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UR OFFERINGS in New Roses for 1900 bring to mind the zealous efforts 

 put forth by our foreign agents that we might lay before you the newest, 

 best and prettiest Roses in the world. From every country in Europe we 

 have procured them, and having been successful in their culture we offer them to you 

 at one-third the price charged for them abroad. We are in an era of great advance- 

 ment along almost every line of commercial industry. And the Rose has kept pace 

 with this extraordinary development until the New Roses of to-day are something mar- 

 velous in the form and color of their flowers, and possess characteristics so remarkable 

 that we believe if every Rose lover could but know of their beauty they would be 

 found in every collection. You may depend upon our descriptions as being a candid 

 opinion of their merits. If they lack distinctiveness or merit they are not offered. 



We have absolute contfol of the stock of nearly all New Roses offered in this Cata- 

 lograe, inclnding Virginia R. Cose, No. 1900, Mrs. Anthony "Waterer, Princess of 

 Naples, "Victory, Giant Rose, and many others not to be found elsewhere in America. 



Our method of securing such rare novelties may prove interesting, as it estab- 

 lishes beyond question that a Dingee & Conard Co. customer is the best served flower 

 buyer in America. *Ours is the only house in this country maintaining a thoroughly 

 organized department of special representatives in all parts of the world to secure 

 for us, regardless of cost, all flower novelties of merit, especially new Roses. This 

 department has become so efficient that we are now the recognized American head- 

 quarters for both old and new Roses; none have escaped our notice. We have in 

 stock every Rose of merit introduced in the last fifty years, until our collection now 

 numbers over a thousand distinct varieties of all classes and kinds, no two varieties 

 alike, all on their own roots. Seventy large greenhouses are devoted to their culture, 

 and we may therefore fairly claim to be the leading Rose Groiuers of America. With 

 such treasures as we have in the new Roses of 1900, we think this department will 

 be of special interest to every lover of the Rose — the Queen of Flowers. Each 

 variety has been tested, and none but those which are thoroughly distinct in every 

 respect are offered. They can be grown successfully in open ground without any extra 

 care or attention ; they will prove hardy in ordinary localities with slight protection. 



As new Roses of the highest merit the prices are made won- 

 derfully low in order to encourage all to give them a trial. They 

 will surely bring pleasure and profit to all who plant them. 



