12 Hardy Perennials 



LOVETT'S NURSERY. Inc. 



CENTRANTHUS • Jupitersbeard 



Centranthus ruber (Red Jupitersbeard). 2 ft. 

 Spreading, with many clusters of reddish purple 

 flowers from June to October. 



CERASTIUM • Cerastium 



Cerastium biebersteini (Taurus Cerastium). 5 to 

 6 in. Creeping sort, with long, silvery foliage and 

 countless small white flowers in May and June. 

 (R.) 



C. tomentosura (Snow-in-summer). A splendid 

 trailer, with cottony white foliage which is covered 

 with dainty white flowers in the late Spring and 

 early Summer. (R.) 



Chrysanthemum maximum [Sliasta Daisy) 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



DISTINCT TYPES 

 Chrysanthemum arcticum (Arctic Daisy). 2 to 

 2}/2 ft. One of the best of aH Fafl-flowering peren- 

 nials, with its attractive, rosettelike clumps of 

 foliage completely covered in September and 

 October by a dense mass of white flowers, centered 

 golden, and from 2 to 23/2 diameter. Each 



25c., doz. $2.50. 



C. coreanum (Korean Chrysanthemum). 3 to 4 ft. 

 Flowers like large Daisies, with golden centers 

 and claret pink petals, burst forth in October and 

 November in the greatest of profusion. Just the 

 flower for the most fastidious people, who want a 

 perennial to be extremely beautiful, extremely 

 hardy, and as much at home in a vase as it is in 

 their garden. Each 25c., doz. $2.50. 



C. maximum (Shasta Daisy). One of the great 

 hybrids of that greatest of all hybridizers, Luther 

 Burbank. In June and July come the myriads of 

 flowers which resemble field Daisies seen through 

 a powerful magnifying glass. A beautiful spec- 

 tacle when in full bloom. 



All varieties, unless otherwise noted, 



(Add 10% to your remittance if 



Chrysanthemums, Hardy Named 

 Varieties 



This list of varieties is much the finest that we 

 have ever off"ered. You will find no disappointments 

 below, but only those varieties that are hardiest, 

 and that have given our patrons the satisfactory 

 results which they have a right to expect. 

 Strong plants that will bloom freely this year, 

 each 20c., doz. $2.00 (unless quoted otherwise) 



ALADDIN 



A beautiful new early flowering sort, bloom- 

 ing from early August until frost. Pro- 

 duces a multitude of beautiful flowers which 

 are orange red, a deep "fire" color, with inner 

 petals cadmium yellow. Received eight gold 

 medals last Summer and is generally con- 

 sidered 1932's foremost perennial introduction. 

 Strong, blooming age plants, each 60c., 

 doz. $6.00 



Alice Howell. Large, semi-double, orange yellow 

 flowers. 



Beaumont. A medium late variety, but well worth 

 waiting for. Many large flowers of a deep mauve 

 red, striking and beautiful. 



Clorinda. Very late bronze Pompon, and most 

 attractive. 



Cometo. Mauve pink, centered gold. Early to mid- 

 season. Pompon. 



Ethel. A deep crimson bronze Pompon. 



Field of Snow. Creamy white flowers with a pinkish 

 tinge make a planting of this variety a true field 

 of snow from early Fall until the first real frost. 

 Large Pompon. 



Golden Queen. Large and double flowers of an 

 intense golden yellow are produced en masse on 

 this beautiful variety. An early sort, and espe- 

 cially striking. 

 Haward. The sons of Harvard may well be proud 

 of their large, dark crimson namesakes. 



L.'Argentuillais. Shapely scarlet bronze flowers, 

 tipped with gold. Very hardy. Large flowered. 



Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. Early to midseason. A 

 large, single flower of a rich, pure, scarlet, cen- 

 tered with brightest gold. A beautiful combina- 

 tion of distinct colors. 



Mrs. L. Birchard. Many medium-to large flowers 

 of a deep claret 

 pink which ap- 

 proaches mauve. 

 Early to midsea- 

 son. 



Old Homestead. 



A late variety, 

 which produces 

 large, bright rose 

 pink blooms in 

 a striking dis- 

 play. 



October Girl. 



Early sort with 

 many pale 

 mauve flowers 

 with thick pet- 

 als, serai-double. 



each 20c., doz. $2.00, 100 $12.00 



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Hardy Chrysanthemums 



