. Book of flowers, plants, and seeds. Flowers, Catalogs; Vegetables, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs. 12 Harry Chaapel, Williamsport, Pa. Chrysanthemums for General Planting. This collection has been selected from hundreds of varieties as beino^ the very best for general plant- ing, combining:, as they do, all the beau- tiful colors, fantastic shapes and finest forms known in the chrysanthemums; many new and rare varieties are among them. Being all dis- tinct, they are especially desirable for cut-flowers—they are sorts we grow for this
. Book of flowers, plants, and seeds. Flowers, Catalogs; Vegetables, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Catalogs. 12 Harry Chaapel, Williamsport, Pa. Chrysanthemums for General Planting. This collection has been selected from hundreds of varieties as beino^ the very best for general plant- ing, combining:, as they do, all the beau- tiful colors, fantastic shapes and finest forms known in the chrysanthemums; many new and rare varieties are among them. Being all dis- tinct, they are especially desirable for cut-flowers—they are sorts we grow for this purpose. We have a large stock, and offer them to you at exceedingly low prices for such splendid varieties. Excellent. Very soft pink ; flower large, slightly drooping but quite double. Exhib- ited twelve inches in diameter. 20 cts. George Pratt. A distinct shade of wine red, reverse of petals red bronze; long, broad and incurving. See cut, page 13. Gold. Rich golden yellow, very large and double ; one of the best yellow varie- ties, and one of the most attractive flowers shown at our exhibition last faU. 20 cts. Mrs. A. C. Burpee. A Japanese variety with the outer petals drooping gracefully, while the inner ones are incurved and form in whorls toward the center ; color deep yellow, streaked with bronze, changing to pure chrome-yellow. Many of the blooms measure eight inches in diameter. Although the price of this superb variety last year was $1 each, we can now offer it for 20 cts. Mountain of Snow. A pure white va- riety of immense size, each bloom forming a perfect ball. Mrs. Mary Weightman. A magnifi- cent and very distinct chrome yellow ; in form loose and feathery, with long, slightly twisted petals. Mandarin. Deep Indian red. Mrs. Levi P. Morton. Of distinct and unique ap- pearance ; bright pink ; the petals are wide and long, and radiate with the utmost regularity from the disc ; the base of each petal is pure white, forming a broad and decided ring around the yellow
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