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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y, 
Ghr.vsaptherqUiqsatlOc.each. 
Not a word needs to be written descriptive of the Queen 
of Autumn Flowers. The interest taken each autumn in the 
Chrysanthemum shows of every city shows the hold this 
flower has on the hearts of the people. Beautiful, profuse, 
easily grown, and a superb pot plant for room decoration. 
No other flower need hope to compete with it in the season. 
Some dealers offer confusing lists of hundreds of varieties, 
but we have reduced our lists to the cream of all sorts, any 
one of which might grace a queen’s palace. Our advice is to 
give them rich food and plenty of water, and if the large 
blooms of the Exhibition are coveted, keep them in pots al¬ 
ways, shifting them as they require, pinching back until 
robust and bushy, then to disbud, leaving but one blossom 
out of each cluster to develop. 
Price of all Chrysanthemums on this page, roc. each. 
JAPANESE. 
This is the leading and most popular class. Many differ¬ 
ent shapes and forms, of all colors. 
Andes— Rich old gold color. 
Cullingfordll —Still the standard of what a fine dark. 
Chrysanthemum should be. Very rich dark crimson. 
Oomet —A large, flat flower, double to the center, seven 
^ inches across, petals whorled, quilled and twisted in the 
most beautiful manner. Color, pure white. 
Challenge Brightest yellow; perfect globe shape, large 
and late. 
Eugene Dalledouze —Deep gold and the very finest late 
sort. Size and form magnificent.. 
Golden Wedding New last year and probably the very 
finest of all yellow varieties. Flowers enormous in size, 
incurved, soiid and globular. Finest and brightest yellow. 
Helen Bloodgood -A striking variety, unquestionably the 
most meritorious and true pink. Globular in shape. 
Largest size. 
H. W. Rieman— Grand exhibition yellow. Deep golden 
shade and massive build. 
H. E. Widener— One of the most famous of the newer 
Chrysanthemums. Flower a perfect ball of bright lemon 
yellow; very largo and upheld by long stiff flower stalks, 
vory—A grand variety. A smooth-textured ivory-white 
flower of large size and perfect globular form. 
John Shrlmpton— Deep velvety crimson, gold color on re¬ 
verse side of petals. Largo and extra fine. 
Kiota—One of the most popular yellows, of a rich golden 
color, and as round as a ball. Very fine. 
Leopard Improved— Most beautiful and distinct. The color 
is a peculiar but beautiful carmine-purple thickly dotted 
with white. A great improvement on the old # Leopard. 
Lilian B. Bird —A very largo, full flower, with high center, 
and spreading needle shaned petals of a pale shrimp-pink. 
Mayflower— Flowers six inches across, perfectly double to 
the center. Petals long and wavy and beautifully and 
deeply laoiniated; color pale whitish-lavender, slightly 
shaded with yellow toward the center. Unlike any other 
variety, and a llower of great and peculiar beauty. 
One plant ezch of the 50 sorts offered 
Major Bonnafon— Soft, clear yellow, beautiful 
globe form and very early bloomer. 
Mr*. L. p. Maderia- Large, double globular 
flowers, with large quilled petals that last 
long in perfection. The color is a distinct 
orange-yellow. A splendid grower. 
Mrs. H. Robinson— Magnificent large white- 
very early, blooming first of October. Extra’ 
Marion Henderson— Brightest yellow; extra 
early and lino. 
Mrs. Jerome Jones— White, finely tinted rose; 
an exquisite color. Late bloomer. 
Miss Gladys Spaulding- Magnificent snow- 
white, largo perfect form, opening flat. 
Mamie Wanamaker Largest and finest pure 
white. 
Mme. Bergmann— Earliest pure white; often 
blooms in September. Fino form and color. 
Maud Dean Beautiful pink, very large; petals 
broad and incurviirg. 
Merry Monarch — Magnificent pure white. 
Extra early and extra fine. 
Marq. de Montmart -Beautiful pink and so 
early that it often blooms in September. A 
grand variety. 
Pink Ivory— Exactly like the white variety, 
but a lovely pink color. 
Vlvland Morel—Tender, silky pink, very large 
and strikingly beautiful. 
W. H. LI ncoln Pure golden yellow; slightly 
incurved and of great size and perfection. 
OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
These aro the unique hairy or “ Esau ” vari¬ 
eties which are so odd, beautiful and popular. 
Cold Dust—Soft plumy flower of rich golden 
color. Best hairy yellow. 
Lady of the Lake— Magnificent bright pink. 
Exquisite. 
Mrs. Higginbotham — An improved Louis Boehmer. 
Elegant large blossoms^of w a soft downy pink. Petals 
broad and plush-like. 
Mrs. W. J. Godfrey —Improved Alpheus Hardy. Pure snow- 
white, large and double, and very hairy; best white sort. 
R. M. Cray— Immense, hairy, bronze or terra cotta color. 
Price of all Chrysanthemums on this page, 10 c. each . 
PONS PON CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Small flowers as double as little roses, and borne in 
great masses. By all odds this is one of the most charming 
of all Chrysanthemums, and everyone should have a few 
at least. 
Black Douglas— A curious and beautiful Pompon. The 
color so deep as to be almost black, while the tip of each 
petal shows a glint of gold, making the whole blossom 
appear as if sprinkled with gold dust. 
Mlgnon— A beautiful pink of bright hue; exquisite. 
Princess Meletla— Beautiful for cutting or wearing. A 
lovely, long stemmed, fringed flower of perfect Pompon 
shape; a delicate blush white. Will please everyone. 
Val d’Or— The finest of all yellow flowered Pompons, 
Blooms in clusters. Beautiful shape and rich color. 
White Bedder— Pure snow white, in great masses. A 
superb cut flower. 
on this and the next page for $3*50. 
