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- Our Plant Department 
W E offer a good selection of‘plants this year of such varieties as will be sure to give good satisfaction. Look our list over 
carefully and include some of them in your order. (See back of order blank for special space to order.) All Plants offered 
are strong, well rooted, and grown especially for sending by mail, postpaid. We ao not handle larger plants of any kind. 
ROSES 
able 
We offer nothin# but the very best selected varieties that have been thoroughly tested. Our Roses are grown on their own roots, and 
are therefore far superior to those budded or grafted on wild stock. Our assortment this season includes the very best of the old fav¬ 
orites and the newest introductions. We do not offer all the Novelties; only those that we have found to have especial merit and suit- 
for outdoor culture. ___ 
W/ p. ~ JVI 'lil Plants a great many of our customers order both Seeds and Plants early in the winter. Seeds are sent at once and, if 
VV Util W b ITltlll I lull IS requested, we will send the Plants later—any time up to June 1st. We begin to fill Plant Order's in February, 
and unless you name the date you want us to mail the Plants we will consider you are ready for them and will forward at once in a separate package. Seeds 
anil Plants are never sent together in the same package. We cannot fill plant orders after June 1st 
Plant Orders 
chasers’ risk. 
will have our best attention and we guarantee to pack so they will arrive safely at any post office in the United States. Any com¬ 
plaints must be made within one week after Plants arrive. Orders filled in severe cold weather, or foreign shipments, are at pur- 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
INTENSITY -The flowers are of massive size; reflexed, with broad stiff 
petals; color deep, rich, velvety-crimson, with no shade of brown or chest¬ 
nut. Flowers borne on strong, stiff stems. 
MAJOR RON A IKON Color soft, clear, yellow, very full globular- 
shaped flowers 6 to 7 inches across, crowded with fine incurved petals. In 
perfect form and finish, like Ivory at its best. Habit dwarf; keeping quali¬ 
ties excellent Foliage well up to the flower, stiff stem. 
OCTOBER FROST -A pure white with broad, slightly incurved pet¬ 
als. Even when the flower is fully open, it does not show a center. Strong 
grower, with heavy foliage and one of the earliest to flower. 
\\ r 11 ITK RON A KFON -One of the most useful of the white varieties. 
Color pure snow white. The flower forms a perfect ball when in full bloom. 
It is a dwarf grower, with heavy foliage. 
BLACK HAWK The largest and most beautiful dark crimson-scarlct 
yet introduced. I,ook3 like crimson velvet; the very shade so much desired 
in Chrysanthemums. Flowers are of immense size on fine stiff stems. 
Sure to please. Said to be Ex-President Roosevelt’s favorite variety. 
Glory of the Pacific Chrysanthemum 
GLORY OF THK PACT FIC—This fine variety will rankas the very best 
c y Pmk sorts. It is of magnificent depth, with broad petals which 
finally relax, showing the clear pink color to excellent advantage. The plant 
is of dwarf, compact growth and comes into bloom very early in the fall. The 
flowers are of great size and a clear pink color. 
(iOI.DKN GI.OM A bright yellow of velvety finish, fine stem and foli¬ 
age. Flowers five and one-half inches in diameter and fine form. The very best 
of early yellows. 
1)R. KNGUEHARD Japanese incurved. One of the best introductions 
of recent years ; has been awarded highest honors wherever exhibited. Color 
a true pink, without the least trace of purple. Stem and foliage perfect 
Equally valuable for exhibition or commercial purposes. Perfectly double. 
Price of the above Chrysanthemums, 15c. each ; 3 for 40c„ 0 for 75c. 
postpaid. 
SPECIAL OFFER—AH 8 Varieties $1.00 postpaid. 
Richmond Bennty Geranium 
ALPHONSE 11ICABD- Large, semi-double flowers, 
often measuring 2 inches in diameter, borne in enormous 
trusses, on long stalks, and so freely produced as to nearly 
conceal the foliage; almost every joint produces a flower 
stem: blooms all season. Scarlet. 
BERTHA Re FRESSILY - Absolutely the only 
double pure delicate pink Geranium that does not fade in 
the summer. One of the most free and continuous bloom¬ 
ers. the flowers of a well grown plant completely covering 
the foliage. 
R FA PTE POITK VINK—Best salmon-colored Ger¬ 
anium for bedding purposes; most profuse bloomer of all 
the geraniums. Largest size trusses, borne on long foot 
stalks : florets very large, double and of a beautiful bril¬ 
liant salmon. Always in great demand during spring; 
brings a higher price than any of the others. 
COUNTESS OF HARCOl’HT—Pure snow white. 
A grand bedder. Florets large, double and beautifully 
formed. Extremely free in bloom. 
A. NUTT-The best crimson bedding Geranium, 
the finest of dark crimson Geraniums, has now taken 
as a bedding variety, being used in the largest 
and public grounds of the country in preference 
others. Its dense, compact growth, profuse 
qualities and sun-proof constitution combined give it 
prominence as a bedder. As a pot plant it cannot be ex¬ 
celled, 
MRS. K. G. TTTT.T.—For those unacquainted with the 
variety we would say it is the most distinct and pleasing 
shade of salmon, with light shading to the centre. The 
finest single, salmon-flowered geranium to date. One of the freest bloomers, continually covered with flowers. 
Double Geranium, S. A. Nutt 
JACQUERIE—One of the largest of florets, longer than wide: very vel¬ 
vety in texture, and a magnificent shade of very dark crimson-scarlet. One 
of the finest single geraniums, always in heavy demand. 
RICHMOND REA I’TY — Brilliant scarlet-crimson, shading through deli¬ 
cate violet-rose, to a distinct white center; magnificent bedder. 
JEAN VIAFD-An entirely new variety. The flowers are simply im¬ 
mense in size, borne on long strong stiff stems, well above the foliage. The 
color is a clear rosy pink, with distinct white eye, flowers semi-double. The 
plant is a vigorous compact grower, with broad deep green leaves. 
Any of the ahnve Geraniums, 15c. each,3 for 40c.6 for 75c.postpd. 
SPECIAL OFFER -All 9 Varieties $1.10 postpaid 
