10 



THE DINGEE & CONARD COMPANY'S 



Information for Customers. 



How to Send Money Safely. 



Our Terms are Cash. — To insure dispatch the proper remittance must be enclosed with the order. 



Please remember that admirable and safe.as our mail facilities are, some vexatious losses to the sender of 

 letters are liable to occur ; that careful as Uncle Sam is, some of his employes steal letters in transit ; some 

 mails are burned up in great railroad wrecks. Prudence dictates that remittances be made so that in case of 

 loss duplicates can be had. Therefore we say money may be sent at our risk, by P. O. Money Order on 

 West Grove (not Postal Note), Bank Draft, Express Money Order, Money (not stamps) in Registered letter. 

 We will be responsible for the safe carriage of money sent us in either of the above ways, and if lost will 

 give full value ; and in addition will present the sender with an elegant Rose which will be 

 marked R. on back of label, to offset the cost of obtaining the remittance, thus paying you to take care 

 of your own money. 



Canada customers can remit by International Money Order on West Grove, Bank Draft, 01 currency 

 in registered letter. Canada postage stamps have no value here. 



Please do not send stamps for money ; they so often come stuck tog-ether or stuck to 

 the letter that they cannot be taken out except by soaking- the whole. Silver in small 

 sums, if carefully wrapped, will carry just as safely, and is far more acceptable. 



We Guarantee Our Roses. 



We do not guarantee that Roses we send out will not be 

 killed by drought, insects, accidents or frost after they are 

 planted. 



But we do guarantee that all plants we send shall 

 reach their destination in good growing condition ; if they do 

 not, inform us by return mail and we will replace at once. 

 When we deliver them to you in good order our responsibil- 

 ity ends. 



Orders by mail are sent postpaid to all post-offices 

 in the United States or Canada, and we guarantee they shall 

 reach the purchaser in good growing condition. 



When so directed we ship by express, or when the 

 order is of a size or character that it cannot be safely sent by 

 mail, the purchaser paying express charges. But we are on 

 the constant lookout to save purchasers all needless expense, 

 and to that end, especially on long distances where goods are 

 ordered by express, we send them by mail, knowing that it is 

 to our customers' decided advantage to do so. 



We guard against "errors in filling orders as care- 

 fully as we can, but occasionally, in spite of best care, some 

 mistakes will creep in ; when they do, notify us at once, and 

 we will correct by return mail. We cordially invite custom- 

 ers for our goods, and do not intend they shall regret coming 

 to us if we can possibly by fair dealing prevent it. But do 

 not blame us for not promptly filling your order, if you have 

 (as hundreds do every year) given no name or address ; if 

 you live in a city and give no street or number, your box will 

 probably remain at the post-office, no fault of ours. If your 

 letter is lost on the way and does not reach us, i t will of course 

 cause delay and often vexation ; we are sorry but cannot help it. 

 If you send stamps that come stuck together, and to the let- 

 ter, that all have to be soaked before they can be gotten out, 

 then the fault for the delay is yours, not ours. 



Our Roses are all on their own roots. — No bud- 

 ded or grafted Roses are sent out. Only a few years ago a 

 great authority on Roses said that Hybrid Perpetual and 

 Mosses could not be grown that way; he was mistaken; we 

 grow all classes of Roses on their own Roots, and such only 

 are sent out. » 



Our Roses are all grown in pots, in good fresh 

 soil without stimulants; are strong, healthy plants, kept from 

 blooming here by cutting the buds off as they appear, and 

 with any fair treatment on your part will be sure to grow; 

 and the Ever-blooming class will bud and bloom as soon as 

 they start to grow vigorously. 



Do not expect all varieties to be of the same size. Some 

 under the same conditions make much larger and stronger 



plants than others, but many of the weakest growers produce 

 the most beautiful flowers. Exquisite beauty of form, color 

 and sturdy vigor are seldom combined in Roses. 



Insect Enemies of the Rose. 



Roses which are strong and vigorous are not likely to be 

 attacked by insects, or, if attacked, are not easily injured. It 

 is highly important, therefore, to keep your plants healthy and 

 in good growing condition by liberal manuring and thorough 

 cultivation. When insects appear, apply the proper remedies 

 promptly and vigorously, and in bad attacks stir the ground 

 deeply with hoe and rake every day. A little perseverance 

 to resist the present attack is all that is needed ; next year you 

 may not be troubled with insects at all. Most all injurious 

 insects which attack Roses can be kept in check by frequent 

 and thorough applications of our New Tobacco Insecticide 

 Soap, as directed on page 107. 



Our aim is to do even better than we prom- 

 ise, so when the order will at all afford it, we add to it some 

 plant or plants gratis; they are marked P. on back of label, 

 and are often choice new kinds; several of the Roses now so 

 eagerly sought after were first introduced to our customers in 

 that way — Presented with their order. 



Orders to foreign countries can only be sent by 

 mail to the few places with whom we have a parcel post ex- 

 change. To all others they go by express, but the party 

 ordering must give the name and address of some one in New 

 York who will receive the goods, and prepay ocean charges 

 and forward to them. 



When large lots of Roses, Shrubbery, Vines, etc., are wanted 

 for Cemetery, Lawn or Hedge planting, send us a list of 

 stock wanted to price; growing it in large quantities as we 

 do, we can make for such very advantageous prices. Ordinary 

 orders are invariably at prices given in Catalogue. 



" Success With Flowers." 



"SUCCESS WITH FLOWERS," a bright, cheery 

 magazine of 36 pages, edited by Eben E. Rexford, of Shioc- 

 ton, Wisconsin, has for contributors some of the best posted 

 and practical writers on Floriculture. It is published monthly 

 by The Dingee & Conard Co., at West Grove, Pa., and is full 

 of practical, timely information of how to do and how not to 

 do. Its success has been marvelous, having reached 53,000 

 bona-fide paid-up subscribers in the two short years of its life, 

 and is now increasing rapidly. Flower lovers cannot well 

 afford to be without it. Sample copies will be sent to any 

 address on application. 



