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W. D. Hathaway's Catalogue and Price List. 
DECORATIVE Da 
ERNEST ELLSWORTH. (Seed 
ling). Introduction of 1915. 
First class certificate New Bed- 
ford Horticultural society, 1914. 
A large ruby red flower on 
long, stiff stems, with quilled 
petals. Should be in every col- 
lection. 75c. 
FIREBURST. Bright scarlet of 
the largest size. 50c. 
LU G. SCHEIF. Color, a bright 
light chamois, with just a faint 
suggestion of orange. Petals, 
by their peculiar twisting, show 
the coppery orange of the re- 
verse. 75c. 
GABRIEL DELAON. Color, a 
velvety blackish maroon. Extra 
large. 25c. 
GIANT PURPLE. Large, very 
rich purple. Flowers are borne 
on enormous long stems of 
wiry stiffness, and are pro- 
duced in great abundance. 50c. 
GIGANTEA. Gigantic and mas- 
sive in form. The individual 
petals are short and it requires 
many to form such a monstrous 
flower. Color, a soft sulphur- 
yellow, distinct and attractive. 
25c. 
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS. Large 
massive flowers' quilled petals, 
color ivory-white tinged laven- 
der. 25c. 
HATTIE HOLCOMBE. A very 
free flowering variety, flowers 
are borne on good stems, well 
above the foliage, color clear 
yellow, lighter at tips. 50c. 
HENRY MAIER. Called the yel- 
low Mina Burgle, has many of 
the good characteristics of that 
variety. Color is a deep yel- 
low, sometimes faintly edged 
bronze^ 50c. 
IMPERATOR. It develops, ac- 
cording as the size of the root 
is, from 6 to 10 strong shoots; 
these branch but little and at- 
tain a height of from 4 to 5 
feet. The flowers are very 
large indeed, from 6y 2 to 7y 2 
inches in diameter ; the blooms 
face upward and are borne on 
stems as thick as a finger. The 
color is of a very soft ivory- 
white, the upper edges of the 
petals being suffused with lilac 
rose. 75c. 
J. M. GOODRICH. A salmon 
pink flower of great beauty; 
large size, on long stiff stems, 
fine for cutting*. 50c. 
JOHN R. BALDWIN. A remark- 
ably handsome variety that 
will not suffer by comparison 
with many of the finest import- 
ed varieties. The flowers are 
uniformly large, very compact 
and with full high center. The 
color is a yellow-buff, with the 
outer half of each petal deli- 
cately suffused with red in a 
manner impossible to describe 
with justice to the flower. 25c. 
KAKADEE. Exquisite lemon- 
yellow, passing to white at tips, 
making it exceedingly attractive 
and novel. Finest dwarf, bushy 
habit. The large blooms are 
quite double but change to true 
peony form late in the fall. 75c. 
LA FRANCE. Brilliant rose 
pink, very large and beautiful 
blooms. 25c. 
LOTTIE FAUST. Color, amber- 
buff, suffused and shaded cop- 
pery orange, stems all that could 
be desired. 50c. 
