NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1906 



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Our New Guide to Rose Culture 



ISSUED ANNUALLY BY 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., WEST GROVE, PA. 



THE LEADING ROSE GROWERS OP AMERICA 



Represented in Germany, France, England, Ireland, Italy, Australia, Canada, Mexico, 



Hawaiian Islands and Cuba 



S50 



riPTY-SIX YEARS IN BUSINESS 



1906 



TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS— GREETING 



Again the herald of Spring, Our New Guide 

 to Rose Culture, for 1906, is sent you for 

 the approval whicli we hope awaits it. With it 

 we send to our good friends in all parts of the 



world, hearty thanks for their continued patron- 

 age, and with it we send best wishes for their 

 prosperity and happiness. As pioneers in this 

 present great industry, the ramifications of 

 which have extended far beyond the most Utop- 

 ian dreams of its founder, Charles Dingee, who 

 is still spared to us, we may almost claim, as 

 has been suggested by an old-time friend and 

 customer, that we a-e " Rose growers by ap- 

 pointment to the American people. ' From the 

 small greenhouse of fifty years ago, we are now 

 compelled to build each year more greenhouses 

 to meet the demand for " Dingee's Roses," until 

 our establishment is now so vast that even the 

 original founder, Mr. Dingee, finds it a most 

 arduous, even though a pleasant and gratifying 

 task, to inspect it. 



Our great specialty is growing Roses 

 on their own roots and sending them 

 ^afely by mail and express to all parts 



of the United States, so great Has been the 

 demand lor them^ that notwithstanoing our out- 

 put re^ch^ over one million plants annually, 

 each year we have been compellt'd to return un- 

 filled in the latter part of the season quantities 

 of orders. The sea&on of 1906, however, finds 

 us, bettef equipped, and havi'^g added new 

 greenhouses giving greater capacity, we hope 

 toi meet every demand during this season. \Ve 

 have the best grown and most complete stock 

 of Roses to be found on this continent. 



We ask the indulgence of our customers when 

 delays occur at the height of the season. At 

 this time our forces work night and day, but it is 

 impossible to cope with the avalanche of orders 

 coming at that period of the year. Although 

 the delay is but a matter of a few days, we make 

 this explanation that all may understand the 

 reason of it. Rest assured that your order will 



get to you in ample time fo'r planting, and by 

 placing it early the advantage will be mutual. 



To serve you better than any one else is our 

 constant aim. To do this it is necessary to have 

 thorough management, the most modern equip- 

 ments, and above all the best stock at the low- 

 est prices consistent with its value. A half 

 century's experience has given us the advantage 

 of knowing, at least, how this should be done. 

 We are confident that we can serve you better 

 than any other concern in this country. 



Besides having in stock over one thousand 

 different varieties of Roses, we carry a complete 

 list of miscellaneous plants, all of which we 

 grow, such as Carnations, Chrysanthemums, 

 Violets, Geraniums, Hardy Flowering Shrubs, 

 Hardy Climbing Vines, Summer Blooming 

 Bulbs, Small Fruits, Flower and Vegetable 

 Seeds ; all are here awaiting adoption. We 

 send goods safely to every nation of the earth. 

 We guarantee safe delivery everywhere in the 

 United States. We prepay all shipments, except 

 where noted. If mistakes have occurred in the 

 past, or should they occur in the future, remem- 

 ber that we guarantee satisfaction and will be 

 only too glad to correct them, and to this guar- 

 antee it is your privilege to hold us. 



In all our dealings we have sought to give you 

 what we, ourselves, have insisted upon in buy- 

 ing, a square, honest deal. If we cannot send 

 you what you order, and if you do not wish any- 

 thing else instead, or if it is impossible to send 

 you what you select instead, yoUP money 

 will be returned. Send us your order. Our 

 word for it that you wall not regret it. A half 

 century's honest dealings gives our word some 

 value. If there is anything that you do not 

 understand or any information wanted, whether 

 you buy or not, write us. Your correspondence 

 will be cheerfully and carefully attended to. 

 Above all, however, send us an order. No mat- 

 ter the size, it will show that the mission of this, 

 the thirty-seventh annual edition of Our New 

 Guide to Rose Culture, has not been in vain. 



The Leading Rose Growers of America 



Faithfully yours, 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO. 



Wkst Grove, Pa. 



