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C hrysanthemums 
Chrysanthemum latifolium. 3 ft. August and 
September. This plant is, without a doubt, one of 
the best of the large Marguerites; grand, bold flowers, 
2 to 3 inches across, pure white with a yellow center. 
Forms a large bush; is covered with flowers for two 
months. 20 cts. each, $1.50 for 10, $12 per 100. 
C. leucanthemum hybridum (Shasta Daisy). 2J ft. 
One of the handsomest and hardiest. Remarkable 
for its gracefulness and the purity of its flowers. 
Flowers extremely large. 15 cts. each, $1.20 for 10, 
$to per 100. 
The following varieties are a marked improve- 
ment upon the original Shasta Daisy. 
Alaska. A gigantic flower averaging nearly 5 inches 
across. Dwarf in habit. Color glistening white 
and very distinct. 25 cts. each, $2 for xo. 
California. In habit like the above, the opening 
buds, however, of a fine yellow color, changing 
to white. 25 cts. each, $2 for 10. 
Westralia. Flowers creamy white, but habits of 
plant branching, and distinct in every way, the 
height of plant ranging from 3 to 4 feet. The 
flowers are very large and showy. 25 cts. each, 
$2 for xo. 
C. maximum (True). 1 ft. June and July. As a 
cutting plant this will be held in high esteem, as the 
flowers last over a week when cut and are produced 
in great quantities. Hardy. 13 cts. each, $1.20 for 10, 
$10 per 100. 
C. uliginosum. See Pyrethrum. 
HARDY GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
These old-fashioned hardy plants are eagerly 
sought for by garden lovers, but we arc able to offer a 
large number of new varieties which are of the great- 
est value. The list below embraces every variety of 
color. These plants, though quite hardy, with a 
slight protection go through the winter more safely. 
For late fall effects, nothing can equal them. 
Climax. Rosy pink, free and early. 
Eagle d’Or. Fine yellow. 
Flora. Beautiful deep golden yellow. 
Fred Peele. Deep crimson, tipped gold. 
Goldfinch. Golden bronze. 
Golden Fleece. Clear yellow. 
Globe d’Or. Golden yellow. 
Julia Lagravere. Very fine crimson. 
L’Ami Couderchet. Fine sulphur-white. 
Model of Perfection. A fine, pure white. 
Mrs. Vincent. Dark crimson. 
President. Rosy carmine. 
Rosinante. Blush-rose, very dwarf. 
Sceur Melaine. Fine pure white. 
Strathneath. Rosy pink, distinct. 
Trojan. Bright maroon, vellow center, early and 
free. 
Veuve Clicquot. Bright red, edged yellow. 
White Jardin des Plantes. Extra-early white. 
Yellow Jardin des Plantes. 
10 cts. each, 85 cts. for 10 
Clematis • Virgin’s Bower 
Under this head are included only the herbaceous 
species of the better and showier class. The large- 
flowering hybrids are given in detail on page 50. All 
of the kinds named below are very ornamental and 
hardy. 
CLEMATIS, continued 
Clematis crispa (Crisped Leather Flower). 12 to 13 
ft. July to September. Flowers singly on long stalks, 
abundant, ij inches long, lilac-purple and delight- 
fully fragrant. Unique and beautiful. One of the 
best. 30 cts. each, $2.50 for 10. 
C. Davidiana. 4 ft. August and September. A 
stout, robust-growing perennial, making a top of 4 
feet in height by as much in width, with large, rough- 
ish ternate foliage, and its porcelain-blue blossoms, 
of the exact shape and size of the separate blossoms 
of the hyacinth, arc borne in flat whorls of 10 to 20 
in the axils of the opposite leaves, and most deli- 
ciously fragrant. In fact, their odor is almost pre- 
cisely like that of orange blossoms. 15 cts. each, 
$1.20 for 10. 
C. Douglasii. An erect variety from the West, with 
deep blue flowers in early spiring; similar in habit to 
C. crispa, but better in every way. Followed with 
plumy, decorative seed vessels. 50 cts. each, $4 for 
10. 
C. graveolens (Heavy-scented Clematis). 15 ft. 
All summer. Very strong climber, free bloomer, 
hardy, with fine foliage; flowers yellow, ij inches in 
diameter. 25 cts. each, $2 for 10. 
C. recta. 3 ft. Flowers white, sweet-scented and 
in immense masses. Rare and excellent. 25 cts. 
each, $2 for 10. 
C. stans (Bush Clematis). 2 to 4 ft. A strong, up- 
right grower, with immense heads of small, pure 
white blossoms, produced in early summer. Fine for 
bouquets. A grand, hardy plant. 25c. each, $z for 10. 
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