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THE DINGER & CONARD COMPANY'S 



STANDARD 

 ■ •LIST OF.. 



Ever-blooming Tea Roses. 



OR nearly thirty years the Rose has been our great specialty. In growing them so they 

 could be sent safely by Mail to all parts of the United States, we are the pioneers. Our 

 establishment has kept pace with the lapse of years, until to-day seventy greenhouses are 

 required to meet the demand for the "D. & C." Roses. Both in number of varieties and 

 quality of stock we may fairly claim to be the leaders in our particular line. For want of space it is 

 impossible to describe in detail the vast number of varieties comprising our collection. On this and 

 following page will be found a large number of varieties of the ever -blooming class, briefly described. 

 All of them are distinct, and because of the brief description it is not to be inferred that they in any 

 way lack merit. With the introduction of new varieties, it is our policy to discard those that are 

 synonymous or inferior to existing sorts of their class and color, whether they be old or new. Our 

 collection, therefore, contains none but the very best Roses in cultivation. We recommend those in 

 this list to be among the best of their class, all true to name, and for general cultivation, particularly 

 in the open ground, they are sure to give absolute satisfaction. The first or mailing size plants will 

 give a profusion of bloom this year, and the only difference between them and the two-year-old 

 plants is the comparative yield of flowers. 



OUR METHOD OF GROWING 



Is deserving of special mention. We claim to produce the best Roses that it is possible to grow. No 

 pots less than 2%, inches in diameter are used and, indeed, a large proportion of our stock is repotted 

 into 3-inch pots before they are sent out. No discussion is needed to prove that such plants are far 

 superior in every way to plants grown in the narrow confines of 1% and 2-inch pots. It would not 

 be serving the best interests of our customers or ourselves for us to attempt to compete with cheap 

 Roses by employing cheap methods. We shall therefore continue to adhere to our lifetime rule of 

 growing the best Roses at the lowest possible prices. When new methods that are as yet unknown 

 shall have been discovered, whereby good Roses can be grown cheaper than they now are, we assure 

 our friends that we will be the first to give them the benefits of lower prices. 



O-wing to our Itno-wledge of varieties, -we can usually mafce a better 

 selection for our cnstomers than they themselves would make. "W^liere 

 the selection is left to us. -we shall send the very best sorts, those that 

 •^ve thinh ygylW give the toest results in the locality where they are to 

 toe planted. "We shall he glad to hno^v, ho-^vever, if the purchaser has 

 any preference as to varieties, in w-hich case the hinds selected will, 

 if possible, toe included. . ^^.^.^^_^_^_. ^_^^^_^_^_^__^_^^^^^_^_^_^^^^^ 



Abbe Roustan. — Creamy white, shaded with rosy blush. 



Aime Colcombet. — Bright carmine, shaded pink and white. 



American Banner. — White, striped bright red ; very pretty. 



Archduchesse Isabella, — Perfectly double; white, shaded 

 rosy carmine. 



Archduc Joseph.* — Color, rose with blush tint; centre 

 copper. 



Aurora.* — Very double, silvery rose, shaded and veined pink. 



Camile Roux.* — Bright carmine rose, with fiery red centre. 



Captain Lefort.* — Violet crimson, tinted with rosy salmon, 



Charles de Franciosi. — Creamy yellow, tinged salmon 

 and peachy red. 



Charles Rovolli.* — Brilliant carmine, shading to silvery rose, 



Comte Francois Thun, — New, blood red, shaded mahog- 

 any and carmine. 



Comtesse Anna Thun, — Golden orange yellow, shaded 

 saffron and crimson. 



Comtesse de Breteuil. — Salmon red, shaded peach and 

 yellow. 



Comtesse de Caserts,* — Purplish red, clouded coppery 

 yellow. 



Comtesse de Frig-neuse. — Golden yellow. 



Comtesse de Witzthum. — Pale canary yellow. 



Comtesse Eva Starhemberg'. — Yellow, buff and yellow 

 centre, edged rose. 



Comtesse Festetics Hamilton.— New, carmine red, cop- 

 per hue in centre. 



Comtesse Livia Zichy*,— New, marble white, centre 



ochre and rose. 

 Comtesse O. Gorman. — New, china rose, golden centre. 

 Comtesse Riza du Pare* — Coppery rose, shaded violet 



crimson. 

 Docteur Rouges.* — New, red and saffron, looks like a 



Dahlia Cactus. 

 Duchesse de Brabant,* — Rosy pink edged with silver. 

 Duchess of Edinburg-h. — Glowing, brilliant crimson. 

 Edmund de Bianzat. — Violet crimson, centre salmon rose. 

 Edmund SablayroUes, — Purplish red, shaded peachy 



pink, 

 Edward Gontier. — Creamy yellow, shaded apricot and 



crimson. 

 Edward Littaye.* — Pink and carmine, changing to pale 



rose. 

 Elisa Fug-ier, — Creamy white, tinged with golden yellow, 

 Elyse Heymann. — Outside yellow, inside pink, shaded 



saffron rose. 



Empress Marie of Russia. — Canary yellow, shaded white 



and lemon. 

 Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand.* — Red and yellow ground, 



inside carmine. 



Etoile Polaire {Polar Star). — Creamy white, shaded pink, 



red and yellow. 

 Francois Menard. — New, crimson red, passing to purple. 

 General de Tartas.* — Carmine, shaded violet purple. 



