SIXTY-TWO YEARS IN BUSINESS 



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HE ADVENT of the autumnal 

 season, with its wealth of 

 color, is anything but melan- 

 choly. The meadows brown 

 and sere are but the back- 

 ground for the indescribable tints of 

 field and fen, tree and sky and all 

 remind us that fall is the season for 

 planting these fair harbingers of 

 spring — the fragrant Hyacinths, the 

 naming Tulips, Jonquils, Daffodils 

 and scores of other bulbs which with- 

 in their brown coats hold the mys- 

 tery of the gorgeous bloom which 

 will ere long delight the eye and en- 

 trance the senses. If you are a 

 stranger to the beauty of the bulbous 

 flowers for autumn planting, then we 

 urge you to become acquainted with 

 them. For brilliant beauty of flower, 

 ease of culture, quick and sure re- 

 sults, exquisite fragrance and striking 

 colors, they are not excelled by any 

 other class. 



For over sixty years THE ROSE 

 OX ITS OWN ROOTS has been our 

 great specialty. We are the leaders 

 in this line — both in quantity and 

 quality. DINGEE ROSES ARE FA- 

 MOUS THE WORLD OVER. 



The history of gardening in Amer- 

 ica shows that we are among the 

 very first houses in this country 

 to issue a catalogue describing 

 the beauties of the Hyacinth, 

 Tulip, Narcissus and other spring 

 blooming bulbs and plants. Our 

 long experience in the business and 

 our favorable foreign connections en- 

 able us to command stock far su- 

 perior to the average found in the 

 market. We pay the highest prices 

 for the grower's product and insist 

 upon getting the best, and we get it. 



Dingee bulbs are good bulbs insofar that better bulbs cannot be had at any price. 

 Cheap, poorly cured, under sized bulbs which if the growers would refuse to sell 

 them would never get into our markets are to be had at apparently low prices. 

 Such bulbs are dear at any price. Our prices are fixed after the most careful con- 

 sideration and are not the result of haphazard guesswork. Bulbs and Roses are 

 just as standard in quality and price as dress goods or any other staple commodity. 

 You can't buy silk at the price of calico, neither can you buy a high class bulb or 

 rose at a third class price. Hence we say cheap goods are dear at any price. 



Our terms are cash with order, except when satisfactory bank reference is given, when we 

 will gladly open an account. Goods will be shipped C. O. D., when directed. Money may be 

 sent at our risk by Post-Office Money Order, Express Money Order, money (not stamps) in 

 registered letter. We will be responsible for the safe carriage of money sent us in any of these 

 ways, and, if lost, will give full value. Please do not send stamps unless absolutely necessary. 

 Ten per cent extra should be added to orders going outside of the United States of America or 

 its colonial possessions, as well as Canada and Mexico, to pay the extra cost of packing and 

 postage. To all countries in the Universal Postal Union, goods can be sent by mail. 



We always do better than we promise in the way of extra bulbs and plants, so that, When 

 the order will at all afford it, we add to it something gratis, often a choice or new kind. To 

 induce our customers to make up club orders among their friends, we make attractive induoe- 

 ments. The only requirements ai~e that the club shall consist of the complete addresses of five 

 club names, including the clubber, and the order shall amount to not less than $10 in cash. 

 Write for our terms under these conditions. 



Kindly send all orders, money and correspondence plainly addressed to 



The Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa., u. s. a. 



CHARLES DINGEE 



Pioneer Rose Grower and Founder of This Company. 



The Pioneer Rose Growers of America 



Established 1850. Incorporated 1871 



Almost the hour this book goes to press, the Congress of the United States passed a Parcels 

 Post law. We are unable to state specifically what the advantages, if any, of this law are. It is 

 sufficient for us to assure you, our patrons, that we will give you every advantage that this law affords 

 in the way of prepaid delivery that is compatible with a legitimate margin of profit for ourselves. 



