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continue feeding after the buds begin to 

 show color. 



Gen. Hutton — Yellow shaded orange; 

 an enormous flower, with perfect stem 

 and foliage and one of the strongest 

 growers. No collection should be with- 

 out this grand variety. Price, 25 cents. 



Wm. Duckham. — A very large Japanese 

 incurved and of a pleasing shade of pink. 



Miss Clay Frich — The white Duckham; 

 identical to the former except in color, 

 which is white. 



Golden Age. — Bright yellow, slightly 

 reflexed; a monster flower and very easy 

 to grow, ranks with the best; 25c. each. 



Australia — Purplish red incurved 

 Japanese; can be grown to very large 

 size; 25c. each. 



M. L. Rousseau — New, creamy white 

 Japanese, reflexed. A beautiful flower. 

 25c. each. 



Edgar Sanders — A beautiful bronze of 

 large size. 



Dr. Enguehard^ — One of the best varie- 

 des of recent introduction. Color a true 

 pink without the least trace of purple. 



Miss Alice Byron — One of the grandest 

 white introduced for some time and the 

 purest in color of any we grow, and it is 

 sure to prove valuable for All Saints' 

 Day, as it blooms about the same time as 

 Mrs. H. Robinson. 



Mrs. Bassett — Pine lemon yellow; a 

 sport from Mrs. Robinson. No other va- 

 riety approached it for size at this date. 



Convention Hall — Closely resembles 

 The Queen in stem, foliage and form, 

 but is without the objectionable eye; 

 color, white, of an exceedingly pure tone; 

 very broad ray florets. 



The Yellow Eaton — "Dr. Oronhya- 

 tekha." A bright yellow sport from Tim- 

 othy Eaton, only a shade lighter than Ap- 

 pleton, and especially valuable as the 

 best in its color to follow that fine vari- 

 ety up to the close of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum season; foliage very beautiful, stem 

 first rate and quite strong enough to hold 

 up the monster blooms which do not 

 show the coarseness sometimes attribut- 

 ed to Eaton. 



Geo. W. Childs— The best known of 

 the reds and golds. Easily injured by 

 overfeeding. Fine for bush plants. 



Golden Wedding — Nothing finer among 

 yellows; shines like burnished gold; the 

 standard for measuring color. 



Col. Appleton — As to bud: If for com- 

 mercial purposes, use the first crown, 

 which brings it early and large ; if for ex- 

 hibition, use the second crov/n, which 

 brings a flower with a better finish; 



dwarf, stiff-stemmed, elegant in foliage, 

 enormous in bloom, finely incurved and 

 golden yellow. 



Mrs. H. Robinson — In actual beauty 

 this variety is still unsurpassed. It will 

 hold first place for many a day to come, 

 though we shall have other types as 

 good. From October 15 to November 1 

 it reigns supreme among whites. Its one 

 single fault is its tendency to a weak 

 stem in soils deficient in lime, but so 

 long as broad-petaled, globular incurves 

 are admired, Mrs. Robinson will lead. 



Major Bonnaffon — The most widely 

 grown of yellow sorts for commercial 

 purposes. 



Timothy Eaton— Height, 3^^ feet; time, 

 November 5, and later; can be spaced 

 6x8 inches; take bud between August 

 25 and September 15; use first or second 

 crown. The terminal bud brings a brittle 

 stem, breaking frequently at the first 

 shoulder. First of all, it is a splendid 

 grower, has elegant foliage, a stiff stem, 

 perfects all its fiowers, and produces an 

 enormous full, deep creamy white bloom. 



Buff Globe — A sport from Good Gra- 

 cious. Bluff, shaded orange. 



Frank Hardy — A pure white sport from 

 Good Gracious. Take crown bud only. 



Black Hawk — Dark crimson scarlet; 

 style of V. Morel. Long strap petals, ir- 

 regularly arranged. Best from terminal 

 bud An extra fine red for all purposes. 



We also handle all the well known 

 older varieties and are prepared to fill 

 all orders for same. 



All the above except where otherwise 

 noted, 10c. each, $1.00 per dozen, until 

 July 1st; after that date in pots at 

 25 and 50 cents each. 



CANNAS. 



King Humbert — In this grand new 

 Italian Canna we have a combination of 

 the highest type of fiower with the finest 

 bronze foliage. Its flowers, which, under 

 ordinary cultivation, will measure six 

 inches in diameter, and which are pro- 

 duced in heavy trusses of gigantic size, 

 are of a brilliant orange-scarlet with 

 bright red markings; while the foliage is 

 broad and massive and of a rich coppery- 

 bronze with brownish-green markings, 

 bold and effective; 5 feet. 50 cents each. 



Mrs. Kate Gray — The most robust- 

 growing Canna in our collection, with 

 broad and massive foliage of a bright 

 glossy green, and forming a beautiful foil 

 to the gigantic trusses of flowers, which 

 are of a rich shade of orange-scarlet over- 



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