Rose has become re- 

 nowned as the very highest type of its class and 

 the best snow-white Rose ever introduced. It is an 

 extraordinarily strong growler, branching freely, and 

 has the vigor and hardiness of an oak. Large, 

 heavy foliage and magnificent flowers that are noth- 

 ing less than glorious — immense in size and pro- 

 duced with great freedom on long, stiff stems. The 

 color is marvelously white, without a tinge of yellow 

 or any other shade. Hardy everywhere. Grown on 

 its own roots. 



Price of American Beauty Rose in extra strong, 

 one-year plants, 25c each; 5 for $1.00, postpaid; extra 

 heavy two-year-old plants, 60c each; $6.00 per doz. 



Special Offer ^^^ °^ each, American Beauties, 



— — three in all, in one-year plants, 



postpaid, for 60c; two-year-old plants, $1.50 by ex- 

 press, charges collect. 



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A Few Interesting Letters From 

 Some of Our Customers 



U'nion Mills, N. C, June 27, 1917. 

 Gentlemen: 



I have known and raised your roses in the far West 

 (where my home is) for more than a quarter of a century, 

 and have never found their equal. 



COI.. H. FORNEY, U. S. Fedei'al Warden. 



Memphis, Tenn., March 8, 1917. 

 Gentlemen: 



In the yard of my father's old home place there are 

 rose bushes today that were bought from your firm more 

 than forty years ago. These bushes are as sturdy as oaks 

 and bloom as well as they ever did. 

 Sincerely yours, 



MISS KATHLEEN HUFFMAN. 



Baltimore, Maryland, February 12, 1917. 

 Gentlemen: 



I beg to acknowledge receipt of j'our catalogue for 1917. 

 I am sorry I cannot give you an order this Spring, but as 

 every foot of yard space I have is already occupied with 

 Dingee Roses it will be impossible to add anything to it 

 this Spring. I have about thirty-five varieties of Roses, of 

 which Charles Dingree and Jonkheer J. Ij. Mock surpass 

 all others in quality. During my forty years experience 

 in Rose growing I have found nothing to equal these two 

 great Roses. 



J. T. A. STROUP. 



Ravenswood, West Virginia, February 8, 1917. 

 Gentlemen: 



Please send me catalogue on Rose growing. The first 

 Roses I ever bought was of Dingee and Conard, some 

 thirty-five years ago, 7 for $1.00. 

 Very truly, 



MRS. H. C. ROBERTS. 



Birmingham, Alabama, February 19, 1917. 

 Dear Sirs: 



Kindly send me copy of "New Guide to Rose Culture 

 for 1917." My father bought Roses from you over fifty 

 jears ago. 



FRANK NORRIS. 



Oak Park, Illinois, February 5, 1917. 

 Dear Sirs: 



For some years I sent to you for bushes and seeds. My 

 soil was poor and I never could succeed with everything 

 I bought, but once I bought a group of little pot grown 

 Roses and some of them lived, byt one, the Tliousand 

 Beauties or Tausendschon was the charm of the whole 

 neighborhood. I think two years since it must have had 

 a million blooms. I, myself, a lady of 70, made a.beautiful 

 pergola. Neighbors came and brought their friends to 

 see it, but as we have moved I had to leave my Rose. 

 Please send me your Rose catalogue. 

 Very truly, 



MRS. F. L. RICKCORDS. 



