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A. B. DAVIS & SON, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA. 
many new ones to be added to the list. This flower of the people grows everywhere, for everyone, and fully 
repays any extra labor that is expended on it. As pot plants chrysanthemums are excellent and very effective. 
If left in the garden, protected from frost, they furnish masses of brilliant flowers for vases and table use, 
as well as for personal ornament. In our collection will be found only those which, for color, form and habit, 
are of especial merit. 
12 New Extra Early Chrysanthemums for Outdoor Culture. 
Price, 15 Cents ; set of 12 for $1.25. 
BOLERO. Chrome yellow ; very large. 
CANARY. A pretty yellow ; extra early. 
ESPERAN'ZA. Blush, creamy white center. This 
variety was much admired by all who saw it. 
El' Itl'S. Red bronze ; large. 
FIRENZI. A deep, rich yellow ; very large and fine. 
GOLDEN ALPHA. Yellow, tinged with bronze. 
MAD. DOMAGE. Pure white. 
MLLE. ELISE DORDAX. Fine Pompeiian red. 
MONS. NEVILLE. Large; salmon pink. 
MRS. F. BEliGM.VN. A pretty white ; very early. 
RUSSELL. Snowy white ; good size. 
SALVATOR. Crimson red ; large flowers ; a beauty 
New Prize=winning Chrysanthemums. 
Price, 25 Cents. 
ABBIE MEN DEN HALL. Beautiful flower of pale 
canary yellow, of immense size ; outer petals reflexed, 
center petals incurving ; foliage heavy and beautiful; 
a fine grower ; stems stiff. 
COLONEL WM. B. SMITH. An immense, double, 
high-built flower; petals very broad and large, form- 
ing a solid mass of rich, bright golden-bronze. 
CLARA BERTERMANN. Old gold. Sport of John 
Collins, with flowers of same shape ; opens at first a 
bronze color, with purplish 
stripes underneath, and 
changes to a beautiful golden 
yellow. 
EXQUISITE. A seedling 
from Mrs. Fottler, identical 
in color, but a grand im- 
provement in size of flower, 
freedom of growth and stiff- 
ness of stem. The petals are 
quite upright, and show the 
bright pink shadings at their 
best. 
GOLDEN GATE. Of Ja- 
panese origin. A lovely 
chrome yellow, with whorled 
center ; large flat flowers, 
with spreading petals. A 
magnificent variety, taking 
first prize or certificate of 
merit wherever exhibited. 
JOSEPH H. WHITE. A 
very large white variety, 
with upright petals, forming 
a nicely rounded flow r er of 
great substance. A strong 
grower, with stiff stems. 
LILIAN RUSSELL. A 
broad petaled, clear, silvery- 
pink, incurving and forming 
an immense round ball of 
large size. An early flowering 
variety, suitable for all pur- 
poses. 
MRS. ROBERT CRAIG. 
Pure snow w hite ; incurved 
to form a perfect sphere, like 
the typical Chinese ; perfectly 
double, and with the breadth 
of petal and grandeur ofbuild 
found in the Japanese. Very 
large in size. 
MARGUERITE .JEF- 
FORDS. A fine spherical 
flower, of bright amber color; 
a rich and pleasing shade. 
One of the best. 
MRS. MARIA SIMPSON. Color soft chrome yel- 
low ; a fine example of the broad petaled, incurving, 
Japanese type, showing no center very large, a fine 
grower, with stiff stems. Silver medal at Philadel- 
phia ; certificate at Indianapolis. 
MOUNT SHASTA. (Not Shasta.) Broad, creamy 
white, recurved outer petals, center petals shorter, 
incurved. Plant of short stout growth. Very early 
for a large-flowered variety. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM W. A. MANDA. 
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