SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1896. 
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Not a word needs to be written descriptive of the Queen 
Autumn Flowers. The interest taken each autumn in the 
irysanthemum shows of every city shows the hold this 
wer has on the hearts of the people. Beautiful, profuse, 
ally grown, and a superb pot plant for room decoration, 
o other flower need hope to compete with it in the season. 
r Some dealers offer confusing lists of hundreds of varie¬ 
ties. but we have reduced our list 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 always, shifting them as they require, pinching back 
until robust and bushy, then to disbud, leaving but one 
■ W 08 B 0 m out of each cluster to develop, feeding the plant, of 
S lUrae, on liquid manure from the time the buds show. 
rice of nil the following . ISe. each. 2 for SHc., 5 for Me... or 
i more at 10c. each. 
Ada Spaulding. (I> The winner of many prizes. Large 
L and perfect: the lower half of the flowers a deep, rich 
pink, melting into the purest pearl while at the tips. 
Antonlus. A Bright canary yellow. Anemone-flowered 
_ Pompon. A great bloomer. 
• lack Douglas. (P) A curious and beautiful Pompon. 
The color so deep us to be almost black, while the tip of 
| each petal shows a glint of gold, making t he whole blos- 
t iom appear as though sprinkled with gold dust. 
Oulllngfordll. Still the standard of what a line dark 
I Chrysanthemum should be. Very rich dark crimson. 
Edouard Audlgier. (I) Unlike any other sort. Riohvelvety 
violet-purple, with silvery reverse of petal. Very large. 
H. E. Wldener. One of the most famous of th» newer 
Mb Chrysanthemum-. Flowers a perfect ball of bright lemon 
yellow; very large and upheld by long stiff flower stalks. 
Harry May. (I) A massive, spherical flower of rich old-gold 
1 touched with reddish veins. Spoon-shaped petals. 
•«ory. A grand variety. A smooth-textured ivory-white 
flower of large size and perfect globulhr form. 
Leopard Improved. Most beautiful and distinct. The color 
is a peculiar but beautiful carmine-purple thickly dotted 
t with white. A great improvement on the old Leopard, 
•iota. (1) One of the most popular yellows, of a rich golden 
- color, and as round as a ball. Very line, 
koko. (Ai Broad, flat: outer petals of a rosy-lilac. Short. 
tubular center petals of a creamy white. 
Oeo. W. Childs. A massive flower of great substance and 
f superb color. A rich, deep, velvety-crimson, absolutely 
j free from all other shades. One of the very largest and 
' richest-colored sorts known. 
Golden Wedding. New last year, and probably the very- 
finest of all yellow varieties. Flowers enormous in size, 
incurved. solid and globular. Finest and brightest, yellow, 
v. H. Haltock. The petals are broad and wax-like, in color 
nn exquisite pearl, bathed in tints of rose. 
W . H. Lincoln. Pure golden yellow; slightly incurved and 
of great size and perfection. 
Lilian B. Bird. (J) Avery large, full flower, with high 
• center, and spreading needle-shaped petals of a pale 
. shrimp-pink. 
L. Canning. (J) Much grown for specimens and for cut¬ 
ting. Pure white; petals very long and broad. Extra. 
Eugene Dailiedouze. Deep gold, and the very finest late 
i sort. Size and form magnificent. 
■ nlor Bonnafon. Soft, clear yellow, beautiful globe form 
« and very early bloomer. 
The Queen. Claimed to be the very finest pure white. 
Certainly none better. 
Laclnlata Crandlflora. An improvement on the old I.acln- 
lator; flowers twice its size, perfectly double, arid pure 
snow-white; petals beautifully laciniated. 
White Comet. A large, flat flower, double to the center, 
seven inches across petals whorled, quilled and twisted 
in the most beautiful mariner. Color, pure white. 
Mrs. Fottler. (J) A lovely incurved variety, with long, 
pointed petals. The soft pink flowers are very leathery. 
Mrs. L. C. 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. Langtry. (J) A very large and beautiful late bloomer 
of snowy- whiteness. 
Princess Meletia. (P) Beautiful for cutting or wearing 
A lovely, long siemmed fringed flower of perfect Pom 
pon shape; a delicate blush white. Will please evert one 
Roslyn. A superbMermet-Rose pink. Thick heavy petals, 
flowers of immense size. 
Rose Queen. (J) A lovely rose-amaranth, with quilled, 
flattened petals. 
Val d’Or. (P) The finest of all yellow-flowered Pompons. 
Blooms in clusters. Beautiful shape, and rich color. 
Wm. R. Smith. (J) Color, a fine daybreak-crimson; large 
and beautifully shaped. 
W. N. Rudd. A pale lavender pink, rare shade of great 
beauty. Petals long, drooping and curiously- notched. 
Whirlwind. An enormous pure white anemone-flowered: 
of great beauty. 
OSTRICH PLUME CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
These are- the unique hairy or “Esau" varieties which 
are so odd, beautiful and popular. 
Louis Boehmer. An elegant fleecy sortof a soft rosy-pink. 
The broad petals show the same plush-like hairiness of 
Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, to which it is a fine companion. 
Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. Large, loose, feathery blooms, cov¬ 
ered with frosted plush-like hairs. A magnificent flower, 
W. A. Manda. Superb, large golden yellow flowers, on 
stout stems well above the foliage. This also shows the 
handsome hairs so much admired in these flowers. 
One. each of the SO varieties offered on this jrage, $2.00. 
CHOICE CHRYSANTHEMUM SEED, 
Chrysanthemums are very easily grown from seed, and 
flower abundantly the first season. It is no trouble at all to 
grow them and they are sure to flower beautifully- in Octo¬ 
ber and November from spring-sown seed. Every plant 
raised will produce a flower of a different color and charac¬ 
ter, no two will ever he alike, and among them there will he 
many exceptionally beautiful and valuable new varieties 
Extra Choice Mixed, saved only- from the finest named 
sorts. 25c. per packet. 
Ostrich Plume, Mixed Colors, 30c. per packet. 
