DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



TOUNDED , 

 1850 



Dingee Hardy Perennials 





Dianthus — Hardy Pinks. 



Blooming in April 



-Pretty scarlet flowers 



sometimes 

 12 inches, 



AQUFLEGIA (Columbine) Canadensis 



with yellow. 1 to 2 feet. 

 Coerulea^ — Several blue and white flowers on a stem, 

 tinted with lilac. Lovely for border or rockery. 9 to 

 Candidissima — Pure white. 2 to 3 feet. 

 BEL,TyTS (English Daisy) — Charming edging plants, with button- 

 shaped flowers. 6 inches. Separate colors, red or white. 

 ICEEAiSD POPPIES — Mixed colors, yellow, white and orange. Dwarf 

 growing, delicate flowered. Exquisite for bordering. 9 to 15 

 inches. Separate colors, white and yellow. 



The Old-Fashioned Hardy Flowers 



The garden or border of Hardy Perennials is about the 

 most vaUiable and lasting asset of the flower garden. An- 

 nuals, flowering bulbs and even shrubs may be dispensed 

 with more consistently than these old-fashioned Hardy 

 Perennials which for so long a time made the charm of 

 the old-time gardens. 



There is no spot so unfavorable, no soil so sterile or 

 harsh that some flower of hardy nature may not be found 

 to adorn it and thrive and grow more and more orna- 

 mental as the seasons come and go. It is well, however, 

 to enrich the soil before planting with some well-decom- 

 posed manure, dug deeply and well pulverized. 



Secure field-grown clumps in the spring or fall. Plant 

 them well into the soil and as soon as they have had two 

 or three good frosts, and just before the ground freezes, 

 cover with about three inches of leaves, nature's protec- 

 tion. Remove gradually in the spring. Do not overcrowd. 

 A ver3^ good rule to go by in planting is to set the plants 

 'ne-half the height they attain when fully developed. For 

 example. Delphinium, which grows three feet high, should 

 be planted eighteen inches apart. 



We list the different varietes in groups, ac- 

 cording to their blooming period. Thus one 

 may have some of these flowers blooming 

 from early spring until late fall, up until freez- 

 ing weather. The figures in description indi- 

 cate the height of the plants when fully grown. 



We offer strong, pot-grown plants at 20c 

 each; $2.00 per dozen, postpaid; all one variety 

 or assorted. 



lixed 



Blooming in May 



AEYSSUM Saxatile Conipactiim (Gold Dust) — Deep yellow flowers in 

 close flat heads. 1 foot. 

 ArgenteuiTi — Flowers deep golden yellow in dense heads. 12 to IS 

 inches. 



AXCHUSA (Dropmore Variety) — Blue or purple flowers in racemes. 

 4 to 5 feet. 



PAPA^"ER (Oriental Poppy) — Rose and scarlet. Beautiful for cut 

 floweis. 3 feet. 



PYKETITRr^r (Persian Daisy) — Single varieties. Artistic for home 

 decoration, with fern-like foliage. Pink and white. 

 Roseuni (Persian Daisy) — Single varieties. Artistic for home dec- 

 oration, with fern-like foliage. Pink, lavender, red and yellow. 

 tJligtnosum (Great Ox-Eye Daisy) — A very bold and strong grow- 

 ing species, having a handsome and distinct appearance when 

 covered with a profusion of its daisy-like blossoms. Perfectly 

 hardy and prefers a sheltered position. 4 to 5 feet. 



Blooming in June 



CAMPANULA (Canterbury Bells) — Single, in separate colors, white, 

 blue or rose. 3 feet. 

 Double Blue — 8 inches. 



Calycanthema (Cup and Saucer Canterbury Bell) — Very beautiful 



in white, rose and blue. 3 feet. 6-7. 



DELPHINIUM (Belladonna) — Everblooming hardy Larkspur. The 



most bes.utiful sky blue of dwarf habit. 3 to 4 feet. Blooms all 



summer until cut down by frost. 



Formosuni^ — Deep gentian blue with vv^hite bee. Long spikes. 18 



inches to 2 feet. 

 Chinese Album — A white flowered form. 2 feet. 

 Kelway's Giant — I^normous spikes with flowers of many shades of 



blue." 3 feet. 

 Rembrandt — Bright sky-blue, inner petals rosy lavender. 2 to 3 ft. 

 DIANTHUS (Hardy Garden Pinks) — Double white and crimson. 12 



to 18 inches. 

 GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) Grand Sanguinea — Conspicuous for 

 profusion and duration of bloom. Blood red. 2 feet. 

 Sulphurea Oculata — Sulphur yellow, maroon eye. 2 feet. 



Delphinium — Larkspur. 



