J850^^ -Sixty Years Among The Roses.^PSo9 



Keystone 



THE FIRST AND ONLY HARDY EVERBLOOM- 



ING YELLOW CLIMBING ROSE 



Introduced by The Dingee £? Conard Company 



Our claim that this is the first hardy, everbloom- 

 ing, yellow climbing Rose, remains undisputed. 

 Keystone has been thoroughly tested and found to 

 have any number of strong points. It grows more 

 f reel 3^ than any other climbing Rose, is perfectly 

 hardy everywhere, blooms in wonderful profusion, 

 is absolutely immune from insect attacks, and has 

 a vigor of constitution found in no other kind. The 

 open flower of Keystone is perfectly double, with 

 buds beautifully formed. It is a deep lemon-yellow 

 Rose, sim.ilar to Coquette de Lyon. The fragrance is 

 very much like that of magnolia blossoms. It readily 

 attains a height of 15 feet in a single season, branch- 

 ing freely, and has always come through the winter 

 without damage, even in the most exposed situa- 

 tion, not requiring protection. Keystone possesses 

 every feature that denotes a good Rose, and its 

 free-blooming qualities make it indispensable in 

 every Rose garden. Strong, one-year-old plants, 

 15 cts. each, $1 for 9, $1.30 per doz.; larger size, 

 20 cts. each, 50 cts. for 3, postpaid; Two-year-old 

 plants, 35 cts. each, $1.75 for 6, $3.50 per doz ; extra- 

 heavy, three- and four -year-old plants, 50 cts. each, 

 $5 per doz., by express. 



GAINSBOROUGH. Delicately tinted flesh, almost 

 white and lustrous as satin. When in full bloom 

 it resembles a large, fine, white peony, but with- 

 out a suggestion of stiffness. An enthusiastic 

 admirer compared the flower to a beautiful girl 

 wearing a Gainsborough hat ornamented with 

 white o.strich plumes; hence, the name. 20 cts. 

 each, 50 cts. for 3; larger size, 26 cts. each, $1 

 for 5, postpaid. Two-year-old plants, 35 cts. each, 

 SI for 3, b}^ express. 



EVERBLOOiraG PRAIRIE QUEEN. Prairie 

 Queen has long been considered the best of its 

 color. In this everblooming variety we have a 

 vast improvement. A true perpetual bloomer, 

 bearing flowers continuously throughout the 

 season. Very fragrant, dark carmine-rose- large 

 and very double, borne in clusters. Perfectly 

 hardy. Introduced and for sale only ■ by The 

 Dingee & Conard Company. 60 cts. each, $1 

 for 2; two-year-old plants, $1 each, by express. 



BIRDIE BLYE. Buds long and pointed. Color 

 bright carmme, changing to bright satiny rose 

 as they open. Blooms produced at the end o>f 

 every shoot in clusters, quite double, fragrant, 

 over" 3 inches in diameter. Foliage bright, glossy 

 green; perfectly hardy. 20 cts. each, 50 cts. for 

 3; t-wo-year-old plants, 40 cts. each. 



HIAWATHA. Single, deep, intense crimson shade; 

 petals shading pure white at the base. Foliage 

 light, glossy green. 20 cts. each, 50 cts. for 3^ 

 two-year-old plants, 40 cts. each. 



LA FIAMMA. Dark, glossy green foliage. Flowers 

 crimson and white, outer edge crimson, center 

 white. 20 cts. each, 50 cts. for 3; two-year-old 

 plants, 40 cts. each. 



Charles Dingee 



KEYSTONE ROSES 



OUR NEWEST 

 AND FINEST ROSE 



The word Dingee is almost a household word 

 throughout the United States — it has been synony- 

 mous with the best in all the history of American 

 Rose-growing. Charles Dingee was first to send own- 

 root Roses safely by mail, and pioneer in the great industry that has developed in this field. It seems more 

 than pas3ing strange that today no Rose bears his na-ne. For many years the younger members of the 

 firm have been seeking to produce a Rose worthy of the name — a Rose better than any other. They have 

 succeeded. The marvelous beauty of this Rose makes it one of the most magnificent. (See page 114.) 



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