BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



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Chrysanthemums— Selection of Best Standard Varieties. 



Ada Spaulding. Habit most sturdy and robust ; color 



distinct ; the lower half of the flower being a rich deep 



pink, shading in upper portion to the purest pearl white. 

 Challenge. A very late flowering variety, coming into 



perfection from 25th to 30th of November ; the flower is 



a perfect globe of gold. 

 Clinton Chalfant. A fine large yellow of good form. 

 Cullingfordi. A fine shade of crimson, a useful variety. 

 Daydawn. A grand large early white, flowers 7 A inches 



in diameter. 

 E. Hitzeroth. A magnificent extra large flower, petals 



broad and peculiarly arranged, completely filling centre. 



Bright lemon' yellow, exquisite and novel form. 

 Erminilda. Very fine rosy pink, outer petals refiexed, 



inner incurved ; a very fine flower. 

 Frank Thomson. A splendid flower, very nearly spherical 



in form ; petals very broad and heavy, and finely 



incurving ; it is very 



nearly white in color, 



only showing a touch of 



pearl-pink at the base 



of the petals. 

 Harry E. Widener. 



Bright lemon-yellow 



without shadings. 



Flowers large, on stiff, 



stout stems ; incurving, 



forming a large rounded 



surface. 

 Harry May. Flowers 



very large and deep ; 



full double ; forming a 



massive sphere ; color, 



deep old gold with oc- 

 casional reddish veins. 

 Ivory. Snowy-white, of 



perfect form, fl o w e r s 



very large; an early 



and free-flowering 



variety of dwarf habit. 

 Inter-Ocean. Glisten- 

 ing pearly white, suf- 

 fused with pink, very 



large. 

 Indiana. One of the 



largest flowers grown, 



measuring 22 inches in 



diameter, color clear 



bright pink. 

 John Shrimpton. Vel- 

 vety crimson scarlet 



with reverse gold. 

 Lady Playfair. Pearly 



pink, a fine large in- 

 curved flower. 

 L. Canning. A singu- ■ 



larly large and handsome pure white flower, of dwarf but vigorous 



and compact growth. 

 Mrs. L. C. Madeira. A perfect compact globe of bright orange 



color ; petals upright, like unopened pointed quills ; stems stiff; 



flowers large and of the heaviest substance. but deeper in color. 



Price, any of the above 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; §8.00 per 100. Set of 34 varieties for S3.00. 



Set of Early Flowering Chrysanthemums. 



The varieties offered in this collection are all such that will perfect their flowers in the open ground, even in the 

 Northern States. The selection has been made with a view of offering only the very cream of the early flowering sorts, 

 and all of them will give satisfactory. results, even with the most ordinary cultivation. 



Mrs. J. George lis. A magnificent ivory white, very 



massive in build, recurving and petals interlacing ; a 



magnificent variety in every way. 



riarie Louise. A beautiful recurving white, with slender, 



interlacing petals, forming a plumy globe ; a model variety. 



riarguerite Graham. This beautiful variety is of a pure 



white, incurved, of a most perfect form, opening a pale 



lemon, changing rapidly to pure white. 



fir. Richard Dean. Very bright clear pink of a beautiful 



shade. 

 niss Kate Brown. A very early flowering variety of a 



pure white color, flowers very large. 

 Mrs. J. G. Whilldin. A handsome fight yellow variety 



of splendid size and form. 

 firs. Craige Lippincott. A very rich yellow, flowers 

 8 inches through ; the petals are long, large and incur- 

 ving ; a most notable variety- 

 Mrs. Irving Clark. Pearly white on the margin, shad- 

 ^g ^^ ing to deep rose in the 



centre, which is beau- 

 tifully whorled ; re- 

 flexed ; very large and 

 distinct. 

 firs. Jerome Jones. 

 White flamed with rose. 

 Mrs. Perrin. A medium 

 sized flower, entirely 

 distinct in color, which 

 is of a glistening pink, 

 with a finish as fine as 

 satin. 

 President Wm. R. 

 Smith. A delicate 

 pure pink, very heavy 

 in substance, borne on 

 strong stiff stems ; a 

 fine large well-formed 

 flower. 

 Roslyn. A superb clear 

 m e r m e t rose pink, 

 petals thick and heavy, 

 cup-shaped, solid to the 

 centre, immense in size, 

 stems stiff and erect. 

 Rohallion. Rich yellow, 

 deepening to chrome ; 

 petals long and twisted. 

 The Queen. A grand 

 double white, of fine 

 size and great substance. 

 V. H. Hallock. Rosy 

 pearl, of a marked waxy 

 texture ; color deepen- 

 ing toward centre. 

 Wm. H. Lincoln. A 

 magnificent golden 



Marguerite Graham. yellow Variety, Straight, 



flat, spreading petals. An extra large flower, 

 completely double, and of great substance. 

 Wm. Simpson. A pleasing shade of pink, 

 flowers incurved similar to Mrs. E. H. Hill, 



J. E. Sager. Very clear bright yellow, full and massive. 

 Marion Henderson. Fine yellow of fine form. 

 Harquise de riortemarte. Very fine pink of large size. 

 flerry Honarch. Very large pure white. 

 Mrs. E. G. Hill. A beautiful pearly pink, large and full 



to the centre. 

 Mrs. Henry Robinson. One of the very finest white 



varieties, a perfect ball of snow when fully developed. 



ITrs. F. Bergman. One of the earliest whites, very fine. 

 firs. J. G. Whilden. One of the finest very early ye l lows. 

 Nemesis. Very fine beautiful silvery pink. 

 Pink Ivory. Beautiful shell pink. 

 William Holmes. A fine crimson. 

 Yellow Queen. Early clear yellow. 



Price 15 cts. each, §1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. Set of 12 varieties SI. 50. 



