NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1906 



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A Grand New 

 Ever-BIooiuing Rose 



Climbing Meteor 



and 

 ing 



''i^y IS SIDE from Climbing Wootton, we haVe no 

 red climbing Rose of any class to com- 

 pare with this superb new variety. It has been called 

 the "Perpetual-blooming Jacqueminot," because of 

 its freedom of bloom and its exquisitely shaped buds 

 flowers which resemble that famous variety. Climh- 

 Meteor is a sport from Meteor, a free-bloommg 

 Hvbrid Tea Rose, famous for its magnificent flowers. It 

 has the true climbing habit, attainingthe heightof lo to 

 15 feet in a single season. It is a free persistent 

 ^ ^' 5omer, producing in great profusion, through- 

 t the growing season, magnificentlv form^^d 

 -.ds and flowers, which in color are dark velvet} 

 crimson, the equal of any Rose in 

 cultivation, and, if amthing, more 

 glowing than its illustrious parent. 

 It is hardy with protection, and 

 wherever grown will give absolute 

 satisfaction. 



Strong plants, 15 cts. each; 2 for 

 25 cts.; 4 for 50 cts.; 9 for $1; two- 

 year-old plants, 30 cts. each; $3 per 

 dozen, by Express only. 



^autiful New Hardy Ever-Blooming Climbing Rose 



Gaine sborough 



[ After thorough trial we are glad to endorse the description 

 the introducers of this new variety. It will rank up among 

 e great Climbing Ro.ses such as Mrs. Robert Peary, Climbing 

 'octton, Keystone, Climbing Meteor and similar free blooming, 

 irdv varieties. It is in every sense a hardy ever-bloommg 

 -imber It is an offspring of that great Hybrid Tea Rose Vis- 

 auntess Folkestone, and is the counterpart of its parent, both 

 . foliage and flower. The delicate colors are hard to describe, 

 i-ing delicatelv tinged fle.sh. almost white and lustrous as satin, 

 rhen in full bloom it resembles a large, fine white Paeony. but 

 rithout a suggestion of stiffness, often measuring 8 to 9 inches 

 diameter. An enthusiastic admirer compared the flower to a 

 tautiful girl wearing a white Gainesborough hat ornamented 

 jith white ostrich plumes, hence the name. This variety wul 

 -ove hardv in almost all sections with ordinary protection As 

 he of the "great new Climbing Roses be sure to give it a trial, 

 trong plants 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for $1; postpaid. Two- 

 l^ar-old plants. 35 cts. each; 3 for $1; $3.50 per dozen by express. 



The Dingee & Conard Co. New York City, N. 1. 



"U'est Grove. Penna. 

 Dear Sirs: — I desire to report to you that the Roses you 

 sold me in Julv have turned out exceedingly well. I have 

 lost none of them, thev have become well rooted, and have 

 been very free bloomers. I have never purchased a lot so 

 satisfacton,' as this order has been. 



Thanking vou for pa^t courtesies. I remain. 



Yours very truly, JOHN HARSEN RHOADES. 



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