teso^^DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



1910 



extremely desirable, and we find them hardy pretty 

 generally everywhere. With them may be properly 

 classed the great new Rose, recently introduced, 

 Crimson Baby Rambler, one of the best of all Roses 

 for bedding, hedging and general planting; can be 

 grown everywhere with safety; Anny Muller, or 

 Pink Baby Rambler, is equally desirable. They are 

 dwarf growers and present a marvelous effect when 

 massed. The newer varieties of the year. Baby 

 Dorothy, Phyllis and Psyche, give promise of great 

 value, and we specially recommend these varieties. 

 They are of great beauty. . 



The Wichuriana Roses are coming rapidly to the 

 front. All are desirable. Wherever Roses are wanted 

 to cover unsightly objects, or for hedges, rockery 

 work, or where any other Rose will not grow, the 

 Wichurianas are indispensable. They seem to thrive 



in almost any soil and situation, and should be 

 planted freely. 



Among miscellaneous Roses we would specially 

 recom.mend that great new Rugosa Rose, which 

 blooms hke a Hybrid Perpetual, with almost the 

 freedom of the Hybrid Tea, Sir Thomas Lipton. For 

 hedging cemetery or park work, or for single speci- 

 mens, this magnificent white Rose is almost indis- 

 pensable. 



Other varieties in this class, almost equally 

 desirable, are the splendid new French Rose, Lyon, 

 Soleil d'Or, or Golden Sun, English Sweetbriar, 

 Harrison's Yellow, Mad. Georges Bruant, beautiful 

 white; Conard Ferdinand Meyer, silvery pink; 

 Rosa Rugosa Rubra and Alba, and, finall^^, the 

 Moss Roses. All of these varieties are as hardy as 

 oaks. 



Where the Dingee Roses Go and Grow 



WE have sent our Roses to every nook and cor- 

 ner of the universe. We say "our' ' Roses, be- 

 cause in them we take almost childish pride. 

 Just as the parent watches tenderly over the child, 

 so do we keep a jealous eye on the production of our 

 skill. Night and day, with zealous care, we watch 

 over them, and when they go forth with their youth- 

 ful promise of beauty and pleasure, we part from 

 them with almost filial reverence, because their 

 success in life means much to us, and so it has been 

 since the beginning. All has not been sunshine. 

 These children of Nature have not escaped adversi- 

 ties almost akin to human ills. The weakest have 

 sometimes developed into the strongest, while the 

 sturdiest have at times been the objects of our most 

 solicitous care. 



After all, the greatest pleasure is brought forcibly 

 home to us in traveling in the various sections 

 of this country of ours, when strangers tell us in 

 enthusiastic terms about their success with Dingee 



Roses, — pleasure which brings with it the pride of 

 deeds well done, far beyond the mere mercenary 

 consideration of ha\dng sold the Roses. In every 

 county, in every state of the Union, in the gardens 

 of the rich, and in more modest homes, where, per- 

 haps, they are more favorably cherished; in the 

 lonely compounds of the far West, in the most re- 

 mote parts of Europe, Asia, even in the Congo Free 

 State, the missionary tells how Dingee Roses have 

 lightened darkest Africa; in the botanical gardens 

 of Continental Europe — everywhere, Dingee Roses 

 are today growing, and are a living monument 

 to skill, perseverance and enduring belief in Ameri- 

 can energy and the product thereof. As years go, 

 our experience has been long. Our business has been 

 our pleasure. If we have added in a smaU way 

 to the joy of living, if we have helped beautify our 

 native land, then, indeed, do we feel, apart from 

 the commercial success of this business, that "Our 

 Friends and Patrons" is not an empty phrase. 



Our friends have often expressed a desire for us to supply them with cut-flowers — Roses, Carnations, etc., — but 

 we have hitherto refrained from doing so. We have now completed arrangements whereby we can furnish the finest 

 kind of cut-flowers by mail and express to any address, packed in such a way that they will reach their destination in 

 good condition. This service gives our friends all the advantages of living next door to a florist. We will be glad to 

 near from anyone who desires cut-flowers by mail or express sent to themselves or their friends. 



Greenhouse View — American Beauty and Killarney Roses 

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