FOUNDEI 

 1850 



DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



-OUNDED 

 18SO 



protecting the Teas and Hybrid Teas it is a good 

 plan to mound the earth about each plant, or use 

 clean sand about six inches deep, then fill in between 

 the mounds with strawy stable manure, the coarser 

 the better. The uncovered tops may be tied up 

 with straw or burlap. We would not suggest the use 

 of leaves, as oftentimes mice make their home there 

 and destroy the plants through the winter. This 

 protection should be gradually removed in March 

 in the latitude of Philadelphia, or as soon as all 

 danger of hard freezing is over. The tender Roses 

 may also be wintered in boxes or pots of soil in a 

 cool cellar or heeled in (the earth itself). Where 

 you have a dirt floor two or three waterings will be 

 required during the winter, just sufficient to prevent 

 drying out. 



Diseases and Insects 



MILDEAV — This disease very frequently attacks the 

 foliage of Roses, especially the Crimson Rambler. It 

 is shown by a grayish crinkling appearance of the 

 leaves and usually occurs after a change in the tem- 

 perature. It can be checked to a certain extent by 

 sprinkling the leaves with powdered sulphur imme- 

 diately after its appearance. If, however, this does 

 not check it, dissolve one ounce of potassium sul- 

 phuret in two gallons of cold water and apply as a 

 fine spray. 



GREEIV FLY OR APHIS — A green sucking insect 

 which usually gathers in great numbers upon the 

 tips of the new growth. A solution of tobacco made 

 from tobacco insecticide soap, which you will find 

 effered elsewhere in this book, will exterminate them. 



The Rose Bug is a familiar insect, appears in the 

 earliest summer, sometimes in great quantities* and 

 is very troublesome. It is a very destructive insect 

 and usually feeds upon the white petals, but is easily 

 destroyed, especially in the early morning, when they 

 will readily fall into a vessel containing kerosene. 



MELROSINE' — A new discovery for rose bugs said 

 to be very good. Offered elsewhere. 



BLACK SPOT — A fungous disease, appearing as its 

 name indicates as a black spot upon the leaf, event- 

 ually turning yellow and falling. It rarely occurs in 

 the early part of the season^ and the Teas are almost, 

 but not quite exempt from its ravages. The best 

 preventive if your bushes have been troubled with 

 it in the past is spraying in April with Bordeaux 

 Mixture before the foliage has developed and not 

 while the flowers are in bloom, because of the dis- 

 coloration of the foliage. 



HARDINESS — Hardiness in a Rose is a matter of 

 which no one can speak with positive certainty, 

 because the condition of the weather, as a rule, pre- 

 scribes the hardiness of a plant, as quite frequently 

 plants that have been out year after year will be 

 winter-killed by unusual conditions. 



FOR GROOVING ROSES FOR CUT FLOWERS— In 



greenhouses, such as Killarneys, American Beauty, 

 Bride, Bridesmaid Milady, Ophelia, My Maryland, 

 Lady Hillingdon, Sunburst, Kaiserin Augusta Vic- 

 toria. For outdoor growing for cut-flower purposes 

 none is better adapted for this than the Cochets and 

 Charles Dingee. 



FOR CEMETERIES — The Souperts, Baby Ramblers 

 and Memorial or Wichuraiana. 



Terms, Guarantee and How We Ship 



TERMS 



Our terms are cash with order. Goods will be ship- 

 ped C. O. D. if one-half of amount is remitted with 

 order. Money may be sent at our risk by Post Office 

 Order, Express Money Order, Bank Draft, Money (not 

 stamps) in Registered Letter. We will be responsible 

 for the safe carriage of money sent us by any of these 

 ways, and, if lost, we will give full value. Stamps 

 accepted for amounts less than $1.00. Canadian cus- 

 tomers can remit by International Money Order on 

 West Grove, Bank Draft or currency in Registered 

 Letter. Canadian postage stamps have no value here. 



Our Guarantee 



We guarantee safe arrival of all goods, and if they 

 do not arrive in that condition, advise us promptly. 

 During the busy season, when it is necessary to do 

 practically the entire business of the year in a period 

 of a few weeks, it is a physical impossibility to 

 answer each and every complaint promptly; but you 

 need have no fear but what the matter will be attend- 

 ed to just as soon as we possibly can reach it, and 

 anything that is not satisfactory will be made so. 



It seems impossible not to make mistakes during 

 the rush season, the right label may be attached to 

 the wrong plant, but we believe the full value is 

 always represented; in fact, we always endeavor to 

 do better than your order calls for. It sometimes 

 happens that a certain variety will run out, and in 

 such cases we reserve the right to substitute another 

 of the same color and of equal, if not better, value 

 unless instructed to the contrary. 



COMPLAINTS — When the goods reach you, if there 

 is any complaint it must be made within ten days, 

 otherwise we cannot entertain it. 



How We Ship 



The first size Roses and other plants such as Geran- 

 iums, Chrysanthemums, etc., are sent by parcel post 

 prepaid at the prices quoted, soil removed from roots 

 and wrapped in wax paper and damp moss, unless you 

 desire soil left on the roots, when we make an addi- 



tional charge of iy2C per plant on 12 plants or more 

 and 2c per plant on less than 12 plants, to send by 

 parcel post, or we will send by express at your ex- 

 pense without additional charge. The 2- and 3-year- 

 old Roses and shrubs are sent by express at your 

 expense, unless you desire to have them sent by 

 parcel post with soil on their roots the same as if 

 they were sent by express. We can send 50 pounds 

 to the first and second zones and 20 pounds to the 

 other zones. 



Instructions for Ordering 



PLEASE OBSERVE CAREFULLY — When ordering, 

 please use the order sheet provided for that purpose 

 whenever possible. Simply fill up the blanks giving 

 the number and name of the varieties wanted, with 

 size and price; we will understand. 



ORDER EARLY — Many of our customers order 

 early, and the plants are set aside; the earlier you 

 order the better. We will book for delivery when- 

 ever you direct, or at the time we consider proper to 

 plant such stock ordered. 



PARCEL POST C. O. D. — If you desire your order, 

 no matter how small, sent C. O. D. by parcel post we 

 can do so at an additional cost of only 10 cents, pro- 

 vided one-half the amount of the order is sent in 

 advance, and the small fee for the money order, 

 which is 3 cents up to $2.50; 5 cents up to $5.00, 

 making it much cheaper than by express, as you have 

 no express charges and additional charge for return- 

 ing money. 



CANADIAN CUSTOMERS — Canadian laws prohibit 

 sending dormant Roses or Shrubs into Canada except 

 from March 15 to May 15, and from October 7 to 

 December 7. All other goods, including our pot- 

 grown Roses, from 31/2 -inch pots and smaller, grown 

 under glass, are admitted at any time. 



FOREIGN ORDERS — Twenty-five per cent extra 

 should be added to orders going outside the United 

 States proper to pay extra cost of packing and post- 

 age. To countries with which we have a parcel post 

 goods can be sent by mail. 



