Flowering Plants 
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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORIt 
Plant Department 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS CARNATIONS 
The Carnations we offer are strong, young plants out of 2-inch 
pots. If planted out in spring they should begin blooming about 
July or earlier. If potted in the fall they should bloom profuse¬ 
ly during the winter months. 
15 ets. each, $1.50 dozen. 
Aristocrat. Deep pink, extra long stems and large flowers. A 
strikingly handsome and very valuable new sort. 
Daheim. Dark maroon, crimson shadings. 
El Dorado. Rich yellow, striped and penciled bright red. 
Enchantress. A superb shade of rosy-blush pink, very rich toward 
the center; extra line, unrivaled in its color. 
Harry Fenn. A deep crimson variety with large perfect flowers 
and long strong stems. A gem in its color. 
J. H. Manley. Brilliant orange-scarlet, blooms average 3 to 3% 
inches in diameter. Very fragrant and beautifully fringed. 
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson. Purest rose-pink, brilliant at night. 
Mrs. >1. A. Patten. The flowers are a glistening white, striped and 
penciled with bright red. 
Rose-Pink Enchantress. A beautiful rose-pink. 
Red Lawson. A “sport” from Mrs. Thos. \7. Lawson, much deeper 
in color but identical in other respects. 
Robert Craig. A grand scarlet variety; flowers largest size, long 
stems and delightfully fragrant. 
Victory. A fine, deep scarlet, strong grower and very profuse 
bloomer; a profitable sort. Largely grown for cut flowers. 
W hite Perfection. Large flowers of the purest white, long stem; the 
best offered in its color, and sure to please. 
Winsor. A bright, attractive pink, surpassing all others in its color; 
in fact, there are none like it. An invaluable sort. 
HARDY GARDEN CARNATIONS.—Every color known in Car¬ 
nations is represented, but having been grown from mixed 
seed we cannot supply any special color. They flower heav¬ 
ily in June. A fair proportion of the flowers will be double. 
Price, 10 cts. each, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
“MARGIERITE” CARNATIONS.— A monthly Carnation which 
is of the greatest value for summer blooming. They bloom 
freely all summer; the flowers are mostly double; they are 
all elegantly fringed and deliciously fragrant. Price, 10 cts. 
each, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
about the middle of September, potted, watered thoroughly, and sot 
in a shady place for a few days; afterward expose them to the full 
light, in a temperature not higher than fifty degrees. 
Beatrice May. Splendid white, flushed pink. 
Ben Wells. Flesh color; very large. 
Col. D. Appleton. A very large, bright, deep yellow, incurved, of fine 
form; one of the very best. 
P. A. Cobold. Handsome mauve pink of reflexing form. 
Lady llopetoun. Heliotrope pink; largest of its colo’' 
Ivory. An old favorite very early white. 
Mrs. G. Heaume. A very popular salmon bronze. 
Miss Kathleen Stoop. A fine late pure white. 
Morton F. Plant. A fine large pink. 
Mrs. Henry Barnes. Old rose, shading to terra-cotta. 
Timothy Eaton. The largest white, incurved of perfect form. 
Polly Rose. One of the most desirable early whites. 
Wm. Duckham. A pure pink of incurved form, perfect in every way. 
Ostrich Plume Chrysanthemums 
The three varieties offered below are the most distinct of the Ostrich 
Plume, or hairy sorts. 
Louis Boehmer. An exquisite shade of silvery pink, with deep rose 
on the inside of the petals. 
I/Enfant des Deux Mondes. Pure white, of large size and fine build; 
very heavily plumed. 
Monarch of Ostrich Plumes. Bright chrome-yellow, shaded with am- 
ber; flowers very large and full, finely incurved. Marguerite Carnation 
Ready in April 
All standard varieties, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
Col. D. Appleton 
No flower makes a more magnificent display in the 
autumn than these, with their almost endless variety 
of form and colors, ranging from the purest snowy 
white, delicate pink and rose, through all the shades 
of brilliant yellows and deep reds. Set out the plants 
in a sunny, sheltered location, in good rich soil, using 
plenty of well-rotted cow manure. Water freely and 
keep well cut back until the first of August. If 
wnntod for indoor bloomimr. thev should be lifted 
