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THE DINGEE & CONARD COMPANY'S 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM, EVANGELINE. 



New Chrysanthemums for \ 898. 



Next to Roses we have made the Chrysanthemum a leading 

 specialty. Our patrons will notice that we offer all the stand- 

 ard sorts as well as the best of the newer introductions. While 

 many new varieties have been offered this year, the really 

 good sorts are but few in number. We are exceedingly fortu- 

 nate in having all the best new kinds, such as we can unquali- 

 fiedly recommend as being worthy of extensive cultivation 

 and superior to existing varieties of their class and color. 

 Price, 25 cts. each; 5 for $1 ; set of 13 for $2.50, postpaid. 

 Those Certificated by the Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 are indicated by a star. 



*George S. Kalb.— Conceded to be the best early white. 

 Magnificent, large, rerlexed flowers, full to the centre. 

 Color pure white. Stem and foliage excellent. 

 *Midg-e. — A splendid variety for amateur cultivation. Very 

 dwarf, 18 to 24 inches in height ; flowers very double and 

 large; pure white. Blooms early. 

 *J. H. Woodford. — A beautiful large sheet of pink ; high 

 globular form, broad petals closely incurved ; extra early. 

 Very fine. 

 *Miss Lottie D. Berry.— A large splendidly made Jap- 

 anese incurved variety; very full and double. Color snow 

 white; entirely distinct. Blooms medium late. 

 *Yellow Monarch. — The largest early blooming yellow 

 Chrysanthemum to date. Identical with Mary Monarch ex- 

 cept color, which is a pleasing canary ; a great prize winner. 

 ^Thanksgiving-.— Looked upon as one of the finest varie- 

 ties of the year ; strong sturdy grower ; flowerslarge, delicate 

 pink. Blooms from midseason until late. Try this variety. 

 *Surprise. — A grand European introduction— the largest 

 and best pure pink Anemone-formed Chrysanthemum to 

 date. Petals forked and hooked; high centre; absolutely 

 distinct, certainly a beautiful variety worthy of trial. 

 *Pride of Exmouth. — Produces enormous flowers, broad 

 pet. ils deeply incurved and whorled; soft pink, flushed with 

 white. Strong free grower. Introduced from japan. 

 'Golden Trophy. — A grand, early-blooming, light yellow 

 variety, with targe, double incurved flowers. Dwarf sturdy 

 grower; very prolific. A valuable kind. 

 ^Evangeline. — Beyond question the greatest novelty of 

 the year. Has won six certificate Extra large; color 

 pink white. A more graceful flower cannot be imagined. 

 He sure to gel it. (See cut.) 



Special Offer. — For $2.00 we will send postpaid by Mail 

 the 10 grand Chrysanthemums described above. If you 

 would have the cream of the world's latest creations, buy this 

 collection. 



New Chrysanthemums of J 897. 



Price, 20 cts. each ; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for $1. 



Buff Globe. — An enormous globe-shaped flower ; pale 

 chrome yellow, shading to buff. A sport from Good 

 Gracious, and identical save in color. 



Daydawn. — A grand, large, early white, with centre creamy 

 lemon, which upon opening becomes pure white. The 

 flowers are intensely graceful, magnificent. 



Duchess of York. — A great prize winner; received a re- 

 ward of merit and first-class certificate. Soft light yellow ; 

 enormously massive flowers, petals curling and twisting as 

 they recurve. Extra good. 



Glory of the Pacific. — This scarce new Japanese variety is 

 magnificent in every way. It is of grand size and depth, 

 with broad petals which finally reflex, showing the clear 

 pink color to excellent advantage. This variety was recom- 

 mended to us by one of the leading Chrysanthemum ex- 

 perts as the grandest thing of the year. 



Grace S. Yoshiike. — A seedling from that splendid variety, 

 the Queen ; pure ivory white ; petals broad and heavy ; 

 fine large flowers ; early and profuse. Looks like a ball on 

 a satin rosette. A grand sort. 



Gretchen Buettner. — A magnificent distinct white variety ; 

 large lovely built flowers that are beautifiil and striking in 

 the extreme. The color is a pure snowy white, grand in 

 form with good stem and fine foliage. 



Marion Cleveland. — The largest early white up to date ; a 

 grand variety. Immense, high, round, solid blooms, mas- 

 sive and grand; color ivory white shading delicate lemon 

 to centre, as in " Philadelphia." Dwarf habit. 



Mrs. Godfrey. — Ostrich Plume type; pure paper white; 

 the blooms are very large, broad and incurving; very 

 feathery in appearance and as white as snow. 



Mrs. H. T. Drewett. — Color creamy white ; flowers deep 

 and solid and very broad petals ; long and narrow. 



Mrs. S. J. Farrington. — An extra-good, new, free- 

 flowering Japanese variety of the Vivian Morel type, with 

 large broad petals; color salmon pink. 



Mrs. Wm. C. Eg-an. — One of the very finest and earliest 

 varieties in the list. A grand, large, perfect flower of 

 greath depth and glorious form ; color crimson pink at base, 

 shading at the apex to pale sulphur, suffused with strawy 

 buff on outside of petals. Free and early. 



Pink Ivory (Miss A. L. Da/skow). — Wherever Chrysan- 

 themums are known, Ivory is the grand old favorite, the 

 standard by which others are judged. This beautiful vari- 

 ety needs no other recommendation than the fact that it is 

 identical with Ivory save color, which is a soft pearl pink. 

 With good form, fine color and earliness, what more could 

 be desired? 



Ruth Ellis. — This variety has received the highest prizes 

 at all shows from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The color 

 is a lovely blush white ; form magnificent, the highest type 

 of the Japanese incurved ; of the largest size ; blooms in 

 midseason; is a free, strong grower. 



Signal Light. — This is a superb variety; pale yellow, 

 incurved Japanese, reverse of petals tipped red bronze ; 

 the flowers are finely built, solid and perfectly double, 

 lasting a long time ; habit compact and very dwarf; foliage 

 beautiful; free and early. A grand sort. 



William Simpson. — The earliest large Chrysanthemum 

 grown, having been cut as early as October 15. The color 

 is a pleasing shade of pink. In form it resembles Mrs. E. 

 G. Hill, but is considerably deeper. The flowers are 

 enormous, measuring ten and eleven inches across ; strong, 

 vigorous grower and a profuse bloomer. The best pink 

 American seedling. 

 Special Offer.— For $2 we will send, postpaid by Mail, 



one each of the 15 grand Chrysanthemums described above. 



New Chrysanthemums of Europe for 1898. 



25 cts. each ; 3 for 60 cts. 



Rachais. — Enormous incurved bronze and gold ostrich 



plumed. Flowers very full. Rated as one of the best 



varieties of the year. 

 Queen of Earlies. — A free and early-blooming sort, with 



large pure white flowers. Very promising. 

 Barbara Forbes. — An early-blooming variety ; pure paper 



white broad petals ; Japanese incurved ; extra large ; dwarf 



grower; beautiful foliage. Fine keeper. 



