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CHRYSANTHEIWLIJMS. 



A selection of very early-flowering varieties which will furnish an 

 abundance of flowers under ordinary garden cultivation during Oc- 

 tober, after Dahlias and other tender plants have been cut by frost. 

 (See cut on page ll'o.) 



Bride of Keston. Deep violet-carmine with silvery reflex. 

 Chrysolora. A splendid free-flowering yellow. 



Goacher's Crimson. Large sized, deep crimson-red, with golden- 

 bronze reflex. 



Harrie. Bronzy-orange on golden ground. 



La Parisienne. A fine large white. 



Le Argentuillais. A splendid glowing chestnut-red. 



Normandie. Beautiful white, with just a suggestion of pink. 



October Gold. Very free, splendid bronze-yellow. 



Perle Chatillonaise. Sulphury-white; one of the best. 



Perle Rose. Soft violet-rose, very desirable. 



R. Pemberton. Deep carmine-violet with silvery reflex. 



Vivian Prince. Graceful flower of a bright chrome-yellow. 

 15cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; JIIO.OO per 100. Set of the 12 

 varieties for $1.50. 



CHRYSANTHEIIIUM FRUTESCEXS. 



(Pari* Daisy or Marsuerite.) 



Mrs. F. Sander (^Neio Paris Daisy or Marguerite). This 

 variety is equally valuable for the conservatory and window 

 garden in late winter and spring, and is an excellent bedding 

 plant during the summer months, succeeding in any sunny 

 position. Its color is of the purest glistening white through- 

 out; in size it frequently measures 5 inches across; the centre 

 of the flower is a mass of closely arranged fringed florets; 

 these are surrounded or edged by the broad, shining white ray 

 petals, forming a flower which reminds one forcibly of a glori- 

 fied double Pyrethrum. 



Etoile d'Or. The true large-flowered yellow Paris Daisy. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Clematis Inuivisa. 



Chrysanthemum Ffutescens, Mrs. F. Sander. 



Ostricli Plume Chrysanthemums. 



The three varieties offered below are the best and most dis- 

 tinct of the Ostrich Plume or hairy sorts. 

 Louis Boehmer. \n exquisite shade of silvery-pink, with 



deep rose on the inside of the petals. 

 L'Enfant des Deux Mondes. Pure white, of large size and 



fine build; very heavily plumed. 

 Monarch of Ostricli Plumes. Bright chrome yellow, 



shaded with amber; flowers very large and full. 



15 cts each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 3 sorts, 40 cts. 



CI.EMATIS. 



Indivisa. One of the most valuable of all greenhouse 

 climber.?. Its jiure white flowers are from 1 J to 2 inches 

 in diameter, and produced in panicles frequently 2 feet 

 long. A well-established plant during the early spring 

 months is simply a mass of bloom; the flowers c»n be used 

 to good advantage in a cut state. $1.00 each. 



CLERODEXDROXS. 



Balfourl. A beautiful greenhouse climber, and admirably 

 suited for house culture, flowering most profusely with 

 bright scarlet flowers, enveloped in a creamy-white calyx. 

 15 cts. each. Extra large plants, 25 cts. each. 



Falax. A beautiful variety, with very bright scarlet flowers, 

 produced during August and September in many-flowered 

 terminal panicles; it is of shrub-like habit and a grand 

 plant for the conservatory. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



CobSea ScandenS (Cups and Saucen vine). 



A beautiful climber, of rapid growth, large purple cup- 

 and-saucer-shaped flowers. For quickly covering arbors, 

 trellises, etc., it is unsurpassed. Ready in May. 15 ct.s. 

 each; $1.50perdoz. 



COEEUS (Flame Netde). 



The varieties off"ered below are the best of the standard 

 sorts now in use for bedding, filling vases, etc., etc. 

 Dr. Ross. Very large crimson leaves, edged and marked 



with green and yellow; the finest fancy variety. 

 Firebrand. Brilliant reddish-brown. 

 Golden Bedder. Fine yellow. 

 Queen Victoria. Crimson, golden edge. 

 Rainbo^v. Velvety maroon, margmed gold. 

 Verschaffelti. The popular dark crimson. 



10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 



For Exhibition Chryianthemumt >ee page 125. 



