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OUR QRANDEST ROSE INTRODUCTION! 



JJps. RobeFt Peary 



See colpred-plate illustration THE FIRST PURE WHITE, HARDY, 



preceding page. EVER-BLOOHINQ CLinBINQ ROSE. 



Introduced and for sale only by The Bingee & Conard Company. 



49* Not genuine ^rithout seal attached (see facsimile below). 



N a contest, inaugurated September i, 1897, having for its object the selection of the best name 

 for this wonderful new Rose, thousands of names were submitted by our customers, and the 

 committee appointed to select the most appropriate one decided upon Mrs. Robert Peary, 

 and the prize, |ioo cash, was divided among the five persons who suggested it.^ 



We offered it last year for the first, and although our stock was large, so great was the enthusiasm with which it 

 was received, it was insufficient to supply the demand. This year we have a magnificent stock— ample we trust to 

 meet the requirements of our trade, which we figure will be three times as great as last season. 



The committee's selection of Mrs. Robert Peary as a fitting name seems to us to have been a particularly happy 

 one, inasmuch as it is a worthy tribute to American women in general to name this magnificent new Rose in honor of 

 one of the most notable members of their sex — that intrepid little woman who braved the perils of the frozen Northern 

 desert with her husband in his attempt to reach the North Pole. The pages of history abound with thrilling narra- 

 tives of fearless men who, in striving to add honor and glory to their country's name, gave up their lives ia that 

 desolate and mysterious region over which the Ice King reigns supreme; and when it is written, history will tell in 

 no less thrilling language of the remarkable feat of this courageous woman who left all the pleasures of a cosy 

 home to face the terrors of the gloomy, snow-bound North as the aid and comforter of her daring husband, and re- 

 turned to tell of things never before seen by civilized man. America, and more especially American women, are justly 

 proud of Mrs. Robert Peary; and man. who styles himself" lord of creation," must applaud the wonderful pluck and 

 self-reliance which carried her through this dangerous experience. We, therefore, think it entirely fitting that this 

 grand new Rose should be dedicated to the American women. Mrs. Robert Peary is by ^1 odds the most sensa- 

 tional Rose of modern introduction. It is an offspring of that grand variety, 



TEIE BEST PURE WHITE HARDY EVER-BLOOMING ROSE, 

 KAISERINE AUGUSTA VICTORIA. 



We found it growing in the greenhouses of De Voecht & De Wilde, Wilmington,, Delaware. We paid them $500 

 for the original plant, growing in a four-inch pot, and considered it cheap at that pripe. It is the first and only pure 

 white hardy ever-blooming climbing Rose, and as such meets a demand that has never before been supplied. Small 

 plants bloom continually the first season, just as its parent, Kaiserine Augusta Victoria, does. It is as hardy as any 

 Hybrid Perpetual or Moss Rose, and will withstand, unprotected, the most severe Winters. It is a strong, rapid 

 grower, without a weak spot, growing to perfection in open ground, and throwing up numerous shoots 10 to 15 feet 

 high in a single season. The flowers are something grand. Our colored-plate illustration hardly does them justice. 

 They are the equal of the finest and most beautiftil cut-flower Roses. Of splendid substance, they are extra large, 

 full, deep and double, and are produced on long, stiff stems, like a forcing or cut-flower Rose. The buds are long 

 and pointed, exquisitely modeled and gracefully finished. Both in bud and flower it is truly beautiful. It has a fra- 

 grance that is delicious, just like Cherry blossoms. If you want a qujck-growing, absolutely hardy, climbing, sure-to- 

 bloom Rose, one that will give you flowers this season, this is the only white variety that will do. Be sure to get this 

 wonderful variety. Its magnificent flowers, freedom of bloom and healthy growth will astonish you. It is our greatest 

 introduction. We make the prices wonderfully low for such a grand variety. All orders filled in rotation. 



Strong: 3-inch pot plants, ready for immediate blooming, 60 cts. eacli ; 8 for 91 ; 

 5 for 8^, postpaid by Mail. Two-year-old plants, SI each; 6 for S5, by Express. 



To all plants of Mrs. Robert 

 Peary sent out by as this seal 

 is attached ; without it they 

 are not genuine. 



* To protect our right of absolute ownership of alt the stock of this Rose^ and to 



r^ 4 • «-• ^ secure our customers frotn imposition, we print the affidavit of De Voecht & De 



w3.ULl0t1* jj Wilde, in whose greenhouses it originated. Be sure you get the genuine MRS. 



ROBERT PEARY. To each plant we send out is attached a seal (see facsimile 



above) ; without this seal attach^, the stock is not genuine. 



The State of Delaware, New Castle Co., ss : 



Before me, John T. Diclcey, Notary Public for said county, personally ap- 

 pears Peter De Voecht, who, being sworn in due form of law, doth depose and say 

 that Peter De Voecht and Charles De Wilde, formerly trading as De Voecht Si 

 De Wilde, sold to THE DINGEB & CONARD CO., West Grove, Chester Co., Penn- 

 sylvania, the entire stock of a White Climbing Rose, an offspring of Kaiserine 

 Augusta Victoria. 



Sworn and subscribed before me, at Wilmington, Del., this 27th day of 

 December, A.D. 1897. 

 / Qgal\ JOHN T. DICKEY. 



( '^'''V ifotary Public. 



FOR SALE ONLY BY 



The DIngee & Conard Company, - - West Qrove, Pa. 



The Leading Rose Growers of America. 



