Bride and Bridesmaid 
Dingee Hardy Everblooming Tea Roses 
Tea Roses form the foundation of nearly all the great Roses of to-day. Without them, the lovely Hybrid 
Tea class would be impossible. They are among the oldest and most highly cherished of all Roses. They have 
made the Rose-gardens of America what they are. Their place and value is everlasting. Rugged, healthy and 
hardy in growth, free blooming (they bloom all the time), their flowers are chaste and beautiful. You cannot 
well do without them. They thrive gloriously in all sections of the country. 
Their ease of propagation has, unfortunately, caused them to be produced by some growers in enormous 
quantities to meet a certain demand for ‘‘cheap Roses,’’ and these so-called cheap Roses have brought untold 
disappointment to all who have planted them, and have discredited the business of every first-class Rose-dealer. 
Don’t be misled into buying these cheap, ‘‘one-eyed,” “thumb-pot’’ Rose-plants made to sell at popular prices. 
Plant good Roses, grown by a firm with a reputation to sustain. Pay a fair price for high-class goods, with a 
guarantee back of them—the Dingee kind—and you will soon become a Rose enthusiast. 
Ours is the greatest collection of own-root Roses in the world. This collection of hardy, everblooming Tea 
Roses is the very life of our immense list. To the beginner—the novice in Rose culture—the great number of 
varieties may be confusing, but to eliminate a single one, however, would do a distinct injustice to the intro- 
ducer and to our collection, for each variety has its own particular charm and merit. If you find it difficult to 
make a choice, leave the selection to us. 
Prices of all Hardy, Everblooming Tea Roses, except where noted, 15c. each; 4 for 50c.; larger size, 
20c. each, 3 for 50c., postpaid; two-year-old plants, 35c. each, by express. 
The Bride Bridesmaid 
There is no other white Rose more satisfactory than This variety is valuable for cutting and does finely 
The Bride. When planted in the open ground, the | in the open ground; a sport from the old and popular 
flowers are sometimes found to be delicately tinted | pink Tea, Catherine Mermet, but of a fine, clear dark 
with pink, making it exceedingly attractive. The buds | pink, much deeper and more constant in color than 
and flowers are unusually large, well formed and deli- | Mermet. The bush is a strong, sturdy grower, bearing 
ciously perfumed. It is of a strong and healthy | all summer a profusion of dainty beautiful flowers on 
growth, and a profuse bloomer. strong stems. 
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