NEW GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE FOR 1904 



New 

 Hardy 

 Ever- 

 Bloom- 

 ing 

 Hybrid 

 Tea Rose 



Uirginia 

 R. Coxe 



The Sweetest and Most Vivid 



Crimson Rose in the World 



Introduced by 

 The Dingee & Conard Company 



This wonderful new variety is indeed a 

 pearl of the first water. It originated 

 in Germany, and by special permission 

 of the originator, Peter Lambert, we 

 have given it a name by which it will be 

 known and sold in this country. Hay- 

 ing secured control of the stock in 

 America, we named it in honor of Virginia R. 

 Coxe, a talented American woman , a de>< endant 

 of the famous Randolph family of Virginia, an 

 excellent likeness of whom appears on this page. 

 A description is inadequate to portray the 

 beauty of this lovely variety ^specially the 

 flowers, which are the glory of the plant. For 

 intense, dazzling color there is no other Rose to 

 compare with it. The flowers are large, full and 

 moderately double, are handsomely made, of 

 splendid substance, and are produced on extra- 

 ordinarily long stems that shoot out beyond 

 the foliage in free vet handsome disorder. The 

 color is fiery crimson, shaded 

 with a dark velvety sheen, pro- 

 ducing the most gorgeous effect 

 ever seen in any Rose, and which 

 completely overshadows varieties 

 that have been considered here- 

 tofore the most brilliant of their 

 class. The fragrance is distinct 

 and deliciously sweet, more so 

 than any Rose in our collec- 

 tion. It grows to a height of 

 four to five feet, is perfectly 

 hardy in all sections, and 

 blooms all the time. When 

 in full bloom the bush \ re- 

 sents a sight that fairly daz- 

 zles the eye. This is the 

 most up-to-date and meri- 

 torious Rose that has been 

 sent from Europe for a Long 

 while. Perfectly distinct. 

 All our Roses are on own 

 roots. 



♦ 4» p|||ppC Strom; plants, iO cents caili; ♦ 

 *+♦{ ■ *• ^-l^*^^ 3 for 50 cents; 7 for §1, post- J 



J Baltimore , Md ., June 30 ,1903. *■ 



+ The Dingee & Conard Co., 



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T of Helen Gould and Virginia It. Coxe. I have the I ^ paid. Strong two-j enr-olcl + 



T plants you sent me in 1900. The \ irginia It. Coxe T T „„«i» . ci -)<i n*r dozen, bv + 



♦ is four teeth igh and it is as hardy as any Rose I * J plants, 35 cents each; S3.75 per dozen, oy + 



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