The E. G. Hill Company 
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Here are 12 BIG EARLY FANCIES for your 
Ne.rl Autumns Early Opening or Home Exhibit 
Alice Lemon 
Alice Salomon 
Chrysolora 
Christy Matthewson 
Golden Salomon 
H. E. Converse 
Mrs. Gilbert Drabble 
Chieftain 
Nerissa 
Odessa 
Nakota 
Wm. Turner 
Take Blooming 
Bud Date 
A. J. Balfour—Color, rose-pink ; 
broad petals of great substance; 
nothing can touch it in color. Easy 
to do, but a slow propagator. $4 per 
100 . Sept. 10 Nov. 5 
Advance (Smith’s)—This variety 
displaces every other of its date- 
first early; it is a nice grower bloom¬ 
ing from late September into Octo- July 5 to 15 
ber . Sept., Oct. 
Alice Lemon—A beautiful light 
pink flower of enormous size; stem 
and foliage fine. Fine for early 
openings. $6 per 100. Aug. 15 Oct. 25 
Alice Salomon — An incurving, 
pure white, big flower, with light 
weight stem and foliage that will 
bear close planting, and can be cut 
October 15; a variety that matures 
very rapidly; will not bear heavy 
feeding . Aug. 20 Oct. 20 
Chadwick Improved—Pure snow- 
white, never tints; should have been 
called Snow-white Chadwick; as fine 
as the original with absolute purity 
of color; best late white. $4 per 100; 
$35 per 1000. Sept. 20 Late 
Chas. Rager—Flower nicely in¬ 
curving in form; pure snow-white 
with a grand stem, and foliage as 
handsome as “Eaton”; a very easy 
doer . Sept. 1 Nov. 1 
Chieftain (“Ivy Gay”)—The love¬ 
liest pink of them all; ready October 
25th, and keeps indefinitely, without 
fading. A globular incurved, full 
and round; good rose-pink, on stiff 
stems with foliage that is just right; 
an easy doer. Chieftain is among 
pinks what Bonnaffon is among yel¬ 
lows; no culls in the variety; perfect 
in form and color, and the very best 
commercial pink in existence; every¬ 
body likes it. Sept. 10 Oct. 2a 
Chrysolora—Fine large incurved, 
with perfect stem and foliage: re- Second bud about 
ject the early crowns. Aug. 15 Oct. 15 
C. J. Vert—Chestnut scarlet: very 
large: fine for exhibition collec¬ 
tions. $10 per 100 .. ... 
Take Blooming 
Bud Date 
Ctess. Granard—An enormous ex¬ 
hibition yellow. Fine habit, stiff 
stem, nice foliage; good rich color. 
$4 per 100. Aug. 10 Nov. 1 
Christy Matthewson—A big, fine 
white, full and massive; very distinct 
in form.. Pure snow-white of enor¬ 
mous size, fine keeper; one of the 
showiest ’mums of its date; splen¬ 
did for early exhibits and store 
openings. $6 per 100. 
Dr. Enguehard—Grand commer¬ 
cial variety; color, pink; stem and 
Aug. 15 
Oct. 15 
foliage perfect; 4 feet. 
Donatello—A fine yellow, nicely 
Sept. 5. 
Late 
incurved . 
Oct. 20 
Dolly Dimple—Extra good yel¬ 
low of large size, unusually fine 
form, a rather flat, inrolling incurved 
of great spread; as fine stem and fo¬ 
liage as Eaton; excellent keeper-Aug. 20 Nov. 5 
D. B. Crane —Reflexing yellow, 
very large, dwarf; fine for exhi¬ 
bition. $5 per 100. Nov. 5 
Flamingo — Exquisite shade of 
crimson, perfectly reflexed in form, 
very large. $30 per 100. Aug. 20 Nov. 1 
F. T. Quittenton—A magnificent 
crimson for exhibition; every petal 
reflexed; does not burn. Fine grower, Aug. 25 and 
good stem. $5 per 100 . later Nov. 1 
F. S. Vallis—The best of this 
type. An immense Japanese flower; 
yellow, deepening to a fine citron 
shade. Long petals, twisting and re¬ 
flexing into a broad, deep bloom as 
large as Mme. Carnot. Exhibition Early 
only. 4)4 feet . Aug. 10 Nov. 
Golden Wedding—Nothing finer 
among yellows; shines like burnished 
gold; the standard for measuring 
color; 4/2 feet. $4 per 100; $35 per 
1000 . Sept. 10 Late 
Golden Glow—Bright yellow, of 
velvety finish; fine stem and foliage. 
Flower 5)4 inches in diameter; the 
very earliest yellow. July 5 Aug. 20 
Gen. Hutton—Yellow, shaded or¬ 
ange; easy doer, enormous; indis- Sept. 1 Nov. 15 
pensable. 4)4 feet. $4 per 100. and on 
Nov. 5 
