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CHARLES DINGEE 



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The Most Wonderful Bush Rose in the World 



(See the Coloped Photographic Illustration on Outside Cover.) 



To honor the name of Charles Dingee, we have pro- 

 duced a Rose better than any other variety in culti- 

 vation. We say without fear of contradiction that the 

 Charles Dingee Rose is far-and-away the best garden 

 Rose for general planting in the world. 



It is always blooming, whether it is growing for us 

 or growing with you. The flowers are beautiful be- 

 yond description, immense in size, deep, double and 

 grandly formed. It is hardy everywhere. 



The Charles Dingee Rose is the result of cross- 

 breeding, between Hermosa, that grand old hardy 

 pink variety, and White Maman Cochet, perhaps the 

 greatest of all white garden Roses — a superb par- 

 entage, which insures its offspring every point of 

 excellence. With the hardy, vigorous constitution 

 of a Hybrid Perpetual, growing to perfection in al- 

 most any soil or situation, it has the most magnificent 



foliage, absolutely free from disease, that we have 

 ever seen on any Rose, 



It is a tremendous grower, the best in our entire 

 list of over 800 varieties. If you have a place where 

 other Roses have failed in that spot, Charles Dingeo 

 will flourish and produce its gorgeous flowers with 

 wonderful profusion. We have had it growing and 

 blooming in all its glory in a temperature very little 

 above freezing. Growing to a height of 2 to 3 feet, 

 Charles Dingee blooms continuously, producing im- 

 mense, deep, double, grandly formed flowers on long, 

 stiff, erect stems; both in bud and bloom their beauty 

 is nothing short of superb, practically impossible to 

 describe because of their delicate blending of colors 

 — rose tints in the center of flower, gradually shading 

 off into pale blush creamy white, a color effect both 

 entirely new and distinct, exquisitely beautiful. 



C^CHftirk'n ^^ ^^^ *'^^ originators and sole owners of the Charles Dingee Rose. Imitations and so-caUed 

 \^CliltHJll duplicates of it are intended to deceive. 



Strong, one-year-old plants, 25c each, 5 for $1.00, $2.25 per dozen; larger size, 35c each, 3 for $1.00, $3.50 

 per dozen, postpaid. Large, two-year-old plants, on own roots, 50c each, $5.00 per dozen; extra heavy, three- 

 year-old plants (stock limited), magnificent specimens, ON OWN ROOTS, 75c each, $8.00 per doz. by express. 



Glenside, Pennsylvania, October 17, 1915. 

 Gentlemen: — The Special Rose Bush Collection of 16 for $1.00 which I received from yovi about May 

 1st, far exceeded my expectations. The plants all thrived without any special attention. Some of them 

 have had as many as half a dozen blooms at one time. The Climbing American Beauty is about seven 

 feet high. The Svreetheart is about three feet high and has bloomed profusely. 



Yours very truly. 



FREDERIC S. CRISPIN. 



Among the Dingee Roses 

 at Sixty 



Indianapolis, Ind., Oct., 13, 1916. 



This picture was taken October 

 6, 1916, and shows three "Charles 

 Dingee" Rose bushes which were 

 planted last spring, with a "Climb- 

 ing My Maryland" in the back- 

 ground. The Charles Dingee in the 

 center, about 2 feet high, on that 

 date had 5 Roses in bloom, each 

 one about four inches in diameter. 

 The foliage on each bush is as green 

 and perfect as any time during the 

 summer. I used no spray, nor pro- 

 tection of any kind — merely kept 

 the ground constantly damp by 

 sprinkling. 



This is certainly a remarkable 

 showing for this latitude at a date 

 when the general run of flowers are 

 gone — having been killed by sev- 

 eral heavy frosts during the past 

 month. The bushes are, however, 

 in a protected spot, an ell of the 

 house, with a southeast exposure, 

 where they get the forenoon sun, 

 but not the afternoon sun. 



While the man in the picture has 

 not been "Sixty Years Among the 

 Roses," he is shown here among 

 the Dingee Roses at Sixty. 



Yours, FRANK ECKERT. 



iSE COMPANY, ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN 



