Why You Should Buy Own Root Roses 



"We Let Others Tell You" 



Thf» Dinpee & Conard Co., ."51 1 Liuisdownc; Road, Manoroli. I'ppor Darby, Pa. 



W(«t Grove, Penna. April 27, 1926 



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The rCH'fiipL of your beautiful 1926 "New Guide to Rosn (iultiin;" reminds me Ihal it. 

 has be<;n more than 50 years thai my wife first had me order Dinf,'(^(! Hoses for her and every 

 yeiu- sinee we have liad new Roses and plants from your nurseries. Invariably she has liad sue- 

 cess with all the Roses and plants we received from your Company. We have bought Ros(\s 

 from others and in consequence we have reprette<l doing so because they hardly ever nroduee<l 

 bhxmis that were true to name or description. In time we learned the lesson that no Rose but 

 "Dingw Roses" grown on their own roots were worth the space they occupied in our grounds. 

 During this experience my wife formed the habit of using siif)S from favorite Dingec; Roses and 

 raising plants from them and giving them to her two married sons, who are also Rose lovers and 

 wait for their share to Imj ready for them each spring. However, as my wife like myself is now 

 growing old and afflicted with the usual infirmities of age, she being now 71 years old and I am 

 in my 78th year, and we have l)een marrie<l .'SI years on June .5th, 1926, next, I feel that it is 

 time that our children bt^ame acquainted with your concern so as to depend no longer on their 

 mother for their Dingee Roses at least. 



With all good wishes for your health and continued prosperity in raising and selling 

 Dingee Roses grown on their own roots, I remain 



Respectfully yours, 

 F. C. DRA.NE, M. D. 



Dingee & Conard Co., 



West Grove, Penna. Croton, Ohio, April 5, 1926. 



Gentlemen: — 



Please let me know if you can furnish own root, 2-year plants of Gruss an Teplitz and 

 Fran Karl Druschki Rases. I am so sick and tired of fighting suckers from the wild stock, which 

 always conquer eventually. 



Yours very truly, 



MRS. LAURA SHAFER. 



Have you large potted plants of George Ahrends and Frau Karl Druschki.'* I find a 

 few hare spot.s in my Rose l)eds and -Want to fill in if possible. I am all through buying budded 

 Roses. If I can't grow own root Roses in the future 1 won't grow any. I had your catalog some 

 years ago hut misplac^ed it and got your address from the Mass. Horticultural Society, who said 

 you were an old fashioned but reliable firm. 



Yours very truly, 



F. A. LYNCH, 

 51 Devonshire St., Roston, Mass., June 2.3, 1926. 



I am inclosing a small order for first size Roses. I have had such good success with 

 your first size Roses that I would much rather have them than some of the two year budded 

 Roses that I have bought. 



Very sincerely yours, 



MRS. CHARLES J. CAREY, 

 Meriden, Conn., Feb. 18, 1926. 



Your firm name was given me as a place to buy good Roses. I have been able to grow 

 the finest Rases for about three years then I do not have anything but a bush. Would like your 

 advice and prices on Roses. 



Yours respectfully, 



R. A. JULIAN. 

 Centralia, III., Sept. 4, 1926. 



The Dingee & Conard Co., Nokesville, Virginia. 



West Grove, Penna. Jan. 31, 1927. 



Gentlemen: — 



Ten years ago, I put about $50.00 in Roses, not knowing where or what to buy. Today 

 I have fewer Roses, but my experience is worth twice that amount to me. I have only the 

 Dingee Roses, some from \\ . R. Gray , who has fine own root Roses but a limited stock, and some 

 from the American Rose & Plant ('ompany. All grafted Roses are dead. I am replacing them 

 each year from one of the three nurseries and have found what Roses will stand and where to 

 buy, and I do not let anyone tell me otherw ise. Recently I had a discussion with a lady who was 

 in favor of biuUhnl and grafted stock, and so heated the argumtnit became that we drove to Mr. 

 Gray's and aske<l him what was best for the amateur to buy. He told her exactly the same things 

 which I had said. Give her time, she will learn if she does not get discouraged. I won't say 

 I have never lost any own root Roses due to lack of knowledge and unusual climatic conditions, 

 but if the buyer would just read the catalog and find out the habits of the Roses he is interested 

 in there would be fewer losses. 



I very seldom lose a Rose now as I have found out how to winter them and my garden 

 is full of the Hybrid Tea Roses. However, 1 never set one in tlu'^ garden under two years of age. 



Wishing you every success the coming year, I am 



Yours very truly, 



MRS. O. L. MARSTELLER. 



