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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— PLANT DEPARTMENT. 





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Introductory Remarks. 



WRITER on horticultural matters, who contrib- 

 uted an article to the American Chrysanthemum 

 Annual, took occasion to sound a note of warn- 

 ing against the tendenc}' in some quarters to appraise 

 the value of a Chrysanthemum entirely bv its fitness for cut flow- 

 ers. ■' Horticulture," he wrote, "is broader than the cut-flower 

 market, and there is room without crowding for the cut-flower varie 

 ties, Ostrich Plumes, Anemones, singles, lasseled and all the other 

 quaint forms." He laid particular stress on the peculiar fitness of the 

 September Flowering Varieties for garden purposes, and his views met with in- 

 stant and unanimous approval by the horticultural press. We have always main- 

 tained this position, and this year more strongly than ever do we maintain that the 

 broader field of the open garden is the one to cater to. Uur list is selected with re- 

 gard to that end, but it also includes the finest exhibition and large-flowering sorts 

 from all over the world, the cream of the new sorts and all the older ones, which are 

 meritorious enough to maintain their position against those of more recent introduc- 

 tion Examine the list carefully ; the various groups are arranged for their peculiar 

 fitness for the purposes indicated. 



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SEPTEriBER FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEHUMS. 



Again we offer these new Chrj^santhemums, and after a more extended trial we do it more confidently. Out of 

 over 200 sorts which we tested we have selected those named below as the most desirable, and all bloomed the latter 

 part of September and during early October. Hitherto the great objection to Chrj-santhemums in our Northern States 

 was that the frost destroj-ed most of the flowers before coming to maturity; but now this difficulty is overcome, and 

 this grand advance must surely give an impetus to Chrysanthemum culture hitherto unknown. Our list this j-ear 

 contains many new varieties not offered last year. 



Baron Veillard. Pseony-flowered ; plant dwarf, flower 

 very double and very large ; brilliant j-ellow, each 

 petal outlined in rosy crimson. 



Camilla Bernardin. Very large pseonv-flowered ; amar- 

 anth violet and brilliant carmine, lightened with white; 

 entirely new. {See cut.) 



Charles Joly. Japanese hybrid ; flower very large; large 

 petals ; beautiful violet rose, glossy white, centre gold; 

 dwarf habit. 



Chas. Greard. Japanese ; yellow ground, literally over- 

 laid with tawny red flowers six inches and over ; very- 

 good. 



Duchesse de Crussol. Rich chrome yellow, overlaid 

 with tones of tawny red ; bright orange or citron red 

 centre. 



Jean Nicolas. Japanese ; petals slender and curled ; 

 glossy rose and a shade of dim white, centre cream. 

 {See cut ) 



Mile. Jacob. Japanese; flower very large, petals twisted 

 and recurved, rosy lilac and glossy white, those at the 

 centre forming a large ball of silvery whiteness ; a 

 beautiful variety. 



Mile Germaine Cassagneau. Paeon^'-flo wared, very 

 large ; large petals ; lilac rose, shaded with white, 



Mme. A. Thiebault da la Croure. Japanese ; of a special 

 new form ; carmine purple, centre greenish gold color. 



Mme. Gastaliar. Pure white, a large fluffy flower, dou- 

 ble to the centre ; one of the earliest toblnom, and one 

 of the most useful varieties in the list. (See cut.) 



Mme. Marie Constans. Silvery white, flat petals slightly 

 drooping and irregular, centre lemon yellow with erect 

 petals. 



Mme. F. Bergmann. Pure white ; a fine, large globular 

 flower, grown extensively for cut flowers and very fine 

 as a pot plant. 



Mrs. Chas. W. Woolsey. A seedling of great promise, 

 and of exceptional value because of its earliness in 

 bloom. Last season we cut flowers from it Oct. 5th. 

 by several days one of the earliest varieties we grew 

 for cut flowers. 



M. Francois Katzer. Japanese ; verj' large flower, 

 curled and disheveled, rose and light yellow, marked 

 with deep yellow. 



M. Valery Larbaut. Creamy white and rose, lemon 

 centre; excellent dwarf habit ; good pot variety and 

 for garden culture. 



Prof. Welter Croz. Japanese, of a form entirely new : 

 flowers immense, lengthened in the form of a pompon: 

 petals very numerous, twisted and curled, fully re- 

 curved, snow-white, rose carmine at the centre. 



yellow centre 



Price for any of the above, 25c. each, $2 25 per. doz. Four or more sold at the dozen rate. 



^^° All the platits offered above are growing in j-inck pots and are in bud and bloom. 



Our pamphlet on the culture of the Chrysanthemum will be sent free to buyers from this catalogue. 



NOTE. — These plants offered above cannot be sent by mail, they can only be sent by express, buyer to pay charges 



