DINGEE OWN ROOT POT-GROWN 

 ROSES ARE HEALTHY 



America s Leading Roses 



Established i8jo 



Since 1850 when this business was established and 

 especially during more than the last half century, 

 we have been trying to do one thing well and that has 

 been to grow high class Hoses such as the amateur or 

 beginner could plant with pleasure and profit. 

 Judging from the thousands upon thousands of 

 voluntary testimonials received 

 we have more than succeeded. 



Roses are being planted more 

 and more every year, that is our 

 Roses are at least, because they 

 add beauty and value to ones 

 home not to speak of the joy 

 they give to everyone. 



There is one question you 

 should ask whether you buy one 

 Hose or one hundred and that is: 

 Is the stock healthy? It has been 

 found that field-grown, dormant 

 wild -root Roses — budded on Rosa 

 Multiflora especially — are not al- 

 ways healthy. Frequently they 

 are affected by two deadly dis- 

 eases, Cane Canker and Brown 

 Canker, and also by Black Spot 

 and Mildew. Constant spraying 

 is necessary, making the plants 

 unsightly, w hen they ought to be 

 a thing of beauty during the 

 growing season. Instead of being 

 a pleasure they are an absolute 

 burden. That is all wrong. 

 Why plant such Roses? Why 

 not plant these DINGEE POT- 

 CHOW N ()\\ N-ROOT ROSES that are free from 

 t hese deadly diseases? Black Spot and Mildew will 

 come on some Roses during damp weather or from an 

 unfavorable location. Neither of these diseases are 

 deadly, they are just unsightly. Preventatives for 

 Black Spot and Mildew are described elsewhere in 

 this book. 



Commercial Rose Growers who depend upon 

 blooms for their living are turning away from budded 

 and grafted plants on account of the risk of deadly 

 diseases and are going back to Rose plants on OWN 

 ROOTS such as we grow. They can't afford to take 

 any chances. 



\\ e do not claim that our Roses are the only Roses 

 in America that are worth while. We do not claim 

 budded, field-grown Hoses grown in certain sections of 

 America are unsatisfactory. We say this: Between 

 the two these DINGEE OWN-ROOT, POT-GROWN 

 ROSES are superior, in our judgment, to any budded 

 or grafted Rose we have ever seen and that includes 



Rose-growing made easy 



Don't Bother With Budding or Grafting- 

 Briar is Always Nuisance 



The common belief that all modern roses 

 must be budded or grafted to secure permanent 

 trees is not accurate, says "Answers." Roses 

 growing on their own roots will give results 

 equal to any produced on briars. 



Growing budded roses is a source of endless 

 trouble to many novices. The briar grows up 

 and the grower, not knowing it from the real 

 rose growth, allows it full scope. In a year or 

 two the briar has asserted itself, takes full con- 

 trol, and nothing but dog-roses are produced. 



With roses on their own roots, there is never 

 any of this trouble. Should the bush be cut 

 down by frost at any time and the roots not 

 harmed, real rosewood is again produced in the 

 spring. On the other hand, many amateurs have 

 set on t to plant a rosebed and secured the best of 

 budded stocks, but in a year or two have had 

 only briars for their trouble. 



With a budded rose you may get more vig- 

 orous growth, and probably a more robust 

 bloom, but give a rose, growing on its own 

 roots, liberal treatment and it will come in 

 first every time. 



From The Evening Bulletin, Phil- 

 adelphia, September 12, IQ25. 



CHARLES DINGEE 



Founder of 

 The Dingee & Conard Company 



those we grow ourselves. True— field grown Roses 

 make a better immediate appearance, but as the 

 article quoted on this page from the Evening Bulletin 

 says, in the long run own-root Roses are far more 

 satisfactory. \\ e grow both kinds but this book 

 offers only ROSES, POT-GROWN, ON OWN 

 ROOTS. Plant liberally of them, 

 as they can be planted at any 

 time of the year almost; they 

 are a joy and comfort as they 

 ought to be and are absolutely 

 unsurpassed in the satisfaction 

 they give to the amateur and 

 beginner. 



These famous DINGEE OWN- 

 ROOT ROSES must be satis- 

 factory or we wouldn't have 

 remained in this business 

 since 1850. Generation after 

 generation of families every- 

 where throughout the world have 

 continued to be our satisfied 

 customers. 



We are now offering unusual 

 discounts which mean lower 

 prices. Profits have been disre- 

 garded. Savings have been made 

 in every department — our cata- 

 log is not as elaborate as usual — 

 all of this reduced cost and 

 profits are passed on to the pur- 

 chaser thru lower prices. Qualit > . 

 if anything, is better than ever 

 before. We are keeping our 

 business going in the usual manner and we ask our 

 friends to take advantage of these low prices and to 

 share with us the hope we have that with these 

 greatly reduced prices you will buy as liberally and 

 more so as in any year of our greatest prosperity. We 

 have been carrying on here 81 years and we intend to 

 carry on this business which is under the same family 

 management, as from the beginning. We express 

 sincere thanks to the army of old friends, tried and 

 true, who have enabled this business to continue 

 throughout all the wars, panics, depressions, that the 

 country has seen in the last 80 years. Our integrity 

 and good name is the guarantee of absolute satisfac- 

 tion to new friends who will come to us this year. The 

 policy is straightforward, your money's worth, abso- 

 lute satisfaction or money refunded. You are the sole 

 judge in the matter. 



Don't be misled about what kirnl of Roses to plant. 

 Plan t DINGEE OWN ROOT POT-CRO WN ROSE PLANTS, 

 the best for the amateur and beginner, for their health, 

 permanency, and the genuine satisfaction they give. 



THE DINGEE & CONARD CO, 



Established 1850 



Mrs. Charles Dingee, President. 



The Oldest and Leading Rose Growers in America 

 P. J. Lynch, Treasurer. J. D. Headly, Secretary and General Manager. 



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