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PAGE. 

 To Our Friends 3, 4 



Roses in Open Ground, When to Plant, Cultivation, Pruning, &c 5,6 



Roses in Pots, Size of Pots, Soil, Water, W^hy Roses may Drop their Leaves, General Treatment, 



Temperature, Roses for Winter Bloom 6, 7 



Insect Enemies of the Rose. , 7,8 



Roses in Beds or Masses „ 8 



Winter Protection of Roses , , 9 



Postal Affairs, What the People Want lo 



Hardy Roses, What Roses shall I Plant, W^hy Roses may vary in Color, What our Customers 



Say, To Postmasters 10, 11, 12 



Guarantee, When to Order, Size and Quality of Plants, Our Roses all Pot Grown, All on Own 



Roots, Purchaser's Choice of Varieties, Printed Labels , 12 



How Packed, Postage Paid, Correction of Errors, W^eight of Mail Packages, Express, Gratis or 



Presented Plants, How Marked 13 



Post OfBce Orders, Bank Drafts, Registered Letters, Why some Letters fail to reach us. Lost 



Orders, How to find them, Form for a Letter of Inquiry 14 



To Correspondents, Important Directions, How to send Money 15, 16 



A Splendid Present, Notice, Send the Money with the Order 16 



Prices of Roses, Premiums, Club Terms 16,17 



Beautiful Ever- Blooming Roses, General Collection — Description of Varieties iS 



Our Premium Roses Page i , Colored Leaf. 



New Ever- Blooming Roses of 1878 " 2, " 



New Hybrid Perpetual Roses of 1878 " 3, 4, 5, '•' 



Diamond List Roses " 5,6,7, " 



Splendid Perpetual Moss Ptoses " 7, " 



Magnificent New Gladiolus, Named Sort., " 8, " 



Ever-Blooming Roses — Description of Varieties 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 



Hybrid Perpetual Roses, General Collection — Description of Varieties 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 



Moss Roses, General Collection , 31 



Hardy Climbing Roses, General Collection 32, 33 



New and Rare Hardy Ornamental Flowering Shrubs, Hydrangea Grandiflora ^^ 



Hydrangea Otaska, Viburnum Plicatum, Weigela Hortensis 34 



Hardy Ornamental Flowering Shrubs, General Collection 35, 36, 37, 38 



New White Hydrangea " Thomas Hogg," and four other Choice Hydrangeas 38 



Beautiful Hardy Climbing Vines 39, 40, 41 



Japan Lilies 42, 43, 44 



Our Splendid Seedling Gladiolus 44 



Eulalia Japonica, Carnation Pinks 45, 46 



Dianthus Querteri, and other Choice Hardy Garden Pinks 46 



Fine Printing and Engraving. , 46 



Tigridia, Tritoma Uvaria, Caladium Esculentum, A Beautiful Fern 47 



German Iris, Double Tuberose, Pearl 48 



Astilbs Japonica, Crape Myrtle, Tender Climbing Vines, Japan Euonymus, How New Roses 



are Originated 49 



Complimentary Letters ^o, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, by the Dingee & Conard Co., in the oflSce of the Librarian 



of Congress, at Washington, D. C. 



