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AUTUMN EDITION, DINGEE GUIDE TO ROSE CULTURE 



Dingee Pot-Grown Roses for Fall Planting 



Nursery or field grown roses we 

 do not offer. This class of roses 

 can be planted only very late in 

 the fall after ripening in the field. 

 On the contrary our specially pre- 

 pared pot grown plants are ready 

 for planting now today and are in- 

 finitely superior to nursery grown 

 stock. 



We are the leading Rose-grow- 

 ers of America. Roses on their 

 own roots is our specialty. We 

 carry in stock nearly a thousand 

 varieties. There has been a large, 

 unsatisfied demand from planters, 

 both North and South, for the 

 best varieties of Roses suitable 

 for autumn planting outdoors. 

 We propose to satisfy that de- 

 mand. The important point is to 

 plant pot grown stock and plant 

 early. Protect with evergreen 

 boughs, leaves and litter and then 

 these varieties will invariably go 

 through the winter safely. The 

 advantage of planting now is ob- 

 vious. You gain a year for the 

 plants will become thoroughly es- 

 tablished this year and will th°re- 

 by get an early start next spring. 

 All Roses offered in this book 

 are pot grown and especially suited 

 for winter blooming indoors. 



Their cultivation is extremely 

 simple. Indoors, plant in pots or 

 boxes, water freely, shade them 

 from the direct rays of the sun 

 with newspapers for a few days, 

 then give them as much light 

 and sunshine as possible. Out- 

 doors, give them g-ood, fertile soil, 

 shade from the sun for a few 

 days, and, after the first frost, 

 protect with dead leaves, straw 

 or coarse manure. 



The first, or special size, are extra-larg"e plants, grown in 3 and 3V 2 inch pots, and at prices 

 named will be sent by mail postpaid, or by express, leaving a portion of the soil around 

 the roots, prepaid if your order amounts to $5 or more; if under that amount add 10 per 

 cent, and we will prepay express charges. The two-year-old plants are from 4y 2 - and 

 5-inch pots. Two-year-old plants by express. 



The Great Charles Dingee 



The Truly Wonderful Rose, Charles Dingee 



The One Best Rose in Cultivation — See Back Cover 



The almost unlimited resources of our great West Grove greenhouses have been severely 

 taxed to propagate enough plants of this remarkable Rose to meet the demand for it, and 

 even now we have not an over-supply. The unprecedented demand for this remarkable Rose 

 was so great last spring that it almost exhausted our immense stock, and we can offer 

 only one-year and two-year plants at this time. Charles Dingee Rose blooms continuously, 

 producing immense, deep, double, grandly formed flowers on long, stiff stems, the beauty 

 of which is nothing short of superb. The color is a. delicate blending of rose tints in the 

 center, which gradually shade off into pale blush and creamy white. Perfectly hardy in 

 all localities, it is sure to become the most popular Rose of our day, because it is the most 

 beautiful, and for winter culture indoors, in pots or boxes, it cannot be surpassed. It is 

 never out of bloom. Strong, special-size plants. 25 cts. each, 5 for $1.00, $2.50 per doz. ; 

 two-year old plants, 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz.; three-year-old plants, 75 cts. each. 



N. 



Van Nest. 

 Sirs: — Received the Roses O. K., and wish to thank you for being so kind and will assur 

 that you will always retain me as a customer. I will always recommend the Dingee Roses. 



Andre - P — 



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