2511? Year ir; Speeial Culture of looses. 



©o Oui^ Batons and Friends. 



UPON the threshold of another year we greet you once again, and present for your inspection 

 this, the 1894 Edition of our Annual Guide and Catalogue, whose carefully revised and illus- 

 trated pages sparkle with the trophies of the Floral World, the treasures of which we have 

 collected with such elaborate and painstaking care for your edification and enjoyment. We 

 are the pioneers in the inception and development of this present great industry in the United 

 States ; our lives and fortunes, our sympathies and hopes have been devoted to and enlisted in the 

 work, and we are more than ever determined that the reputation which we now enjoy for liberal and 

 conscientious dealings with our vast army of patrons shall be rigorously maintained. 



It affords us pleasure to observe that our relations with the customer do not partake of that 

 selfish and sordid nature which so largely predominates in the methods of modern business. It is to 

 the home life and its personality that we directly appeal, and to whose sense of justice for equitable 

 treatment we shall always consider it a duty and a pleasure to respond. 



In all establishments where the volume of business transacted is large and of complex detail, 

 mistakes and misunderstandings will occasionally arise, despite the utmost care to prevent them ; 

 now, if in the course of our dealings, past, present or future, you have or shall have any complaints 

 to offer with reference to any irregularities in filling your orders, or if discouraged by past failures, 

 we shall be delighted not only to adjust all errors to your entire satisfaction, but to assist you with 

 timely and valuable advice. 



In reviewing this Catalogue we desire to call particular attention to the character of the stock 

 offered; it is of the best that is possible for skill and long experience to produce. The varieties in 

 Roses, Flowering and Ornamental Plants and Shrubbery are extensive, and offer a wide range for 

 the exercise of taste in the matter of selections. The lists of Roses, embracing the several classes, 

 contain all the leading and desirable types in popular demand and favor at the present day for 

 general cultivation. Our assortment of Shrubbery and Vines is equally desirable, and consists of 

 strong, shapely, hardy, field-grown stock, which for purposes of yard or lawn decoration is exceed- 

 ingly superior and effective. The collection of Small Fruits, though somewhat limited, is very choice, 

 our object being to supply those customers who wish to include in their orders a few choice varieties 

 for home cultivation. The Vegetable and Flower Seeds offered are fresh and pure, and among the 

 standard and reliable sorts for the average home garden ; they are carefully selected, handled and 

 tested, so that their germinating quality can be relied upon. All our Plants and Roses are grown at 

 our establishment here, on their own roots, and under the supervision of an experienced propagator, 

 so that we are always cognizant of the character of the stock sent out ; know its condition and that 

 the different varieties are perfectly distinct and true to name. 



-m Roses 0up G^eat Specialty m~ 



In this field our efforts have been concentrated, and the results attained the most pronounced 

 and successful, our business having assumed such proportions that the productive capacity is taxed 

 to the uttermost in order to supply the ever-increasing demand that comes from all quarters of the 

 civilized globe. Sending Roses to England seems like carrying coal to Newcastle, and yet this seem- 

 ing paradox has been frequently exemplified in the course of our business. 



To our many old friends whose familiar names have graced our records for the past quarter of a 

 century we desire to return our cordial thanks for liberal patronage bestowed, as well as for kindly 

 words of esteem and confidence. Confidence begets confidence, and we are always surer that we see 

 a star if we know that others see it also. To many of us the language of flowers has a significance 

 far more profound than that conveyed by the mere symbols of beauty of form and color as we 

 reverentially attempt to lift the veil that obscures the unknowable and to peer into that dim, 

 shadowy, nebulous perspective beyond, where ever and forever seems to flit that phantom figure 

 before the loom of destiny, and with strained, eager prevision watch, whilst — 



" Slow grows the splendid pattern that it plans 

 Its wistful hands between 

 ' This is its touch upon the blossomed Rose, 

 The fashion of its hand-shaped Lotus leaves ; 

 In dark soil and the silence of the seeds 

 The robe of Spring it weaves. 



Ever and ever bringing secrets forth, 

 It sitteth in the green of forest-glades 



Nursing strange seedlings at the cedar's root, 

 Devising leaves, blooms, blades."— Light of Asia. 



Very sincerely yours, 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO., Rose Growers and Seedsmen, West Grove, Pa, 



