CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 17 
FRANK HARDY. 
1 he mid-season market white of the future; indispensable for the 
market grower and for the exhibitor. Highest honors at the leading 
shows in comparison with all the best whites on the market, and the 
highest average of all varieties exhibited before C. S. A. Committees 
this season. 
THE YELLOW FELLOW. 
Winner of the $100.00 high grade Stearns bicycle prize in a strong 
competition. It gives a large graceful bloom with ordinary treatment 
and can be grown a “whopper” for exhibition. Bud tinted bronze, 
maturing rich bright yellow. Iron clad constitution. A mid-season 
Japanese variety of great value. 
WM. H. CHADWICK. 
A phenominal seedling, the grandest novelty of the year. A star 
production. Certificated at Chicago, Boston, New York and Philadel- 
phia. An immense striking bloom, waxy white, occasionally rosy 
tinted. Habit, growth, stem and foliage simply perfect. Any one can 
grow it satisfactorily. It cannot be praised too highly. Mid-season 
and later. 
MADELINE PRATT. 
Certificated in 1896. Named for the sweet little Miss on the Chry- 
santhemum Society’s Certificate. Snowy white, high built incurved 
bloom. Very beautiful flower; early mid-season. Best from terminals, 
grown cool. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
The finest yellow Chrysanthemum for cut blooms or exhibition ever 
produced. Certificate of National Chrysanthemum Society; also Silver 
Medals by Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, New York Gardeners* 
Society, and Kentucky Society of Florists. 
MRS. C. H. PEIRCE. 
1 his is an important new variety raised by Fred Dorner & Sons Co., 
Lafayette, Ind. The flowers are of a fine rich yellow color; stems 
sturdy; foliage pleasing and well arranged on the stem. Was awarded 
several certificates in 1897. 
AUSTRALIAN GOLD. 
Use first crown bud. One of the very finest of the broad petaled 
incurving varieties that can be had in bloom by October 20th. Owing 
to ils earliness, be very careful about feeding too late, which will cause 
it to burn. Awarded numerous certificates abroad, our own National 
Society, the New York committee giving it 91 points. 
SOLAR QUEEN. 
Height 3 feet on bench. Use first crown bud. October 16th. Very 
heavily foliaged from the ground up to the flower. An extra fine variety 
for ‘‘single stem pot plant.*’ Brings a very large bloom with a height 
of 20 inches. Color golden yellow, shading lighter. Flower of extra 
size, averaging 10 inches across by 3 in depth. Very valuable as an 
early yellow, and can be had in grand shape for the early exhibitions. 
