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A FEW FLOWERS 
[Dahlias—Concluded.] 
Single Dahlias. 
Price, 20 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 
Amos Perry. A grand single Dahlia; color rich maroon, 
sometimes shading to a lighter maroon; very free flowering and 
good habit. 
Chilwell Beauty. Beautiful yellow flowers; petals 
broadly and distinctly edged with bright scarlet; one of the 
finest single Dahlias in cultivation. 
Dr. Moffat. A very striking variety ; the flowers are large, 
circular and of splendid substance, the petals being bluekish 
maroon, distinctly margined with crimson in precisely the game 
manner as Chilwell Beauty. 
Lutea Grandiflora. Soft, pleasing yellow: large, well- 
shaped flowers of good substance and very free flowering. 
Mauve Queen. Rich silky mauve; fine shaped flowers: the 
variety is a perfect model. 
New and Choice 
duet ions. They are all grand varieties for cutting, or 
Miss Annie Manda. Flowers very high and compact; 
perfectly double, incurved; of the purest white. The petals are 
well furnished with long glandular hair-like growths, giving 
the flower a unique appearance, far surpassing the celebrated 
variety “ Mrs. Alpheus Hardy.” A strong and vigorous grower. 
25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Miss Ada McVicker. A plant of strong habit, producing 
immense creamy white flowers with broad, thick reflexed petals; 
a grand variety, and one of the best for either specimen blooms, 
bush plants or standards. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Roslyn. A superb clear mermet rose pink ; petals thick and 
heavy, cup shaped, solid to the centre; immense in size, having 
been exhibited eleven inches in diameter; awarded silver medal 
by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 25 cents each; $2.50 
per dozen. 
Eva Hoyt. An immense double Japanese bloom of clearest 
and brightest yellow ; a solid ball with full high built centre; 
superior to any existing varieties for exhibition purposes. 
25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 
John Dyer. Hood strong grower; broad petals of extra 
substance; perfectly double; color, chrome-yellow; striped en¬ 
tire length of petals with fine red lines. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
We will send the set of 
Mrs. Bowman. Purple magenta; petals smooth, perfect 
in form and slightly reflexed at the edges. 
Miss Linaker. Beautiful bright cherry red; one of the 
brightest and most attractive single Dahlias yet raised. 
Marion Hood. White, shading to deep rosy pink; a most 
effective sort. 
Negress. Dark velvety maroon, almost black; exceedingly 
free habit, with beautifully-cut foliage. 
Victor Stranberg. A splendid formed flower, of a heavy 
rich scarlet, having a dark centre. 
White Queen. Of a neat and compact form, extremely 
floriferous; the flowers stand well above the foliage, arc broad 
and well rounded, and beautifully overlap each other. 
Mrs. J. Coninck. Pure white, effectively shaded with pale 
mauve; a first-class sort. 
Chrysanthemums. 
the very best and most, distinct of the new intro- 
for growing as specimens for exhibition. 
Mrs. J. N. Gerard. A grand and beautiful variety ; flowers 
clear peach pink, and of the largest size; one of the earliest to 
come in bloom. 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Patrick Barry. (Syn. W. A. Manda.) The new golden yel¬ 
low hairy Chrysanthemum; flowers very large, of the brightest 
golden shade; habit vigorous and tall; stems stilt and erect. 
I iiis is the grandest introduction from Japan of the past year. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Geo. W. Childs. The best deep self-colored crimson variety 
in existence; flowers massive and of immense size, with broad, 
stilt’ petals; rich dark velvety crimson without a shade of brown 
or chestnut; similiur in habit to Cullingfordii, but heavier and 
darker. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Win. H. Lincoln. A magnificent golden-yellow variety, 
with straight flat, spreading petals; an extra large flower, com¬ 
pletely double, and of great substance. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Mrs. J. W. Morrissey. A mammoth flower, with full 
double centre; has been exhibited twelve inches across; color, 
silvery pink; inner surface of petals bright rose; a grand exhibi¬ 
tion bloom; awarded certificate of merit by the Pennsylvania 
Horticultural Society. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
ten varieties for $2.00. 
General Collection of Chrysanthemums. 
This list contains the very best and choicest of the older varieties, although many of them are kinds that 
have been introduced ns novelties, very recently, and sold at a high price. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Mrs. Alplieus Hardy. Incurved, of the purest whitceolor 
nud fine glow. The flower Is perfect in shape, of large size and 
good substance, and is remarkable as being the first of the hairy 
Ch rysanthemu ms. 
Gloriosum. Light yellow, fringed, vigorous; oue of the best 
early sorts. 
Mrs. E. D. Adams. Very large, pure white, new and very 
beautiful. 
Harry E. Widener. bright lemon yellow; a magmficeut 
large llowcr. 
Rohallion. A first-class early yellow variety, invaluable for 
cutting. 
President Arthur. Light rose; flowers immense size. 
Mrs. Frank Thompson. Large, incurved Japanese, broad 
petals; mottled deep pink, with silvery reverse; flowers eight 
inches across. 
Mrs. Langtry. Pure white; extra Hue. 
Mrs. M. J. Thomas. Large, pure white, thick incurved 
petals. 
Cullingfordi. Brilliant crimson; magnificent. 
Mermaid. Beautiful soft pink, with deeper shadings ■ verv 
choice. 
Louis Boehmer. Large, violet pink, covered with glandu¬ 
lar hairs, in the style of “Mrs. A. Hardy; ” very desirable. 
Harry May. A grand sort; color deep old gold, with occa¬ 
sional reddish veins. 
Gognac. One of the best whites. 
Ivory, the best white, growing extensively for the cut 
flower market. 
Thunberg. Late; pure primrose-yellow; large and line. 
Pi esident Hyde. One of the best yellows. 
Ada Spaulding. Very large; white, shaded pink. 
Lilian Bird. Pale pink; immense flowers. 
Kiota. Deep waxy yellow. 
G. F. Mossman. Deep crimson, bronze reverse; extra. 
