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ROSE NOVELTIES. 



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|N pages 13 to 47 inclusive is offered every new Rose of merit introduced 

 in Europe and in this country. This grand collection emphasizes the zealous 

 efforts put forth by ourselves and our foreign agents that we might secure the 

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

 procured them, and while our own introductions, as well as those of other American 

 growers, have kept pace and in many instances surpassed the products of the Old World, 

 now having been successful in their culture we offer them at prices so low as to be within 

 the easy reach of all. A fact that we are especially proud of is, that these, as well as all 

 our Roses, are on their own roots, and therefore are far more valuable than budded or 

 grafted plants, with which the country is flooded. We are in an era of great advance- 

 ment in almost every line of commercial industry. In the culture of Roses we have kept 

 pace with this extraordinary advancement until to-day our collection includes varieties 

 marvelous in form and color of flowers, possessing characteristics so remarkable that we 

 believe if every Rose lover could but know their beauty they would be found in every 

 collection. You may depend upon our descriptions as being a candid opinion of their 

 merit. If they lack distinctiveness or merit they are not offered. 



We have absolute control of the stock of nearly all new Roses offered in this Cata- 

 logue, including Helen Gould, Coronet, Yellow Maman Cochet, Virginia R. Coxe, 

 Climbing Clotilde Soupert, Rubin, Sunrise, 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 establishes 

 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 de- 

 partment 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 headquarters 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 Growers 

 of America. With such treasures as we have in the New Rose Novelties, we think this de- 

 partment 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 wonderfully 

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

 bring pleasure and profit to all who plant them. 



