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Dingee Hardy Everblooming Tea Roses 



Tea Roses form the foundation of nearly all the great 

 Roses of today. Without them the lovely Hybrid Tea 

 class would be impossible. They are among the oldest 

 and most highly cherished of all Roses. They have made 

 the Rose-gardens of America what they are. Their place 

 and value is everlasting. Rugged, healthy and hardy in 

 growth, free blooming (they bloom all the time), their 

 flowers are chaste and beautiful. You cannot well do 

 without them. They thrive gloriously in all sections. 



Their ease of propagation has, unfortunately, caused 

 them to be produced by some growers in enormous 

 quantities to meet a certain demand for "cheap Roses," 

 and these so-called cheap Roses have brought untold 

 disappointment to all who have planted them, and have 

 discredited the business of every first-class Rose dealer. 

 Don't be misled into buying these cheap, "one-eyed," 

 "thumb-pots" Rose-plants made to sell at popular prices. 

 Plant good Roses, grown by a firm with a reputation to 



sustain. Pay a fair price for high-class goods, with a 

 guarantee back of them— the Dingee kind — and you will 

 soon become a Rose enthusiast. 



Ours is the greatest collection of own-root Roses in the 

 world. This collection of hardy, everblooming Tea Roses 

 is the very life of our immense list. To the beginner — the 

 novice in Rose culture — the great number of varieties may 

 be confusing, but to eliminate a single one, however, would 

 do a distinct injustice to the introducer and to our col- 

 lection, for each variety has its own particular charm and 

 merit. If you find it difficult to make a choice, leave 

 selection to us. 



Prices of all Hardy, Everblooming Tea Roses, except where 

 noted, first size plants, 25c each; 5 for $1.00, postpaid; two-year- 

 old plants, 75c each, by express; $7.50 per dozen of one or more 

 varieties, 85c each, by parcel post prepaid, with soil on roots. 

 Varieties marked * furnished in still larger or star size at $1.25 

 each. 



Burbank 



A revival of Champion of the World, bearing a great 

 profusion of large crimson flowers; very fragrant, and 

 produced in marvelous profusion the entire season. 

 Strong, upright grower. Extremely hardy. 



BON SILENE. A Grand Old Rose— The color is deep 

 rose, changing to pale light rose. This variety cannot 

 be surpassed for bouquets and decorative purposes. In 

 the open ground it grows to perfection, producing large 

 crops of beautiful flowers from early spring until late 

 autumn. One of the favorites of the old-time gardens, 



BLUMEN SCHMIDT— A splendid bedding Rose of the 

 Cochet type, glowing all summer with its wealth of 

 citron-yellow flowers, each petal of which is edged with 

 dainty rose. The individual flowers are large and well 

 formed, resembling in many ways some of the hand- 

 somest Tea Roses. The bushes are strong, vigorous 

 growers and when planted in quantity they soon form 

 a most attractive feature of the garden, being in constant 

 bloom. 



* Etoile De Lyon 



It is of vigorous, sturdy growth, and seems able to resist 

 heat and cold equally well. It blooms freely, producing 

 beautifully formed flowers of a rich golden-yellow, A 

 great favorite everywhere. 



BOUGERE — This is a fine variety for open ground culture. 

 Large, full and double flowers supported on long, stiff 

 stems and produced in great abundance all through the 

 growing season; color bronze rose or violet-crimson 

 shaded with lilac. 



BRIDESMAID — This variety is valuable for cutting and 

 does finely in the open ground; a sport, from the old and 

 popular pink Tea. Catherine Mermet, but of a fine, 

 clear, dark pink, much deeper and more constant in 

 color than Mermet. The bush is a strong, sturdy 

 grower, bearing all summer a profusion of dainty, 

 beautiful flowers on long stems. 



IVORY — A sport of Golden Gate. Color pure white 

 without a particle of any other color. Good grower. 



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