Wee ies and Specialties of Merit Warit 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS—Continued 
18 inches and is in full flower Sept. 
20, therefore valuable where earliness 
is important. Hardy, easily grown, 
requiring no pinching or special 
handling to produce flowers 414 to 
5 inches across or larger if disbudded. 
Fine for pot culture. Note: Occa- 
sional plants assume bronzy yellow 
tints but are just as attractive. Doz., 
$7.50; 100, $60.00. 
DOUBLE SHASTA DAISY 
Esther Reed. The pure white flowers 
are completely double, produced 
freely from June to October. They 
are of excellent lasting quality. The 
stems are about 18 inches long, very 
stiff, holding the heavy double pure 
white blooms upright. Excellent for 
the border as well as for cutting. 
Doz., $7.50; 100, $60.00. 
DAHLIAS 
Three Perfect Miniature Dahlias for 
Adorning Garden and Table 
Little Jennie. Very early flowering 
Cactus. Flesh-pink tinted rose and 
yellow. Each, $1.00; doz., $10.00. 
Princess Alba. Formal decorative type 
but not close compact formation. 
Blooms 214 inches across with 
straight, stiff stems holding the 
bloom perfectly poised. Snow-white 
with tiny spot of buttercup-yellow at 
extreme base of each petal. Blooms 
produced in great profusion. Each, 
Sle OMdazens 5.003 
Tip. Free-blooming semi-Cactus. Sul- 
phur-yellow with very long stems. 
Extra good keeper. Each, $1.50; 
doz., $15.00. 
DAPHNE 
Genkwa. Rare, hardy, dwarf Japanese 
shrub, attains an ultimate height of 
only 3 feet. Interesting, beautiful 
lilac-blue flowers in March and April 
on slender, graceful branches before 
the foliage appears. Shows to best 
advantage at rear of rockery or in 
front of shrubbery border. Grows 
easily in sandy, well-drained soil that 
has been enriched with decayed cow 
manure. Always a rarity due to the 
difficulty of its propagation. 3 yr. 
127 eins high. ‘Each, $2.00: doz., 
$20.00. 
MINIATURE 
GLADIOLUS FLOWERS 
for Table Decoration 
Bulbs offered for this purpose are 
from 14 to 3% inch in diameter and will 
produce 3 to 6 small flowers on graceful 
willowy stems 18 to 24 inches long. 
The bulbs are small and should be sown 
in the same manner as Garden Peas, 
not fertilized too heavily. For continu- 
ous blooms, sow bulbs at the same time 
as first sowing of Garden Peas and a 
second sowing a month later. Requires 
110 to 120 days to flower. 
Offered only in collection of 1000 
bulbs in the following varieties, equal 
quantities of each: 
Betty Co-ed. Soft appleblossom-pink. 
Orange Butterfly. Glowing orange. 
White Butterfly. Ruffled white. 
$25.00 per Collection. 
GLADIOLUS 
New and Standard Varieties, 
see pages 112 to 116 
GY PSOPHILA 
Flamingo. All the valuable characteris- 
tics of Gypsophila Paniculata fl. pl., 
such as vigor of growth, profusion 
of bloom and winter hardiness. How- 
ever, the well-formed flowers are 
slightly larger and a distinct, beau- 
tiful shade of light pink. Doz., 
$9.00; 100, $67.50. 
ISMENE CALATHINA 
(Peruvian Daffodil) 
Large, amaryllis-like, fragrant flowers 
of pure white, produced in clusters. 
Plant in open ground after May 15th. 
Doz., $5.00; 100 $35.00. 
PHLOX 
SUFFRUTICOSA 
Princess Ingrid. A splendid addition to 
the early flowering or Miss Lingard 
type. Without magenta or lavender 
shadings, it is a dainty and most at- 
tractive appleblossom-pink. Doz,, 
$9.00: 100, $65.00. 
PHYSOSTEGIA 
Rosy Spire. Similar to Summer Glow 
but a shade deeper in color. Some- 
what more compact in its florescence, 
it resembles the rosy crimson parent. 
Vivid, but attains a height of 3 to 
31% feet and is decidedly colorful in 
mid-September. Doz., $4.50; 100, 
$35.00. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM, Mrs. Pierre S. Du Pont III 

Summer Glow. Towering stems, often 
exceeding 4 feet, terminating in 
colorful spikes 11/4 feet long. Similar 
to the parent Gigantea but of a rosy 
crimson color that is altogether at- 
tractive and far more effective. In 
full bloom mid-August. Doz., $4.50; 
100, $35.00. 
PULMONARIA 
Angustifolia Azurea. A profusion of 
deep sky-blue flowers and handsome 
foliage for masses of color in early 
Spring. Height, 1 ft. Fine with 
spring bulbs. Doz., $4.50; 100, 
$35.00. 
ROSES 
Mrs. Oliver Ames. A truly marvelous 
Rose with a long tapering, lemon- 
yellow bud, unfolding to a broad, 
large flowered, double cream-colored 
bloom of heavy texture with a deep 
lemon-yellow center. Exceedingly 
fragrant. Each, $2.00. 
Orange Nassau. (Plant Patent No. 350.) 
The most spectacular Rose of the 
decade. An entirely new color which 
is bright orange on inside of petals, 
outside intense yellow that contrasts 
well with the orange. Each, $2.00. 
SCABIOSA 
Fischeri. It is a free-blooming type, 
producing an abundance of mauve, 
pincushion-like flowers from early 
Tuly until frost. Height, 2 to 21% ft. 
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