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Chrysanthemums 



ANNUAL VARIETIES 

 Showy and effective garden favorites, extensively grovpn for cut 

 flowers. The following hardy annuals are summer-flowering border 

 plants (growing about 2 feet high), bearing in profusion daisy-like 

 flowers averaging about 3 inches across on good stems, and quite dis- 

 tinct from the hardy perennial and autumn flowering varieties. 



PER PKT. 



1921 Burridgeanum. Pure white petals with zone of rich 

 brownish red and inner zone of yellow surrounding the 

 dark brown disc 10 



1922 Eastern Star. Clear yellow petals with dark disc 10 



1923 Morning Star. Petals canary yellow, with halo of 

 deeper yellow; disc dark yellow 10 



1924 Northern Star. Very large daisy-like flowers, 3 inches 

 across, with pure white fringed petals with canary-yellow 

 zone around a dark brown eye 10 



1925 The Sultan. Rich wallflower red with narrow yellow 

 zone around the brown disc 10 



1926 Evening Star, or Helios. Rich sunflower yellow, the 

 disc slightly deeper yellow 10 



1929 Collection of a packet each of the above 6 varieties 40 



1930 Single Mixed {Painted Daisies). Many colors. (See 

 cut. ) Oz. , 40 cts 5 



1931 Coronarium, Double Mixed. Yellow, white, etc. (See 

 cut. ) Oz. , 40 cts 5 



1935 Inodorum Plenissimum {Double "White Mayweed). 

 Makes a bushy plant about 2 feet high, with fine feathery 

 foliage, and pure white, densely double flowers, which are 

 produced from mid-summer till frost; splendid for cutting. 

 \ oz., 40 cts 10 



SHASTA DAISIES 



(Chrysanthemum Leucantfaemum) 

 1948 Alaska. A splendid hardy perennial variety with 

 flowers rarely less than 5 inches across, of the purest 

 glistening white, with broad overlapping petals, and 

 borne on long strong stems; a beautiful cut flower, re- 

 maining in good condition a week or more. 5 pkts. , 



$1. 00 25 



1950 Shasta Daisy. A general mixture saved from extra 

 clioice hybrids, acd certain to produce a large num- 

 ber of varieties of great merit. 2 pkts., 25 cts ... 15 



1944 



1945 



Chrysanthemum Coronarium 



Single Annual Chrysanthemums 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



PERENNIAL VARIETIES 



PER PKT. 



Japanese Hybrids. Our stock of this comes to us 

 direct from Japan and is saved from a magnificent 

 collection of over one hundred varieties, and cannot 

 fail to produce satisfactory results. Seeds sown in 



spring will produce flowering plants by fall 25 



Double Early-flowering. A new race which per- 

 fect their blooms in the open ground before frost. 

 Easily grown from seed which may be expected to pro- 

 duce at least 75 per cent, of double-flower- 

 ing plants in a large range of colors 25 



1951 Hardy Pompon. A fine strain of the 

 old-fashioned hardy fall-flowering sorts, 

 with double button-like blossoms. Mixed 



colors 25 



1946 Maximum King Edward VII {Moon- 

 'penny Daisy). Considered the finest of 

 all, with flowers of extraordinary size, of 

 purest white, perfect form, and exceedingly 

 free-flowering. A splendid addition to this 

 useful hardy perennial. \ oz. , 30 cts 10 



CER ASTIUM (Snow in Summer) 

 1911 Tomentosum. A very pretty dwarf, 

 white-leaved edging plant, bearing small 

 white flowers; hardy perennial 15 



Drear's Select Shirley Poppy 



We offer a very fine re selected strain. See col- 

 ored plate and description on page 57. 



Plants of Garden Chysanthemums will be found offered on pace 165 



