New Guide to Rose Culture for 1903 



FOUNDED I850 INCORPORATED 1875 



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New Guide to Rose Culture 



SEASON 1903 



ANNUAii? BY The DINGEE & CONARD CO. 



THE LEADING ROSE GROWERS OF AMERICA 



IXTEST aROYE, PiL. 



GERMANY, FRANCE, ENGLAND, IRELAND, ITALY, 

 CANADA, MEXICO, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS and CUBA. 



FFPRP^MTPH TN ^^^^^^^^ france, England, Ireland, italy, Australia, 



1850 FIFTY-THREE YEARS IN BUSINESS 1903 



TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS: 



ITTH TPHl*^ M1P\A7 Y'U^AD ""^^tiave the pleasure of pre- 



W* * ** * A*A^ A'^Jk^ ▼▼ A ^^A A&^ senting the 1903 edition of 

 OVR NnW GVIDn TO ROSM CUI^TURn greatly enlarged and improved. 

 For thirty-four years it has appeared annually, and with each successive year has 

 become more complete and useful. With carefully revised descriptions and original 

 illustrations drawn from nature by our own artist, it is beyond question the most 

 complete, comprehensive and reliable catalogue in circalation. In it is offered almost 

 every plant worth growing, especially the Rose, Much labor and careful thought 

 has been expended upon it with two purposes in view — the first, that we shall not be forgotten by old 

 friends, and tiie second to sell goods. In the latter capacity we feel confident that it will receive kindly 

 welcome from both old and new friends, not only from the pleasure it Adll give, but as well for the sake of 

 ' ' auld lang syne . ' ' 



OUR SPECIALTY IS GROWING ROSES on their own roots, and shipping them safely to all parts of 

 the United States. In sending Roses by mail we are the pioneers. In 1869 our first Rose advertise- 

 ment was published in the New York Tribune. We offered to send to any Post-office in the United 

 States fresh, live, growing plants, on their own roots, and guaranteed safe arrival. Om' advertisement 

 evidently was taken as a huge joke, for we got no orders from it. From this modest beginning, by dint of 

 perseverance, our trade has extended to every state in the Union, and almost every country in the civilized 

 world. From the small greenhouse of early times our establishment has grown until to-day seventy large 

 greenhouses, comprising seven acres under glass, the largest plant of the kind in America, is required to 

 meet the demand for D. & C. Roses. Our collection now embraces over one thousand different varieties, 

 the most extensive collection on own roots to be found on this continent, and we are confident that nowhere 

 will there be found such strong, healthy plants, so full of vigor and vitality. While the Rose is our great spe- 

 cialty, we grow also complete stocks of Chrysanthemums, Carnations, Cannas, Violets, Miscellaneous Plants, 

 Hardy Shrubs and Vines; Perennials, Summer Flowering Bulbs, Small Fruits, Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 



WE are hopeful that you will send us an order this year. Regardless of size it is important to us. We 

 know that we can do a little better for you than any one else, especially in the quality of the 

 stock. We believe that the best goods are the cheapest in the end. We look at the matter this 

 way — if we cannot fill your order to your entire satisfaction, it were better by far that we had never received 

 it, because, thereby we lose a customer and make an enemy. The former we cannot spare, and the latter 

 we do not want. Remember^ vou will receive just what vou order, and if that is impossible we will send 

 what you select instead OR EETURX YOUR MONEY. If mistakes occur notify us promptly and they will 

 be cheerfully rectified. No matter where you live in the United States or colonies, barring the Philippines, 

 we guarantee the safe arrival of goods. If they do not arrive in good condition please advise us promptly, 

 and the order will be duplicated. 



We beg to call the attention of our Canadian friends to the information given on page 6, with reference 

 to a law recently enacted under which goods can only be sent into Canada at certain times during the year. 



WE have an abiding faith in our ability to please you, and we trust that we may have an opportunity 

 of serving you this year. We ask that before laying this book aside that its pages be carefully 

 inspected. We are sure you will find something in it that you want, and your order will show 

 that its mission has not been in vain. With manv thanks for past favois, we are, Faithfullv vours, 

 The Leading Rose Growers of America. ' THE DINGEE c^ CONARD CO., West Grove, Pa. 



