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THE NEWEST AND BEST JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Ab-del Kader. Rich deep crimson maroon. | 
Angele. Pale satiny rose, suffused with pink, reverse of 
petals silvery. 
Bouquet Fait. A most beautiful variety, with delicate 
rosy lilac flowers of immense size, shaded silvery rose ; | 
early. 
Christmas Eve. One of the finest late flowering whites 
in cultivation, pure snowy white, superior in shape 
and first-class in every way. 
Comte ce Germiny. Nankeen yellow, striped with 
brownish crimson. ; 
Duchess. Rich deep red, each petal tipped with golden 
Mrs. J. N. Gerard. A grand and beautiful cup-shaped. 
variety, closely ineurving with age; of large size, and 
the brightest and clearest peach pink ; the finest pink 
ever offered ; 25 cts. : ~ 
Mrs. Irving Clarke. Pearly white on the margin, 
shading to deep rose in the centre, which is beautifully 
whorled ; reflexed; very large and distinct ; 25 ets. 
Mrs. W.K. Harris. Deepest rich golden yellow, thor- 
oughly ineurved; probably the best yellow Chrysanthe- 
mum ever raised, in the way of Grundiflorum, but tar 
larger and better than that variety. It is certainly 
the finest yellow variety in cultivation for cut-flowers 

yellow; the flowers are large and in dense clusters. 
Domination. A grand variety, with erect pet- 
als; blush with rosy base, slightly fringed. 
E. H. Fitler. Flowers of immense size, in- 
eurved with large, broad, shell-like petals; 
color a mixture of gold, tawny yellow and 
bronze; a grand variety ;-25 ets. 
Elk’s Horn. Pearl color; a full and globular 
flower ; somewhat resembles the horns of the 
elk; 25 ets. 
Eugene Mizzard. A distinct and pleasing 
variety, with narrow, loosely arranged petals 
of a deep purplish crimson. 
Excellent. Very soft pink, somewhat resem- 
bling the color of the Mermet rose; very 
large, flat flower; 25 cts. 
Dr. Stryker. Beautitul rosy lilac, reverse of 
petals striped straw color when first opening, 
changing to a clear rose. 
Fantasie. Flowers blush white, of good size; 
each petal is 2 to 3 inches long, has a convex 
surface and is slightly twisted. 
Frank Wilcox. Erect petals, slightly toothed, 
rich golden amber, slightly shaded deep 
bronze. 
Gold. Flowers of large size and finely formed; 
the best yellow in cultivation. 
Gloriosum. Very fine light yellow, with im- 
mense flowers, having narrow petals grace- 
fully curved and twisted; very early. 
Golden Dragon. Yellow, with long twisted 
petals; one of the finest and richest yellows. 
Waterer. Reflexed yellow, with copper 
centre; enormous flowers of great substance; 
very late and lasts a long time; 25 cts. 
Jessica. White, very long petals, shows a lemon 
eye when fully expanded; a great bloomer. 
Julius Scharff. Very large, flat and smooth, 
of the richest violet amaranth; lasts a long 
time; one of the very finest of its color. 
John H. Bradbury. Bronzy orange, striped 
with crimson. 
Kioto. Fine large yellow; a beautiful flower, 
L. Canning. A singularly large and handsome pure 
white flower. 
Lilian B. Bird. Fiowers of the largest size, with full, 
high centre; petals tubular; the color is an exquisite 
shade of shrimp pink; 25 ets. 
Lucrece. Pure white, resembling Christmas Eve, but 
surpassing that in size, form and lateness ; 25 ets. 
Marvel. Very large, flat flower of regular rosette shape, 
the ground color pure waxen white, and on this is a 
large, irregular blotch of wine color; 
Miss Mary Wheeler. Pearly white, the petals deli- 
cately tinted on outer edge with pale pink; of exqui- 
site form; very beautiful ; 25 cts. 
Mrs. Humphrey, or Snow-Ball. 
lovely variety, grand for cut flowers; 
Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. This wonderful Chrysanthe- 
mum has created a sensation wherever shown, being 
totally distinet from every other variety. It is pure 
white, of immense size, broad petaled, and incuryed, 
the surface being downy, like loose-piled plush; the 
entire flower seems frosted with glittering white. A 
strong grower, of healthy constitution; 25 ets. each. 
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. Bright deep crimson, re- 
verse of petals a shade lighter; broad, long and flat; 
incurved on first opening, afterwards assuming the 
form of a large peony; 25 ets. 
H. 
Pure white, a 

or exhibition. 
50 ets. 
Liztran B. Birp. 
Mrs. Langtry. A perfectly formed flat flower, of un- 
usual size and perfection. Snow white in color, with 
broad bands or ribbon petals. Altogether one of the 
very finest white varieties. 25 ets. 
Mrs. Isaac C. Price. Rich chrome yellow, gracefully 
incurved, flowers large and freely borne. 
Mrs. A. J. Drexel. Lively, bright pink flowers, deeply 
ineurved ; a striking flower. 
Mrs. John May. Beautiful shade of clear, bright yel- 
low, petals broad and deeply incurved. 
Mrs. A. Blanc. A fine and distinct sort, inner petals 
erect, outer reflex and pendulous; rich lavender. 
Mrs. E. W. Clarke. A beautiful flower of regular 
form; slightly ineurved, whorled centre; deep rich 
crimson magenta, of a pleasing shade. 
Mrs. M. J. Thomas. Pure white, very broad petals, 
ineurved; a fine exhibition sort. 
Mrs. Wm. Howell. Rich, coppery crimson; a finely 
shaped flower. 
Mons. Boyer. Lilac rose; shaded white: with curled 
florets. 
Mrs. Frank Thomson. The flowers measure 6 inches 
when fully expanded, and are a blush white streaked 
with rose; petals broad and deeply incurved. 
Mrs. Geo. W. Childs. Similar in shape to the preced- 
ing; outside of petals white, inside pink. 

