Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. H5 ChrysanthemumsâSelection of Best Standard Varieties. Ada Spaulding. Habit most sturdy and robust; color distinct; the lower half of the flower being a rich deep pink, shading in upper portion to the purest pearl white. Challenge. A very late flowering variety, coming into perfection from 25th to 30th of November ; the flower is a perfect globe of gold. Clinton Chalfant. A fine large yellow of good form. Cullingfordi. A fine shade of crimson, a useful variety. Daydawn. A grand large e
Dreer's garden calendar : 1897 . dreersgardencale1897henr Year: 1897 BEST PLANTS FOR GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. H5 ChrysanthemumsâSelection of Best Standard Varieties. Ada Spaulding. Habit most sturdy and robust; color distinct; the lower half of the flower being a rich deep pink, shading in upper portion to the purest pearl white. Challenge. A very late flowering variety, coming into perfection from 25th to 30th of November ; the flower is a perfect globe of gold. Clinton Chalfant. A fine large yellow of good form. Cullingfordi. A fine shade of crimson, a useful variety. Daydawn. A grand large early white, flowers 7 A inches in diameter. E. Hitzeroth. A magnificent extra large flower, petals broad and peculiarly arranged, completely filling centre. Bright lemon'yellow, exquisite and novel form. Erminilda. Very fine rosy pink, outer petals refiexed, inner incurved ; a very fine flower. Frank Thomson. A splendid flower, very nearly spherical in form; petals very broad and heavy, and finely incurving ; it is very nearly white in color, only showing a touch of pearl-pink at the base of the petals. Harry E. Widener. Bright lemon-yellow without shadings. Flowers large, on stiff, stout stems; incurving, forming a large rounded surface. Harry May. Flowers very large and deep ; full double; forming a massive sphere; color, deep old gold with oc- casional reddish veins. Ivory. Snowy-white, of perfect form, fl o w e r s very large; an early and free-flowering variety of dwarf habit. Inter-Ocean. Glisten- ing pearly white, suf- fused with pink, very large. Indiana. One of the largest flowers grown, measuring 22 inches in diameter, color clear bright pink. John Shrimpton. Vel- vety crimson scarlet with reverse gold. Lady Playfair. Pearly pink, a fine large in- curved flower. L. Canning. A singu- â larly large and handsome pure white flower, of dwarf but vigorous and compact growth. Mrs. L. C. Madeira. A perfect compact globe of bright orange color ; petals upright, like unopened
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