Zbt first pure Slbite f)ardy ever- 

 blooming Climbing Rose 



]Mra Robert peary* 



formerly "Tto. 999" 



Now introduced for the first time and for sale only by 

 The Dingee & Conard Company. 



See colored-plat 

 illustration, near 



|0 doubt all our friends are familiar 

 with the remarkable contest for a 

 suitable name for this superb new 

 Rose which has been known hereto- 

 fore as "No. 999." The contest was 

 inaugurated September i, 1897, and 

 $100 cash was offered for the best name. Of the 

 thousands submitted, the committee appointed to 

 select the best one decided upon 



ilRS. ROBERT PEARY 



as the most appropriate, and |ioo cash was di- 

 vided among the five persons who suggested it. 

 It seems to us that the committee's selection is 

 a particularly happy one, inasmuch as it is a 

 worthy tribute to American women in general to 

 name this magnificent new Rose in honor of one 

 of the most notable members of their sex — that 

 intrepid little woman who braved the perils of 

 the frozen Northern desert with her husband in 

 his attempt to reach the North Pole. The pages 

 of history abound with thrilling narratives of 

 fearless men who, in striving to add honor and 

 glory to their country's name, gave up their lives 

 in that desolate and mysterious region over 

 which the Ice King reigns supreme ; and when 

 it is written, history will tell in no less thrilling 

 language of the remarkable feat of this coura- 

 geous woman, who left all the pleasures of a cosy 

 home to face the terrors of the gloomy, snow- 

 bound North as the aid and comforter of her dar- 

 ing husband, and returned to tell of things never 

 before seen by civilized man. America, and more 

 especially American women, are justly proud of 

 Mrs. Robert Peary ; and man, who styles himself 

 "lord of creation," must applaud the wonderful 

 pluck and self-reliance which carried her through 

 this dangerous experience. We therefore think 

 it entirely fitting to dedicate this grand new Rose 

 to the American women. 



This is b£ all odds the most se 

 of modern introduction. It is 

 that grand variety, 



the best pure white hardy ' 

 Rose, Kaiserine Augusta V 



It was found growing in * 



De Voecht & De Wilde, Wi 



paid them $500.00 for the 



ing in a four-inch pot, and 



that price. It is the firs' 



hardy ever=blooming clir 



meets a demand that har 



blooms continually the 



parent, Kaiserine Aug 



as hardy as any Hybr 



and will withstand, u 



Winters. It is a strc 



weak spot, growing 



and throwing up r 



high in a single sc 



thing grand. Ourc 



does them justice 



finest and most 



splendid substa' 



deep and doubl 



stems, like a 



buds are loup 



and graceful! 



it is truly b' 



delicious—' 



If you w 

 sure=to=b' 

 ers this 5 

 will do ; 

 Its ma 

 health 

 greate 

 derfu 

 filled 



Strong 3-inch-pot plants, ready for immediate 

 4 for $2, postpaid by Mail. Tw 



ADDRESS 



The Dingee & 



The Leading Rose Growers of America. 



...CAUTION... 



To protect our right of absolute ownership of 

 the stock of this Rose y and to secure our custon 

 from imposition, we print the affidavit of De V 

 &" De Wilde t in whose greenhouses it originated, 

 a plant has been sold up to January I, 1898 

 fore none of the original stock can be had e 

 Be sure you get the genuine MRS. / 

 PEARY {or Climbing Kaiserine Augu- 



