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THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD COMPANY 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, "THE 

 QUEEN OF AUTUMN." 



Mrs. Shepherd's Artistic Seedlings. 



Curly Locks. This is a curly darling, 

 a perfect beauty. Semi-double, petals 

 long, quilled, opening about an inch from 

 the tip; inner petals incurving prettily 

 at the tips. The color of the flowers at 



Mrs. Shepherd's Chrysanthemum "Curly Locks' 

 Picked February 1 



first a beautiful pink, delicately penciled, 

 changing to a waxen-white in the center 

 and shading blush to the ends of the 

 petals. It is a fine bloomer, often com- 

 mencing to flower by October and con- 

 tinuing to send up fine flowering shoots 

 until the last of January: valuable for 

 cut flowers'. Can be grown 10 inches 

 across. 



Juno. Cream white flower: very dis- 

 tinct in the great width of its petals', 

 which measure nearly 3 4 of an inch across, 

 tubular at the center: they open out. 

 curving slightly at the edges: long, 

 pointed, and curved at the tips: the 

 lower petals reflex and curve, while the 

 upper ones curve gracefully toward the 

 center. 



White Wings. A large semi-double 

 variety, pure waxen white, chaste and 

 beautiful: petals at first tubular, opening 

 flat and broad, and curling at the ends. 



Firefly. Beautiful bronzy-red with 

 thread-like petals which are lit by cross- 

 bar lines of yellow ; the base of the petals 

 vellow. A brilliant, charming flower. 



Radiance. When in full bloom is 

 fairly radiant with brilliant starry blos- 

 soms. Flowers are single, with tubular 

 petals closely set. and bright light-red 

 around the center of about 1% inches, 

 then opening out broad, a lovely soft 

 yellow. The contrast in color is very 

 novel and striking, the flower being half 

 yellow and half red. 



Green and Gold. Double white flowers, 

 also lovely foliage. The leaves are a rich 

 shade of green handsomely variegated 

 with creamy-yellow. The plant retains 

 its beautiful foliage in the hottest sun- 

 shine and under glass is a splendid foli- 

 age plant. 15c each: set 75c post paid. 



General List. 



Convention Hall. Said to be the finest 

 white chrysanthemum that has yet been 

 produced. It took the $200 prize at the 

 Kansas City show in 1901. The center 

 petals are very broad and closely in- 

 curving, tubular ray florets. 



W. H. Buckbee. Fine, large, splendid 

 yellow. 



F. J. Taggart. An extra large light 

 yellow of the Ostrich Plume type. The 

 hairy filaments being very pronounced 

 and entire flower quite double. 



Mile. Marie Lieger. French origina- 

 tion; deej> flowers with stout heavily 

 foliaged stems. Color, a magnificent 

 shade of pink. 



Belle of Castlewood. Rich neve shell 

 pink, fine Japanese incurved form. 



Princess of Chrysanthemums. Immense 

 flowers with long incurving tubular 

 petals ; color a soft shaded pearly pink, 

 with a peculiarly waxen effect. 



Mrs. John Ills. One of the best white r 

 late bloom, large double flowers. 



Elmer D. Smith. A rich deep wine 

 color, outside of petals silvery pink. 



Fishers Torch. Deep velvety red. dark 

 and handsome. 



Golden Plume. Intense rich yellow 

 like handsome plumes: a most satis- 

 factory variety in every way. 



Major Bonnafcn. One of the very best,. 

 incurved yellow flowers of beautiful 

 form. 



Norma Dee Childs. A beautiful Chi- 

 nese variety with enormous snowy white 

 flowers. 



Yellow Good Gracious. A fine variety 

 with quilled petals, irregularly incurved : 

 one of the largest flowers. 



Silver Wedding. White sport from 

 Golden wedding, a beautiful and striking 

 variety. 



Robert M. Grey. Flowers of fine form: 

 color a rich yellowish brown shading 

 later with yellow: very long hairs: most 

 striking and beautiful. 



Louis Boehmer. Very hairy. Shaded" 

 mauve pink. 



Improved Louis Boehmer. Light pink 

 sport from Louis Boehmer. 



