NEW 

 BUSH 

 ROSE 



CHARLES DINGEE 



ABSOLUTELY THE BEST AlO) MOST BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION OF THE CENTURY 



F>R many years it has been the ambition of 

 the vounger members of this firm to intro- 

 duce"^ a Rose worthy of bearing the name of 

 Charles Dingee, the founder of this business who, 

 at the age of eighty-five, while not actively en- 

 gaged in the management of this business, is, 

 nevertheless, intensely interested in its welfare 

 and thB maintenance of the old-fashioned 

 business principles and the high quality of its 

 goods, through which its wonderfvd success 

 has been achieved. 



To honor his name, we have waited to pro- 

 duce a Rose bet- 

 liex than any other 

 variety in cultiva- 

 tion, and have 

 succeeded ! .W e 

 say v,-ithout fear 

 of contradiction 

 that the Charles 

 Dingee Rose is 

 far-and-away the 

 best garden Rose 

 ipt general plant- 

 ing in the world. 



This mar\-elous 

 Rose will per- 

 petuate the name 

 of the founder of 

 our business, and 

 it \Nnll proclaim 

 his fame as the 

 pioneer Rose- 

 grower of this 

 countrv' to the 

 coming genera- 

 tions in a fit and 

 appropriate man- 

 ner. It ■«'ill out- 

 rank in popular- 

 ity all other Roses 

 because of its su- 

 perior merit. 



This lovely 

 new variety is in- 

 deed our crown- 

 ing masterpiece, 

 and it has already 

 been hailed by 

 flower-lovers 

 evervns-here as the 

 greatest Rose cre- 

 ation of modern 

 times. It is an- 

 other example to 

 the world of 

 American c r e a - 

 tive enterprise. 



The Charles Dingee Rose is the result of 

 cross-breeding between Hermosa, that grand 

 old hardy pink variety, and White Maman 

 Cochet, perhaps the greatest of all white garden 

 Roses — a superb parentage, which insures its 

 offspring every point of excellence. With 

 the hardy, A-igorous constitution of a Hybrid 

 Perpetual, gro^-ing to perfection in almost any 

 soil or situation, it has the most magnificent 



A recent photograph of Charles 

 pany, studying the beautiful 



foliage, absolutely free from disease, that we 

 have ever seen on any Rose. 



It is a tremendous grower, the best in our 

 entire list of over 800 varieties. We have had 

 it growing and blooming in all its glor\' in a 

 temperature verj' little above freezing. Grow- 

 ing to a height of 2 to 3 feet, Charles Dingee 

 blooms continuously, producing immense, deep, 

 double, grandly formed flowers on long, stiff 

 erect stems; both in bud and bloom their beauty 

 is nothing .short of superb, practically impo.ssible 

 to describe because of the delicate 'blending of 



colors — rose tints 

 in the center of 

 flower, gradually 

 shading off into 

 pale blush and 

 creamy white, a 

 color effect both 

 entirely new and 

 distinct ; exq\iis- 

 itely beautiful. 



This great new 

 Rose has proven 

 hardy in practi- 

 cally all locahties, 

 and if we were 

 asked to name 

 the One best Rose 

 in cultivation, it 

 would be Charles 

 Dingee. It is 

 never out of 

 bloom, and no 

 matter what size 

 plant 3-0U buy, 

 you are sure to 

 have hundreds of 

 flowers through- 

 out the growing 

 season. Constant 

 daily contact 

 with this great 

 Rose since its 

 inception only 

 makes us all the 

 more enthusiastic 

 over it. It is 

 the crowning 

 triumph of the 

 long business 

 career of this 

 Company, and 

 one that will more 

 than ever iden- 

 tify it with the 

 Queen of Flowers. 



Dingee, founder of this Com- 

 new Rose named for him 



CAUTION. — We are the originators and sole 

 owners of Charles Dingee Rose. It cannot be 

 had elsewhere. Orders booked now; deUvery 

 when wanted. We advise ordering at once. 

 The past spring we were unable to fill all our 

 orders by reason of the enormous demand. No 

 matter where you Uve this great new Rose will 

 thrive and bloom beautifully for you and bring 

 imtold pleasures. Try it and be convinced. 



PRICE OF CHARLES DINGEE ROSE, ff"-'- ""/■^"."°"' "1'°':;" "'• T"; V' V,- 



. . $2.25 per doz.; larger size, 35 cts. each, S for $1, 



$3.50 per doz., postpaid. Large, two-year-old plants, on own roots, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz.; 

 extra heavy, three- and four-year-old plants (stock limited), magnificent specimens, on own roots, 

 $1 each, $10 per doz. ^li|P*Add lO^c to the total of your order and we will prepay all express 

 charges to any express office in the United States and Canada. 



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