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The New 



French 



Hydrangeas 



For Memorial Day 



We can still furnish plants, now- 

 stored in cold frames and which, if 

 given geranium house conditions, 

 will flower fine for Decoration Day. 

 At the prices we quote you will find 

 them a profitable investment. We 

 particularly recommend the 6 inch 

 and 7-inch pot stock. 



AVAIiANCHE. A spleudid, large, white witb a well estnb- 



lislied reput.'ition ; an easy variety to force. 

 BOT.ANI.sTE I'ELTEKEAU. Enormous fiower.s of a pretty 



mauve rose. 

 BOIIQI'ET KOSE. Large trusses of rosy amber, turning to 



hriglit pinUi a favorite witb all growers. 

 DENTELLE. Entirely distinct, deeply fringed flower of a 



creamy-wbite color; it is not suited for forcing; but for 



Decoration Day and later flowering it is very valuable. 

 E. G. HILL. Tbis is by far tbe best pink variety for early 



forcing tbat we bave yet tried. Trusses of Immeuse size; 



• ■olor a most pleasing shade of pink which does not fade; 



growth vigorous, foliage of a pea-green color large and 



attractive. It is one of the easiest to force, coming into 



flower as early as Mme. Emile Mouillere. 

 FBAICHEUB. Very large, regularly shaped flowers, white, 



delicately suffused with rose; very free flowering. 

 GENERAL DE VIBRAYE. A favorite wherever seen ; very 



large heads of bright rose-colored flowers; a splendid 



early forcing variety. 

 L.* LORB.4INE. Very large flowers, pale rose, turning to 



bright pink; has become a general favorite. 

 MME. A. RIVERAIN. Superb bright rose color; very vigor- 

 ous and floriferous. 

 MME. E. MOUILLERE. Probably the most popular white 



variety on the market to day; an early, easy variety to 



force. 

 MME. MAURICE HAM.'VR. A delicate flesh-rose color. A 



vigorous grower, the individual flowers as well as the 



trusses being very large. One of the easist to force early. 

 MME. RAYMOND. Large trusses of perfectly round flowers 



of a transparent white, passing to a tender rose. 



MLLE. AGNES BARILLET. A splendid white; flowers large 

 and very freely produced. 



MLLE. DE TREMAULT. As the result of our own trials, we 

 are convinced that this variety is the best very large- 

 flowered white yet introduced. As free flowering as any, 

 of splendid, erect habit, producing flower heads as large 

 as the old popular Otaksa. 



MLLE. RENEE GAILLARD. Very large panicles of milky 

 white, irregularly dentated flowers. 



MOUSSELINE. A beautiful mauve rose, with cream-colored 

 center: the flower heads are large and held erect; a fine 

 acquisition. 



MONT ROSE. Immense panicles of clear flesh rose, entirely 

 distinct. One of tbe best very early-flowering varieties. 



MONS. O. RENAULT. Very large flowers of a bright rose, 

 with carmine reflex; very free and easily forced. 



ORNE.MENT. Large, pretty mauve-pink flowers; very free 

 flowering. 



RADIANT. At the International Show in New York last 

 spring. Radiant was the one variety which attracted much 

 attention. It is an easy variety to force, of a splendid, 

 rich, live rose carmine, entirely distinct from all others. 



RONSARD. Flowers and trusses very large, of a beautiful 

 rose tint. 



SOUVENIR DE MME. E. ClIAUTABD. One of the very best, 

 of splendid, erect habit, very robust, medium-sized heads, 

 of bright rose-colored flowers; one of the very best of the 

 Bouquet Rose type. 



SENATEUR HENRI DAVID. Another splendid rose-colored 

 vnrietv, with red reflections, flowers produced in immense 

 l.irce beads; on the style of La Lorraine, but an earlier 

 bloomer. 



The prices quoted above are intended for the trade only. 



HEIIMRY A. DIRE£:R, Inc 



714-716 CHestntit St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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