M 
A. B. DAVIS (H SON. PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA. 
JAPANESE IMPERIAL CHRYSANTHEMUM NO. 3I. 
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
This handsome flower is well named the “Queen of Autumn,” coming as it does, the 
last of the gay bloomers of the summer and fall. When the chilly winds and sharp nights 
have put all our summer friends to sleep for another season, our “Autumn Queen” 
shows forth in all her beauty and glory, graced with all the colors our imagination can 
picture, from pure white to almost black, through all the yellows and orange ; endless in 
shades — all the fascinating shades of Japanese, trim little Pompones, the smooth Chinese; 
all the grand hybrids of every land and climate. 
From the endless list of varieties, we select the following list, which we have thorough- 
ly tested. We offer no poor varieties. 
JAPANESE IMPERIAL NO. 31. 
For outdoor culture this is undoubtedly the finest Japanese Chrysanthemum ever 
brought to this country. On plants growing in the open ground we had blooms as large 
as breakfast plates. Its color is a deep clear pink. It is ten days earlier than any other 
variety. Its buds can be cut and used as effectively as pink rose buds. Though it comes 
into bloom so early it lasts for a long time, and is so hardy that it is never injured by 
frost. 25 cents each. 
