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^'^^HE great sensation that this interesting class of plants have created within the last 
y^^''* 's wonderful, and yet it should not surprise us when we look at them in 
their great glory, as the flowers are not only beautiful in color, but their fantastic forms 
and shapes are, together with their rich and various shades of color, really a study of 
art. Besides this the flowers have a great lasting substance, and flowering, as they do, at a 
season when all the summer flora has gone to rest, in consequence of the early Jack Frost, then 
this lovely queen of autumn comes out the more triumphantly, defying the early and late fall 
weather. All this, together with then- nominal cost, makes them one of our favored flowers 
The great improvement of late in color, size and form of flower, of all the different classes, has 
brought the collection now up to hundreds of distinct varieties, of which one may easily make a 
choice selection. 
<XaPANESE Varieties. The Japanese varieties are, of course, the most variable in form 
and coloring, and are perhaps the most admired. To describe these is impossible, more 
than to say they are all irregular in form; some flowers terminating with a flat turban-like 
centre, others with spiral crowns, and others in hollow cups. The petals of the flowers are 
as much varied, being either tubular, curved, plaited or fringed. IVIany new sorts have 
been added this year. Our collection of this class comprises fifty distinct varieties, which 
is the cream, so to speak, of all the Japan class. Price for strong young plants, 50 cents 
each; $4.00 per dozen ; $15.00 for the whole collection. 
OhINESE Varieties. The list of this class has also been increased with a number of 
new and handsome sorts, of various beautiful shades of color and large flowers. These 
varieties arc still the great autumn flowers for florists, as they are indispensable for large 
and massive decorations. We offer of this class twenty-five choice and distinct sorts, being 
the pick out of some sixty-five different varieties. Price, 50 cents each; $4.00 per dozen; 
$7.50 for the whole set of 25. 
