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PETEt^ HHI^DEl^SOfl St CO.— PURfVT iDEPHt^TlVIEflT. 



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EflHitY GOIiliEGTIOK. 



Although allot the Chrysanthemums are early- 

 enough to perfect their flowers in tlie opeu- 

 ground of south Baltimore, yet in the vicinity of 

 New York and further north many of the late- 

 kinds sometimes do not ; hence we name this- 

 Early Collection, for the benefit, particularly^ 

 of residents of extreme Northern Slates. 



Belle Paulel Soft white, tipped light rose. 

 Beaute des Jardins. Splendid deep purple. 

 Bouquet Nationale. Pure white, tinted lemon. 

 Elaine. Pure snow white ; large and full. 

 Mrs. Brett. Twisted golden petals. 

 Mad. Grame. Pure white, beautifully incurved. 

 Glorlosum. Bright sulphur yellow. 

 Geo. Glenny. Clear golden yellow, incurved. 

 Golden Lace. Pure yellow, finely cut petals. 

 Grace Attiok. Pure white, quilled petals. 

 Mrs. J. H. Taylor. Pinldsh lilac, verj' early. 

 Mrs. John Lamg. Orange, old gold and bronze. 

 Mr. Wm. Barr. Bright crimson, shading to 



golden yellow. 

 M. Boyer. Lilac rose, shaded silvery white. 

 Norma. Blush white, tipped rose. 

 Ophir. Deep golden yellow, tipped bronze. 

 Penelope. Eosy pink ; large and full. 

 Source d'Or. Intense yellow, shaded old gold. 

 Timbale d' Argent. Pore white, large Anemone 



flower. 

 Precocite. Small, white, very early. 

 Mile. Lacrolx. Similar to above, but larger. 

 King of Crimsons. Deep red. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. Blush white. 

 Soeur Melaine. Pure white, fringed, fine habit. 

 Chas. Delmas. Brick red, with fiery shading. 

 Price, 15 cts. each ; set of 25 early sorts for S3.00. 



(Engraving >2 natural size.) 



PRIEE SEEDllIF^S, " ELlLlfl fflfiY." 



The variety shown in the engraving above and offered in our set 

 of Prize Seedlings on page 113 is exceptionally good in every par- 

 ticular. A single flower exhibited at Philadelphia last year, but 

 not entered for competition, was awarded a Special Silver Medal 

 and a Certificate of Merit, honors rarely awarded to a new variety. 

 In the opinion of many it was the finest variety among the hun- 

 dreds on exhibition. The color is a beautiful shade of clear prim- 

 rose j-ellow, with deep apricot centre. The flowers are beyond the 

 average size, frequently reaching 10 inches across ; the habit of 

 the plant is very strong and vigorous ; it has all the essentials of a 

 first-class variety, and we predict a brilliant future for it. 

 Price, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz. 



THE PIHI^ "OSTHIGH PliU^E" 



Cbtrysantlieniun], <^ L,ouis Boeliiner." 



Tlie title of "Ostrich Plume" was applied by us to the first of this 

 newtype of the Chrysanthemum (Mrs. Alpheus Hard}-) to distinguish 

 it forall time from those previously known, but more particularly 

 to direct attention to the soft feathery gro^wth with which the 

 flowers are thickly studded, forming so striking a resemblance to 

 an Ostrich Plume that this title was instantly suggested to us when 

 we first saw it. The " Louis Boehmer " is identical in its strange 

 and beautiful formation with that variety, but its color is an exqui- 

 site shade of silvery pink, with deep rose on the inside of the petals, 

 and is of vigorous constitution, being one of the strongest growing 

 varieties we have, so that it is certain to produce perfect flowers 

 under the most ordinary cultivation. 



Price, strong plants, 25 cts. each, $2.25 per doz. 



LOUIS BOEBMEB. ( ^ Datura] size.) 



