PLANT DEPARTMENT?::. 
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The “Peerless” Quartet of New 
FOUR DISTINCT AND BEAUTIFUL SORTS. 
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NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM, ‘‘FAIR HARVARD,’’ FORMERLY NO. 9. 
(34 NATURAL SIZE.) 
Carefully Selected from the Leading Growers 
Alice F. Carey. A beautiful light shade of pink reflex, having 
excellent keeping qualities, with extra good foliage and stem. 
A grand commercial flower. Season, middleof November. 
Autumn Glory. A beautiful shade of pink, and a grand exhibi- 
tion variety. There is nothing like it in color; deep reddish 
salmon upon opening and gradually changing to a soft shrimp 
when fully finished. This variety has no touch of lavender. 
Black Hawk. Largest and most beautiful dark crimson scarlet 
yet raised; looks like crimson velvet; the color long desired. 
Boundless Snow. Requires no staking, very large and of Inter- 
Ocean type ; color, white flushed pink, changing to pure white. | 
Frank Hardy. (White ‘‘GoodGracious.”) This superb variety is 
destined to become popular and inlarge demand, both for exhi- 
bition and for the cut-flower trade. The flower is pure white, 
full, deep and solid ; petals incurving in graceful folds. ; 
H. W. Longfellow. A finely rounded, incurving white variety, 
flushed with pearl-pink, broad petals, large size ; stiff stem. — 
Mrs. Arthur J. Caton. A large, incurved Japanese ; color, bright 
bronze, shaded red on inside of the petal; flower of the largest 
size for an early ; growth and stem fine; foliage of great beauty. 
Mrs. C. H. Peirce. A soft, deep yellow; of robust habit, model 
strength of stem; heavy foliage up to the flower; uniform size. 
Large, full flowers of globular form, with straight petals curved 
in at the tip. Best November 6th to 25th. 
the colored plate opposite. 1 
its great size and depth of flower, majestic in its broad petals and grand foliage. 
Price, 25c. each. 
Special Offer. 
Chrysanthemums. 
(Offered last year as No. 9.) 
FAIR HARVARD. For details of Name Contest see 
page 3. The rich crimson 
variety shown on colored plate opposite, flowers very 
large and deep, measuring naturally, when well grown, 
7 inches and over across and nearly as deep. The color 
is an exceedingly rich shade of reddish crimson, with 
a velvety finish, very rich; the petals are broad and 
very gracefully arranged, falling away from the centre 
in graceful curves while the centre’ petals remain par- 
tially upright, giving an artistic, informal appearance 
to the flower, in striking contrast to many of the very 
— formal varieties. The stem is strong, the flowers 
mee being held upright, the foliage is first-class, and, 
taken altogether, it is easily the best in its color. 
Price, 25c. each. 
The yellow ‘‘ Ostrich 
CROWNING GhOR . Plume” variety shown 
on colored plate oppo- 
site. This is by far the best of its class and color 
as yet introduced. Flowers of the largest size, 
fine form and invariably covered densely with its 
unique ‘‘hairy” growth, which is its ‘‘ Crowning 
Glory.” Price, 35¢. each. 
The massive variety with rose 
FAIR DAWN. pink and white daintily blended, 
shown on the colored plate op- 
posite. A grand seedling, which we have grown 
for two years, and superior to anything in its 
color we have yet seen. The flowers are.¢enor- 
mous; with petals stretched they have meas- 
ured fourteen inches. Petals extra broad, in- 
curved, and fluted slightly, color white flushed 
with rose pink, daintily and charmingly distrib- 
uted. A fine grower, foliage and stem all that 
could be desired. Price, 40c. each. 
THE BARRINGTON. The unique 
maroon and silver 
It is unique in its grand coloring and magnificent in 
variety shown on 
The ‘ Peerless” Quartet of New Chrysanthemums for $1.00; 
three sets, 12 plants, for $2.50; six sets, 24 plants, for $4.50. 
These can be sent free by mail, if desired. 
Chrysanthemums of the Season. 
of the Country. All Prize-Winning Varieties. 
Madeline Pratt. Snowy white, high built, incurved bloom. A 
beautiful flower. Best from terminals, grown cool. 
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt. Pearl-white, with lemon-shaded centre; 
an exceedingly fine and decided novelty, both in form and gen- 
eral build. In season 1st to 15th of November. 
Pennsylvania. Brilliant clear yellow, same form and build as 
Philadelphia; a grand flower in every way. 
Robert G. Carey. A very beautiful globular, incurved white of 
good substance and good keeping qualities. Very valuable asa 
late white of good form. In season 15th to 20th of November. 
Snow Queen. A large, nicely finished snow-white flower of 
rounded form, full to centre, slightly pointed petals and of great 
substance, strong stem and foliage. Oct. 20th to Nov. 5th. 
Solar Queen. Heavily foliaged from the ground up to the flower; 
an extra fine, early variety for ‘‘single stem pot plant’; a very 
large bloom; color golden-yellow. Very distinct. 
Spotswood. A beautiful high-built, incurved light yellow. This 
variety will certainly make a reputation for itself, both as an 
exhibition and commercial flower. An extra good late yellow. 
Wm. H. Chadwick. Certificated at Chicago, Boston, New York 
and Philadelphia. Immense, graceful bloom, waxy-white, tinted 
pink. Growth, habit, stem and foliage simply perfect. It can- 
not be praised too highly. Midseason or later, 
PRICE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE, 25e. EACH, $2.25 PER DOZ., SET OF 16 FOR $3.00. 
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