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A little chat 
with - 
RoseLovers 
€j] LMOST anybody can talk on a subject 
{| in which he is interested, especially 
when he talks to those who are inter- 
ested in the same thing. So a few 
words from rose lovers to rose lovers 
ought to be easy for both. 
We have been going and growing 
for more than seventy years. rowing roses so 
that they will grow almost anywhere and _ for 
almost anybody, and grown on their Own Roots 
as they should be grown for permanent use. So 
grown they do not go wild or in other words revert 
back to the wild root upon which they are budded, 
and in a short time they are nothing but wild shrubs 
of no use whatever. Very few firms offer own root 
roses because they are more expensive to produce 
and they do not have the equipment to grow them. 
It has taken us years to acquire such an equipment, 
and. with only one thought i. e.: to grow own root 
Roses because we more firmly than ever believe that 
they are the best for our climate, so until now 
it is true that Dingee & Conard Roses go and 
grow in almost every land under the sun. 
Some people say there is no sentiment in business. 
They simply do not know. If they could read the 
hundreds of letters we receive from customers, 
expressing pleasure and even gratitude because of 
their Roses, they would be surprised and perhaps 
committed to growing some themselves. If people 
only knew how easy it is to get and grow our Roses, 
we should have to stretch ourselves even more than 
we do to keep up with the demand. 
It is a joy to us to know that for nearly three- 
quarters of a century we have been sending beauty 
into all lands, We believe that roses are the most 
beautiful flowers under the sun. We believe the 
growing of roses should bring people happiness; 
we know it has been a source of happiness to us. 
It makes us feel good to know that through all 
these years we have been able to grow and distrib- 
ute so many beautiful roses and that we are better 
equipped today to produce fine roses and place them 
in your hands in perfect condition. 
During this last year we were the guests at a party 
given by our friends, N. W. Ayer & Son, the adver- 
tising firm in Philadelphia, in honor of our fifty years 
of unbroken association in business. For that length 
of time they have been helping us to tell people every- 
where about our roses and thus to distribute more 
beauty and happiness. At this delightful party it 
was pointed out by one of the speakers that no firm 
which did not tell the whole truth fairly could hope 
to advertise and grow continuously so long. 
We have always looked upon the buyers of our roses 
as our friends. We have pictured you growing our 
roses and cultivating them and cutting the rich 
blooms to adorn your home. We want to talk to you 
as one friend to another, as one grower of roses to 
another, and for the same reason we want to do 
everything we can to help you grow your roses 
successfully. That is why this catalog has been 
prepared to give you the benefit of our long exper- 
ience and knowledge as well as to tell you by picture 
and description about the roses we are growing and 
the new varieties that we have developed. If there 
is anything you want to know that is not contained 
in this catalog, we hope you will write to us as you 
would to any friend, asking for information. It will 
be given freely and gladly as far as in our power. 
Sincerely, THE DINGEE & CONARD CO, 
