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Field view from a photograph, showing the wonderfully vigorous growth of Dingee Iron-clad Roses 



GREAT SPECIAL OFFERING 



Dingee "'Iron-Clad Roses'' 



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ig, heavy, 3- and 4-year-old field-grown plants for quick resu 



('See color plate reproduced from photographs, second cover page) 



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The persistent inquiries each year from thousands of customers for extra-hea\'\', own-root 

 plants of the Hardy Hybrid Perpetual, or "June Roses,'"'" as well as the many leading kinds of other 

 classes, has made it necessan^ for us to meet this demand. The permanent attractiveness of one's 

 home surroundings is undeniably incomplete without a collection of these great, hardy, iron-clad 

 Roses. And now, for the first time by any firm, we offer a complete collection of hardy Roses, ALL 

 ON THEIR OWN ROOTS, each one a gem, famous the world over, large, stocky plants, that have 

 been grown by our special methods, in specially prepared groimd, where they have been given all 

 the care and skill at our command, with the result that they are now plants that may be termed 

 three- and four-year-old and unsurpassed for general planting where quick returns are desired. 



During the seasonable planting time, we o'fer many varieties in dormant stock, while the entire 

 list we can furnish at any time in fine plants from pots 6 and 7 inches in diameter, three- and four- 

 year-old plants, and we wish to say to those who will plant them that the results they will give, 

 which will be immediate, will be a revelation. Space forbids an extensive explanation of how these 

 Roses have been grown, but, briefly stated, the original stock was carefull}' selected and set out in 

 \'irgin soil in the open ground, and, notwithstanding that their numbers ran into the thousands, 

 each plant was watered individually when it required it. 



These Roses have been trimmed into shapely size — in fact, each might be termed a specimen 

 plant, for they have received individual care. Growing in the open fields, they range in height ac- 

 cording to their growth from 2 to 3 feet. They have been cut back where it seemed necessary, until 

 we can recommend them as being the sturdiest and best-rooted plants ever offered in this country. 

 They may be safely planted out anj^-here in the United States and Canada, and they are hardy 

 everj'where. A slight protection the first winter, though not necessary, will not be amiss. The oppor- 

 tunity is here presented for the first time to our customers to secure these plants at an extremely 

 close price, and the money thus invested we guarantee will be the most satisfactory' any of our 

 friends have ever put into"^ Ro.ses. 



PRICE of all Roses described on pages 52, 53 and 54, extra heavy three- and four-year-old 

 plants, from 6- and 7-inch pots, 50 ets. each, $5 per doz., $37.50 per 100. Varieties marked \*-ith 

 a star (*) also in dormant plants, for delivery up until April 1, 40 cts. each, S4.25 per doz., by 

 express, purchasers paying the charges. After April 1, only large, pot plants can be sent. 



PLEASE NOTE. Stock such as we offer cannot be had elsewhere at any price. It has the size 

 and will give immediate results. Plants now in pots 6 and 7 inches in diameter, and, most importaat 

 of all^ the plants are ON THEIR OWN ROOTS. Plant for plant, they are worth five times as much 

 as Holland-grown, budded and grafted stock. FINALLY, the stock is limited. Order early. Orders 

 booked and stock reserved for delivery when wanted. 



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