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Beau Ideal. A bright rose pink, without lavender shadings. 
Beauty of Exmouth. Extra large blooms, pure ivory-white 
petals of great substance, gracefully curling and twisting. 
Challenge. A late variety, in perfection the end of November, but 
developed three weeks earlier; a perfect globe of gold. 
Charles Davis. Grand size and form; rich yellow, shaded buff. 
Clinton Chalfant. A magnificent golden yellow, upright dahlia- 
like petals, forming a finely rounded flower of great substance. 
Col. W. B. Smith. A grand, deep yellow of finest form and size. 
Dawn. Delicate rosy blush; flowers of the largest size. 
Dorothy Toler. Deep rose pink; grand globular form. 
Eugene Dailledouze. Large, full, double, intensely bright yellow, 
with magnificent foliage; nothing better among yellows. 
Flora Hill. Extra fine late white, very large and deep. 
Gettysburgh. This is a deep crimson variety; outer petals broad 
and drooping, and have a lustrous sheen in the sunlight. 
GOLDEN WEDDING. This is undoubtedly the grandest golden 
yellow variety ever introduced. It is a remarkably vigorous 
grower and has such strength of stem that it carries its great 
globular flowers erect, giving it a bold majestic appearance. 
Good Gracious. The color is a delicate shade of peach-pink. 
G. W. Childs. Deep velvety crimson; large flat flower. 
H. L. Sunderbruch. One ofthe very finest of exhibition yellows; 
size enormous, but not at all coarse; fine habit and free grower. 
Inter-Ocean. Color, glistening pearly-white, suffused pink petals. 
Ivory. Pure white; asplendid free-flowering variety. It is doubt- 
ful if any other combines the many excellent qualities of Ivory. 
J. H. Cliffe. A delicate shade of pink; fine rounded form. 
Joey Hill. Color, deep cardinal red, faced with old gold; the outer 
petals are flat, showing the color to advantage. 
J. Shrimpton. Bright crimson, of largest size and perfect form. 
Major Bonnaffon. Grand incurved yellow of largest size. 
Marie Louise. Beautiful recurving white, with interlacing petals, 
outer ones reflexing closely around the stem. 
Maud Dean. An extra large-flowered variety; petals broad and 
incurving; color, pink, almost rose, an unusual shade. 
Mayflower. A grand, bold white; very large and incurving; 
strong stem; good foliage; fine exhibition sort. 
Mermaid. Large; soft pink; a grand exhibition variety. 
Minerva. Good clear yellow, flower very large; quite dwarf. 
Fine for single pot specimens, and cut blooms. 
Miss Minnie Wanamaker, Large clear white; very fine. 
PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—PLANT DEPARTMENT. 
XHIBITION 
COLLECTION. 
This collection, as its name implies, is made up of such sorts as are generally grown for exhibi- 
tion purposes, and embraces nearly every shade of color and variety of form known in the Chrys- 
anthemum. We have remodeled this collection by the addition of some of the very best sorts 
extant, replacing some of the less attractive varieties, and have included init our Newer 
Varieties of last year, offering them now at greatly reduced prices. This collection of Chrysanthe- 
mums as now Offered will be sure to give satisfaction to purchasers. 
Miss Lydia Hopkins. Flowers extremely large, perfectly 
double, whorled and incurving in form, broad petals, white, 
irregularly suffused with bright pink; no two just alike. 
Mrs. Bowen. A charming contrast of old gold and crimson. 
Mrs. James B. Crane. Flower large, open, incurved, of the 
richest deep rose color, reminding one of a Peony. 
Mrs. A. J. Drexel. Large-flowering; color, crimson lake. 
Mrs. Humphreys. Pure white; a grand variety. 
Mrs. E. G. Hill. Bright, clear pearl pink; form, full to centre. 
Mrs. George A. Magee. The flower is composed of a multitude 
of petals forming a perfect ball, of a silvery pink color. 
Mrs. Howard Rinek. Very large, full, deep; very fine for exhi- 
bition; beautiful incurved form; color, a grand pink; extra fine. 
Mrs, Archibald Rogers. Deep rose; reverse silvery pink. 
Mrs. H. McK. Twombly. Large, perfectly double, incurved; 
white, shaded with pink. A grand early variety. 
Mrs. E. O. Wolcott. An immense incurved globular bloom, 
showing two shades of pink; round, full and solid. 
Mutual Friend. Very large and full; broad, long drooping 
florets, making a very deep reflexed flower of the purest white. 
Niveus. A grand snow-white variety. Centre irregularly incurv- 
ing, with outer petals reflexing nearly to the stem. 
Pres. Wm. R. Smith. A pure salmon pink; the form of the 
flower is very beautiful in all its stages; perfectly double. 
Robt. McInnes. Scarlet and gold, full and double. 
Roslyn. A superb, clear ‘‘Mermet” Rose pink; petals thick and 
heavy, cup-shaped, solid to the centre, immense in size. 
Ruth (Marguerite Graham). Pure white, incurved, perfect 
form; flowers erect on stout stems; when opening, a pale lemon. 
Silver Cloud. Color, creamy white, shading to bright apricot at 
base of petals; very large and full; outer petals nicely reflexed. 
Sun God. Deep yellow, marked with rich bronze. 
The Queen. The flower excels all in pure whiteness, is extra 
large, broad and deep; the petals are heavy and thick. 
Viviand-Morel. Light rose, creamy white and pink. 
W.H. Lincoln. Bright yellow; large, splendid flower. 
Wm. Seward. A grand, large deep rich blackish crimson. 
Yellow Queen. Extra large; clear bright yellow; very early. 
Price, 15c. each, $1.50 per doz.; set of 50 Hxhibition sorts for 
$6.00. Three or more sold at the dozen rate. 
Our pamphlet telling how exhibition blooms are grown, also other 
cultural instructions, will be mailed free upon request with order. 
