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Ne market, and there is room without crowding for the cut-flower 
varieties, Ostrich Plumes, Anemones, singles, tasseled and all the other 
quaint forms.” He laid particular stress on the peculiar fitness of the Septem- 
ber Flowering Varieties for garden purposes, and his views met with instant 
and unanimous approval by the horticultural press. 
tained this position, and this year more strongly than ever do we maintain that the broader 
field of the open garden is the one to cater to. 
but it also includes the finest exhibition and large-flowering sorts from all over the world, the 
cream of the new sorts and all the older ones which are meritorious enough to maintain their 
-\| position against those of more recent introduction. 
-\| groups are arranged for their peculiar fitness for the purposes indicated. 
September Flowering Chrysanthemums. 
Again we offer these new Chrysanthemums, and after a more extended trial we do it more con- 
fidently. Out of over 200 sorts which we tested we have selected those named below as the most 
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desirable, and all bloomed the latter part of September and during early October. 
PROMINENT writer on horticultural matters, who 
contributed an article to the American Chrysanthe- 
mum Annual, took occasion to sound a note of warn- 
ing against the tendency in some quarters to appraise 
the value of a Chrysanthemum entirely by its fitness for cut 
‘« Horticulture,” he wrote, ‘‘is broader than the cut-flower 
We have always main- 
Our list is selected with regard to that end, 
Examine the list carefully; the various 
Hitherto the great objection to Chrysanthemums in 
our Northern States was that the frost destroyed most of the flowers before coming to maturity, but now this difficulty is overcome, and 
this grand advance must surely give an impetus to Chrysanthemum culture hitherto unknown. 
varieties not offered last year. 
Baron Veillard. Peony-flowered; plant dwarf, flower very doubleand 
very large; brilliant yellow, each petal outlined in rosy crimson. 
Camille Bernardin. Very large peeony-flowered ; amaranth violetand 
brilliant carmine, lightened with white; entirely new. (See cut.) 
Charles Joly. Japanese hybrid; flower very large; large petals; 
beautiful violet rose, glossy white, centre gold; dwarf habit. 
Chas. Greard. Japancse ; yellow ground, literally overlaid with 
tawny red flowers six inches and over; very good. 
Chev. Ange Bandiera. Japanese ; flower of the largest size ; very 
long petals, recurved; white, cream and rose, golden centre. 
Duchesse de Crussol. Rich chrome yellow, overlaid with tones 
of tawny red; bright orange or citron red centre. 
Eugene Farez. Indian red, reverse golden; flat petals, somewhat 
twisted ; medium size flower; very early. 
Gaetan de Venoge. Large Japanese flower; nankeen yellow, 
rose edges; very large, centre creamy white, reverse rose. 
Georges Devred. Japanese; flower very large, very double 
long petals recurved, curled ; canary yellow, very delicate. 
J.B. Duvoir. Flower average size, very double, globe shape; pure 
white, rose centre, with golden markings. 
Jean Nicolas. Japanese; petals slender and curled; glossy rose 
and a shade of dim white, centre cream. (See cut.) 
Marquise de Montmort. Japanese; flowers very large, pure 
glossy rose and silvery white; a unique and distinct variety. 
Mile. Fleurot. A very pretty variety ; white, tipped rose, large 
broad petals, cupped and slightly twisted, yellow centre. 
Mlle. Jacob. Japanese; flower very large, petals twisted and 
recurved, rosy lilac and glossy white, those at the centre 
forming a large ball of silvery whiteness; a beautiful variety. 
Mile. Germaine Cassagneau. Pony-flowered, very large; large 
petals; lilac rose, shaded with white, yellow centre. 
Mme. A. Thiebault de la Croure. Japanese; of a special new 
form; carmine purple, centre greenish gold color. 
Mme. Gastelier. Pure white, alarge fluffy flower, doubhe to the 
centre; one of the earliest to bloom, and one of the most useful 
varieties in the list. (See cut.) 
Our list this year contains many new 
Mme. Louis Lionnet. Japanese hybrid; flowers large, brilliant 
silvery white, richly tinged with rose ; centre old gold. 
Mme. Marie Constans. Silvery white, flat petals slightly droop- 
ing and irregular, centre lemon yellow with erect petals. 
Mme. Mathilde Bettzich. Medium size, reflexed, loose, creamy 
white, marked light rose, lemon centre. : 
Mme. Ve. Pasquier. Japanese; large flowers, petals very large; 
fresh clear cream, becoming white upon the edges; rose at base 
of petals, yellow at the centre; combination entirely new. 
Mme. F. Bergmann. Pure white; a fine, large globular flower, 
grown extensively for cut flowers and very fine as a pot plant. 
Mrs. Chas. W. Woolsey. A seedling of great promise, and of 
exceptional value because of its earliness in bloom. Last 
season we cut flowers from it October 5th, by several days one 
of the earliest varieties we grew for cut flowers. 
M. Gustave Grunerwald. This is, without doubt, a remarkable 
variety; the plant is dwarf, flowers the largest in this section, of 
Japanese form, upright, borne on strong stems, large petals, 
flowers very double; silvery-white, shading towards the centre 
to rose; exceedingly free-blooming. 
M. Francois Katzer. Japanese; very large flower, curled and 
disheveled, rose and light yellow, marked with deep yellow. 
M. Frederic lUsmayer. Japanese; flowers enormous, and very 
double; large petals, brilliant, deep yellow, each petal regularly 
framed with crimson maroon. 
M. Henri Galice. Japanese; flower very double, brilliant golden 
yellow, tinged with rosy pink, lightly tinted with yellow. 
M. Valery Larbaut. Creamy white and rose, lemon centre ; ex- 
cellent dwarf habit; good pot variety and for garden culture. 
Prof. Welter Croz. Japanese, of a form entirely new; flowers 
immense, lengthened in the form of a pompon; petals very 
numerous, twisted and curled, fully recurved, snow-white, rose 
carmine at the centre. 
Vve. Chiquot. Ranunculus-formed flowers of the size of Ranun- 
culus; centre brick red; the petals edged with a brilliant yellow. 
Price for any of the above, 25c. each, $2.25 per doz., or the full set of 30 sorts for $5.00. 
Four or more sold at the dozen rate, any 15 for $2.50. 
