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Excerpt from C. H. Murphey's Wholesale List for Spring of 1889: New and Standard Varieties of Roses, Begonias, Carnations, Chrysanthemums, Etc., Etc Tidal Wave (simmons) The Pink of Pinks for cut ower growers we believe this to be the most valuable Carnation we have ever offered 10 the trade color is a very bright pink, shaded lemon when first Opening, but growing somewhat lighter When fully ex panding. (the above is the originator's description, who also sent out Silver Spray.) Each 25 Cents; per 12. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.