<>lir.VMant hfmums 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Queen of the Autumn 
June, prepare boxes 4 or 5 inches deep, leaving ample cracks for drainage. Fill 
the with a compost, three parts decomposed sod or garden soil and one part cow*manure, well 
ratted. Add one pint each of bone meal and wood-ashes to each bushel of compost and mix well. 
Plant young plants in two rows, 8 or 10 inches apart; train to single stem and stake. Place the 
box in sunny position; water as needed. Disbud, leaving but one to each plant, selecting the 
best specimen. Mulch with well-rotted manure. Keep plants growing vigorously. Toward 
frost, place in sunny window in cool room with night temperature of 45 degrees. 
Three Extra-Early Chrysanthemums 
Monrovia. A few days later; color about i Golden Glow. Beautifully incurved; bright, 
the same; petals narrower. Price, 25 cts. j golden yellow; inches. September 1 to 
October Frost. Large, incurved; nearly | 10. Price, 25 cts. 
white, tinged lemon-yellow. Price, 25 cts. One each of the above three for 60 ets. 
Nine Latest Introduetions 
Ghas. Rager. Fine pure snow white with 
grand stem. 
Clementine Toiiset. The “Early Chad- 
wick.” Largest white for its date, October 12. 
Lasting ; splendid stem and foliage. Price, 15 c. 
Dr. Enguehard. Awarded highest honors. 
True pink, without purple. Stem and foliage 
perfect; full-double; midseason; t}4 inches. 
Price, 15 cts. 
Gen. Hutton. Yellow and orange. 4}^ 
feet high; midseason. Price, 15 cts. 
Mrs. W. U. Ghaniherlain. Pink; valuable 
for cutting. Price, 15 cts. 
Sunburst. Petals deep yellow, shading 
paler at tips; enormous. Price, 25 cts. 
White BonaiTon. Waxy white. Price, 15c. 
William Duekham. Deep, dark, clear 
pink; flower 9 inches in diameter; long, stiff 
stems. November. Price, 15 cts. 
Ghrysolora. Bright yellow; stem strong 
enough to hold up its monster blooms. Price, 15c. 
One eaeh of these nine giant kinds, $1.20. 
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