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Currie Brothers' Horticultural Guide. 



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CHRYSANTHEMUMS-Continued. 



TVPE OF INCURVED CHKYSANTHEMUM. 



Ada Spaulding — 



Peach pink, very- 

 beautiful. Eef. 



Ada H, Le Roy- 

 Deep rosy pmk, ex- 

 cellent. Inc. 



Aug. S^vanson — 

 Pale yellow, a very 

 good one. Inc 



Black Beauty — 

 Crimson maroon, 

 very fine. Inc. 

 Col. W, B. Smith 

 — Rich, bright golden bronze, very large. Ref. 

 Cullingfordii — Crimson, an old favorite. Ref. 

 C. B. Whitnall — Yelvety maroon, very desirable. Inc. 

 Domination — Pure white, very desirable. Ref. 

 Dr. Callandreau — Lemon yellow. Inc. 

 Eda Prass — Delicate salmon; a favorite. Ref. 

 Ed. Hatch— Soft lemon and bright pink; one of the 

 best. Inc. 



Emma Hitzeroth — ^Bright lemon yellow, a great favor- 

 ite. Ref. 



Ernst Asmus — Chrome yellow, mixed with red. Ref. 

 Flora Hill — White, creamy center, a fine late variety. Ref. 

 Frank Thompson — Pearly pink, excellent. .In«. 

 George W. Childs — Crimson, very good. Ref. 

 Golden Gate — Beautiful yellow, very fine. Ref. 

 Harry May — Deep old gold, occasionally veined with 

 red. Inc. 



H. F. Spaulding — ^Apricot yellow, shading to rose, 

 large, very good. Inc 



Ivory — Pure white, one of the best. Inc. 



Jos. H. White — Pure white, very desirable. Ref. 



Kiota — Yellow, a general favorite. Inc. 



Selected Collection 



Of all the Favorites and Prize Win- 

 ners of 1893. 



To designate the general character of the flower we 

 have marked the several sorts by the abbreviations, 

 Ref. for reflexed, and Inc. for incurved. 



L. Canning — Pure white. Always in great de- 

 mand. Ref. 



Lillian B. Bird — Delicate pink, a beautiful va- 

 riety. Ref. 



Lillian Russell— Clear silvery pink, one of the 

 finest. Inc. 



Lizzie Cartledge — Dark rose, reverse silvery 

 white, very good. Ref 



Margaret Jeffords — A beautiful amber color. 

 Inc. 



Mermaid — A soft pink, deeper shade on outer 

 edge. Inc. 



Miss Minnie Wanamaker — White, 

 vorite. Ref. 



Miss Ada McVickar — Cream white, 

 lent. Inc. 



Mrs. A. C. Burpee— Amber and gold. Ref. 

 Mrs. A. J. Drexel— Crimson Lake, a leading sort. 

 Mrs. Alpheus Hardy — White Ostrich Plume. Inc, 

 Mrs. A. Blanc — Rich crimson. Ref. 

 Mrs. C, W. Clark — Red, very desirable. Ref. 

 Mrs.. Irving Clarke — Pearl pink, rosy pink center. Ref. 

 Mrs. J. N. Gerard — Silvery rose, a great favorite. Ref. 

 O. P. Bassett— Yery fine red. Ref. 

 Rohallion — Rich yellow. Ref. 

 Roslyn — Clear rosy pink, very large. Ref. 

 V. H. Hallock — Rosy pearl, deepening towards the center, 

 a fine variety. Ref. 



Vivian Morel — Delicate rose, a great favorite. Ref. 

 Waban — Pink, very large, always in demand. Inc. 

 W. H. Lincoln— Deep yellow, one of the best. Ref. 

 W. W. Coles — Bright terra cotta or bronze. Ref. 

 Price, each, 10 cts. ; per dozen $1 00 



fa- 



excel- 



Ref. 



Cactus. 



Epiphyllum Truncatum — (Lobster-leaved Cactus)— A 

 splendid plant for window gardening, producing in great pro- 

 fusion during December and January; all grafted plants; 

 each, 15 to 25 cts. 



Clerodendron Balf ouri, 



A climber of great beauty. The flowers, which are of 

 bright scarlet, are encased by a bag-like calyx of pure white; 

 the trusses or panicles of flowers are upwards of 6 inches in 

 width, and when trained upon trellises and hanging down, 

 have a rich and elegant appearance; continually in bloom. 

 Each, 15 cts. to $1.00. 



Gentaurea— Dusty Miller, 



Were it not that this 

 plant is so well known, we 

 should devote considerable 

 space to a description of 

 its form and merits, as we 

 deem it indispensable in 

 the flower garden. 



Gymnocarpa — Silvery 

 grey, drooping, fern-like 

 foliage. 



Candidissima — Downy 

 white, compact. Each, 10 

 cts.; per doz., i$1.00. 



