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Title: Floral gems for winter flowering
Identifier: CAT31282792 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: McGregor Brothers; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Springfield
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : McGregor Bros
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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20 McGregor Brothers, Florists, Springfield, Ohio. The Very Best <* Chrysanthemunis. Strong plants 10 cts. each, 3 for 25 cents.
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E. Q. Hill—Immense bloom of bright- est golden yellow; full and very double; lower petals sometimes deeply shaded bright carmine. Gloriosum—Light lemon color, with immense flowers, having narrow petal? gracefully curved and twisted; quite early and one of the best. Golden Wedding—This is undoubtedly the grandest golden-yellow variety ever introduced. It is a remarkably vigorous grower and has such strength of stem that it carries its great globular flowers erect,givingitabold majestic appearance. Ivory—Unexcelled for pot culture or cutting; pure white flower of exquisite form and finish. Has been shown in grand shape at all recent exhibitions; it is especially notice- able for its grand globular form, its dahlia-like petals and absolute purity of color. Joseph H. White—A very large white variety, with up- right petals, forming a nicely rounded flower of great sub- stance. Strong grower with stiff stems. L. Canning—A most exquisite white, absolutely pure. The flower is quite regular in form, very large and flat, the length of petals graduating to the center. A little larger than Puri- tan, to which it is a grand successor. Reminds one of a large satin rosette. Louis Boehmer— (Pink Ostrich Plume.) The "Louis Boeh- mer" has the same wonderful hair-like growth or excrescence that appeared for the first time in the white variety, ' Mrs. Alpheus Hardy," but it differs from it in color, having a most beautiful shade of lavender-pink, shaded with silvery-pink on the ends of the petals. Lillian B. Bird—This beautiful and unique variety is of an exquisite shrimp pink in color, producing flowers which often measure ten inches in diameter; large tubular petals of per- fect form when fully open, being an immense half globe. Marguerite Jeffords—A fine spherical flower of bright amber color, of most rich and pleasing shade, one of the noti- bilities of the year, having secured the "Whilldin prize at Philadelphia. Maude Dean—An immense pink variety; finely incurved; petals broad, shell-shaped. One of the largest flowers exhib- ited in the Pall shows. Almost a pure shell-pink. Received silver medal at Philadelphia, and awarded certificates of merit at New York and Philadelphia. Marion Henderson—We cut the first flowers on October 10th, days before any other large yellow was ready, and had Serfect flowers to cut a month later. The texture of the ower is such that we have never seen it in the least affected by damp, although other varieties alongside of it were badly affected. Mrs. J. G. Whilldin—A handsome yellow variety of light^tint, fine, large size and splen- did form. A magnificent addition to the scarce, very early, large flowering varieties. Whole large greenhouses are devoted to this variety in the East for cut flower purposes. Miss Gladys Sp?ulding—One of the best whites extant; a grand spherical Chinese; an improvement on Mrs. R. Craig, both in size and texture of petals. An exceedingly well- built flower, a charming variety with perfect habit and unusually stiff stem. Mrs. Perrin—Mrs. Perrin, offered to the public for the first time, is the nearest approach to the true pink so long desired. It has Blender, stiff stems; a short neck; ornamental foliage. The flower is of globular form, incurved, full, and with a finish as soft as satin. Color rose- pink within, glistening pink without. Recognized wherever shown as the ideal variety in this color. Mme. F. Bergmann—The finest of all the early whites; very large and full, and of the purest white, with creamy center; a strung, sturdy habit; fine foliage. The most popu- lar white variety with florists for early forcing. Mrs. Jerome Jones—It is almost of globular form, of the finest silky finish, and destined to become a popular sort for cutting. The outer petals are a delicate lavender, forming a decided band of color, the inner petals are clear lemon. Pink Ivory, (Miss Dalskov.)—An immense incurved vari- ety. Clear bright pink, fine rounded form of great depth, with deep strong foliage. The grandest of the extra early clear pink varieties. The Queen—A grand double white of fine form and great substance, very rounded in form, incurving and full. At- tracted a great deal of attention at Madison Square, where it was awarded first premium for best white. Vivian Morel—A mammoth variety, with long, loosely arranged petals of a most beautiful shade ( f pink; a strong, sturdy grower, with deep green foliage; contour very distinct from any other in common. Niveus—A good snow-white variety. Center irregularly incurving, with outer petals reflexing nearly to the stem. Constitution robust, foliage large and abundant, while the keeping qualities of the flowers are unsurpassed. Minnie Wanaraaker—Pure snow-white, incurved and per- fectly double, w:th a breadth of pedal and grandeur of build that is only found in the best varieties. The flowers are ex- ceptionally larpe, produced on long, stiff stems. Major Bonaffon—Soft, clear, ir curving yellow, full in the center and deep. In perfect form and finish, like Ivory at its best. Habit dwarf; keeping qualities excellent. Foliage well up to the flower, st^m stiff; an ideal variety. Our Great Prize=Winning Set of R YSANTH E IVI U M S ! 20 PRIZE WINERS FOR $1.00. IN ALL THE COLORS AND FORMS OF THIS CHARMING FLOWER. This extraordinary off^r will only be for a limited time* and our friends will take advantage of it by ordering early, as no doubt there will be such a demand for the PRIZE SET we may not be able to fill delayed orders.

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