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26th Year in Special Culture of Roses. 



Our Annual Message to Friends and Patrons. 





"A little learning is a dangerous thing. 

 Drink deep or taste not the Pierian Spring." 



— Pope. 



With the history of 1894 and its financial depression before us, 

 we welcome the coming year, and with its advent extend our sin- 

 cere thanks to kind friends in every quarter of these United States 

 who entrusted their orders to us not only last year, but also in 

 other years. More than a half million persons, many of whom 

 have been buying from us for a quarter of a century, know the 

 merits of the D. &. C. Roses and our methods of doing business. As the first to send Roses 

 by mail, we have during the long years of experience " tasted deeply of the Pierian Spring," 

 gaining knowledge and extending the fame of the D. & C. Roses into every home where they 

 are loved and grown — and there are few homes indeed where they are not ; our lives, large 

 capital and all our best energies have been invested in the work of creating this present great 

 industry, until now the product of seventy spacious greenhouses is required to meet the de- 

 mand for " Roses by mail on their own roots that go and grow everywhere." Those who have 



THEY GO 



never grown them will, after 

 the multitude of old custom- 

 legion, that they are the best 



The pioneer business prin- 

 ciples that have made us the largest 

 Rose Growers in America are to- 

 day predominant in our establish- 

 ment; wherever it has seemed wise 

 they have been improved to keep 

 pace with the rapid advances that 

 are constantly going on in all 

 branches of industrial commerce. 

 Never before have we been equipped to give better 

 service — and, what is more important, finer plants, 

 bulbs and seeds such as are offered in this book — 

 than at the present time, and we propose that every 

 order sent out will bear corroborative testimony to 

 our well-earned reputation for honest goods and 

 square dealing. 



There will not be found in this country, and 

 probably not in Europe, a more complete collection 

 of Roses than is offered in this Catalogue. New and 

 old — all the Roses worth having — are here waiting 

 to be called for at prices consistent with their 

 quality. The two new Roses illustrated on the cover 

 are gems of the first water. They are the pick of 

 almost one thousand seedlings, and are absolutely 

 the most distinct varieties introduced in many years. 

 In the galaxy of beautiful new Cannas, " Flamingo " 

 stands out as the triumphant result of ten years' 



giving them a trial,agree with 

 ers, whose very names are 

 the world can produce. 



careful and intelligent effort in 

 hybridizing. 



Now, with the disappearance 

 of the financial stringency, leav- 

 ing, we trust, with all our friends 

 nothing but history to mark its 

 visit, we confidently look for re- 

 newed animation in business, 

 brighter prospects and the privi- 

 lege of serving the flower wants of all the persons 

 into whose hands this book may fall. 



A careful perusal of its 

 pages will show that nothing 

 is exaggerated, either illustra- 

 tive or descriptive; it is by 

 far the most complete, valu- 

 able and ornamental Guide 

 we have ever sent out. With 

 the firm assurance that every 

 order, large or small, will 

 have prompt and careful at- 

 tention, we solicit your valued 

 patron- 

 age. 



Yours, 

 faithfully, 



The Dingee & Conard Co., 



===Rose Growers=== 



'WEST GROVE, PA. 





AND GRJDW EVERYWHERE. 



