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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



-OUNDED 

 1850 



Dingee Flower Seeds 



Pure, Fresh and Reliable 



Dingee Seeds are the same surpassing quality which is characteristic 

 of Dingee Roses, Dingee Bulbs and other Dingee offerings. Our stock 

 is absolutely as good as it is possible to secure. Our prices are as low 

 as can be made on the quality of seeds we offer, with an honest margin 

 of profit. We give liberal packets and we prepay postage on all seeds 

 by the packet, ounce, quarter pound. 



All seeds offered in this catalog are 5 cents a packet, except 

 where otherwise noted; 6 packets for 25c; 12 packets for 50c; 

 25 packets for §1,00. Full cultural directions are given ^dth 

 each packet. When a packet of seeds is sold for 5c., it almost 

 always contains 5 cents worth of seed. When it is sold for 3c, 

 4c or 8c, you are practically certain to get just as much more or 

 less seed, as compared %vith the 5-cent package. 



IT PAYS TO BUY GOOD SEED. WE FURNISH THE VERY 

 BEST QUALITY, and we solicit your seed orders, promising you the 

 worth of vour money. 



DINGEE & CONARD COMPANY, West Grove, Pa. 



Dingee Magnificent Free-Blooming Asters 



Nine Finest New Asters 



long 



Dingee Asters. 



Choice Asters 



Truffaut's Peony-Flowered Perfection Mixed — Double, large, 



beautiful incurved flowers. Seperate colors in blood red, dark 

 blue, rose and white. Pkt., 10c; ^ oz,, 50c. 



Semple*8 Branching — Strong grower. Handsome double flowers. 

 All colors. Pkt., 10c. 



Queen of the Market — Early blooming of spreading habit. Ex- 

 cellent for cutting. Either variety, ^ oz., 25c. In seperate 



colors, crimson, dark blue, rose and white. 



Giant Comet — Handsome flowers, resembling Chrysanthemums. 

 In separate colors, white rose, dark blue and crimson. Pkt. 10c 



Victoria — Flowers large and double. In separate colors, white, scarlet, 

 blue, pink and all colors. Pkt., 10c, 



Improved Giant Crego — Flowers immense size, often measuring 

 4 to 5 inches in diameter, stems 12 inches in length on plants 24 to 

 30 inchs high. Separate colors, white, pink, crimson, purple 

 and lavender. Pkt., 10c. 



Heart of France — Branching — Scarlet. Immense blooms on 

 stems, and produced over a long period. Pkt., 10c. 



Mikado Pink — Charming shade of pink suffused with lavender. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



Cardinal — Vivid cardinal red. Splendid bedder. Pkt., 10c. 



Lavender Gem — Beautiful shade of lavender-pink. Pkt., 10c. 



American Beauty — Flowers large and full with incurved petals on 

 stout stems from 15 to 20 inches in length. Longer flowering season 

 than other varieties. Superb. We offer two colors, purple and 

 carmine-rose. Pkt., 10c. 



Mikado White — Glistening white magnificent artistic flowers. Pkt., 

 10c. 



Mikado — Dark violet. Pkt., 10c. 



Crimson Giant — Late branching type. Large double flowers, few 



under 5 inches in diameter on stems 15 inches long. Color fiery crim- 

 son. Pkt., 10c. 



White Perfection — Large blooms full and double. Branching. 

 Pure white. Pkt., 10c. 



MIXED ASTERS FOR GENERAL PLANTING — Choice varieties 

 of all colors^ Double flowers. Pkt., 5c; }ioz.,25». 



SPECIAL OFFER— The set of 9 new Asters for 70c. 



Dingee Pansies 



Giant Ruffled Masterpiece — Enormous ruffled flowers of striking 



effect. Dark, rich shades. Pkt., 10c. 

 Improved German Mixed — Includes all of the separate colors of 



this strain. Pkt., 10c. 

 D. & C. Bedding — A mixture of free blooming varieties. Colors rich 



and distinct. Pkt., 5c; J^ oz., 75c. 



Dingee Exquisite Sweet Peas 



New Sweet Peas, Spencer Type 



Spencer sweet peas are the largest and most beautiful of all known 

 Sweet Peas, the flowers frequently measuring two to two and a half 

 inches across. They are also remarkable for their profusion of con- 

 tinuous bloom. 



America Spencer — Ground color ivory-white, distinctly striped with 



brilliant crimson-red. Pkt., 10c; oz. 40c. 

 Apple Blossom — Color of the true apple blossom. Some deeper 



color than others. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Aurora — Cream white, flaked orange scarlet. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Asta Ohn Spencer — The color of both standard and wings is a charm- 

 ing soft lavender. Pkt., 10c; oz. 40c. 

 Dobbie's Cream — Nicely waved \^-ith an abundance of four bloom 



sprays of deep cream or primrose. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Fiery Cross — Standard a scorching fire-red or rich orange scarlet. 



Pkt., 15c. 

 Flora Norton — Light blue. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Florence Nightingale — Bluish lavender. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Mrs. Cuthbertson — Standard rose, pink -wnngs nearly white. Pkt., 



10c; oz., 40c. 

 Mrs. Routzahn — Buff or apricot ground, flushed with delicate pink. 



Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Robert Sydenham — Glowing orange throughout and the nearest 



approach to a real yellow yet seen; a good strong grower wth flowers 



of characteristic Spencer size and form. Pkt., 15c; oz., 35c. 

 White Spencer — Pure white. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Countess Spencer — Silvery white suffused with soft rose-pink. Pkt., 



10c; oz., 40c. 



Captain of the Blues — Large and distinct blooms of pure purple 



with marbled petals. Pkt., 10c. : oz. 40c. 

 Blanche Ferry — Popular pink and white. Extra earlj-. Pkt. ,10c;oz. ,40c 

 Helen Lewis — Intense crimson-orange. Blooms of enormous size.. 



Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 King Edward VII — Bright crimson self-color. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; 

 Illuminator — A rich salmon pink. Pkt., 10c : oz., 40c. 

 King White — The finest pure white. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 

 Black Knight — Wine-brown, wings alrnost black. 

 Spencer Varieties Mixed — ^A good mixture of leading varieties. Pkt., 



10c; oz., 30c; i^lb.,?1.00. 



Sweet Peas, Standard Varieties 



Price of Standard Varieties; Pkt., 5c; 6 for 25c; oz., 25c. 

 Lord Nelson — Deep navy blue. 

 Othello — Deep maroon. 



Prima Donna — Pale soft pink. Flowers large. 

 Blanche Ferry — Popular pink and white. Extra early. 

 Earliest of All — Bright rose-pink, wings creamy-white. 

 Lady Grisel Hamilton — Light lavender-blue. 

 Queen Alexandria — A fadeless scarlet gem. 

 King Edward VII — Bright crimson self-color. 

 Miss Wilmott — Orange pink. 

 America — Blood red, striped white. 



Brilliant Blue — One of the very best deep blue varieties. 

 MIXED SWEET PEAS — This surpassing mixture includes the very 



finest and most distinct varieties now in cultivation. Large pkts., 

 5c; oz., 20c; H lb., 50c. 

 CHOICE DOUBLE MIXED SWEET PEAS— Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c, 



K lb., 75c. 



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