Chicago AMERICAN BULB CO. New York 
Hardy Perennial Plants for The Florist 
NURSERYMAN AND SEEDSMAN 
Quality Supreme 
For many years we have maintained our connections with one of the largest 
perennial growers, who specializes in growing superior quality plants. During 
these years we kept close watch of the types that are best suited for the florists, 
either for planting outdoors for summer cut flower purposes or the proper plants 
established and cured for forcing purposes. 
ASTER FRIKARTI 
(Wonder of Staffa) 
Lavender-blue flowers from 2 to inches 
across, produced from June 1st until the mid¬ 
dle of November. Does exceedingly well in 
light shade and comes to perfection in full sun. 
A constant rich display of flowers is kept up 
the entire summer. Flowers are excellent for 
cutting. For spring, well established 2-inch 
pots. Per 10.$2.25 Per 100.$18.00 
ARTEMESIA "Silver King" 
Unquestionably one of the best all around 
decorative plants. Its bright silver-colored 
stems and foliage are of great value as a filler 
for bouquets, sprays, baskets, or all sorts 
of floral pieces. By cutting and drying the 
stems it is very valuable in the winter for 
filler. It is a showy plant in the perennial 
border or among shrubbery. Height, 30 inches. 
Per 10.$1.00 Per 100.$7.00 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
(New Early Korean Hybrids) 
The striking features of this set of Koreans is 
that they flower about two weeks earlier, the 
range of colors is entirely different and many 
of them are semi-double. These are very 
beautiful outdoors in early fall. They can also 
be developed to make beautiful flowering pot 
plants for your fall sales. 
When you receive our well established 2-inch 
pot plants they should be shifted into larger 
pots and pinched. A little later on in the sum¬ 
mer they should be pinched again and re¬ 
shifted to larger pots. With this method you 
will develop mammoth plants; many of them 
will carry five to six hundred flowers to a 
large pot. Our customers who have developed 
these in pots for their last fall's trade state 
that they never in their history in the business 
saw anything like it and they realized good 
profits. 
Clio. Dwarf compact plant of pleasing habit, 
producing masses of deep carmine rose duplex 
flowers. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Continued) 
Fortuna. Very vigorous plant of medium 
height and covered with unique curly petaled 
ox-blood flowers 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 
Very striking. 
Hestia. The nicely formed semi-double flowers 
are very freely produced on compact bushy 
plants of medium height. The color is a very 
delicate rose pink with a white halo around 
the small yellow disc. 
Juno. Very dwarf compact plant, producing an 
abundance of single flowers opening a cop¬ 
pery red, and fading with age to a salmon 
flesh. 
Niobe. A vigorous, healthy plant of dwarf 
compact habit. Flowers over 21/2 inches in 
diameter, of a clear glistening white with 
yellow disc are freely produced, fully cov¬ 
ering the plant. 
Nysa. A large rather tall upright plant grow¬ 
ing 2V2 to 3 feet in height and producing a 
great abundance of single flowers 3 inches in 
diameter. The color is a very clear rosy lilac. 
Psyche. Very dainty 4 to 5 inch single blooms 
are produced with wiry stems on strong 
healthy plants of medium height. Color, a 
clear, lively shell pink. 
Sappho. Compact, dwarf plant covered with 
good sized pure yellow single flowers. 
Thalia. A compact bushy plant growing 18 
to 24 inches in height. The duplex flowers are 
of a lively orange shade and excellent form. 
Vesta. A plant of medium height and great 
vigor, literally covered with flowers over 2 V 2 
inches in diameter, of a deep golden orange 
shade, almost a duplex. 
All of the above varieties, strong established 
2 inch pot plants ready for shipment from the 
15th of March on. 
Per 10.$1.50 Per 100.$12.00 
NOTE; We have a most complete line of 
Hardy Chrysanthemums, really up-to-date 
kinds, supplied from 2-inch plants, at reason¬ 
able prices. Write for Free Detailed List. Ready 
February 15, 1938. 
Delphinium "Blackmore and 
Langdon Hybrid" 
Forced in a 9-in. Pot. 
For forcing we supply specially 
treated Delphinium Belladonna 
and Bellamosum. 
DAISY "Double White Swan" 
Pure white double flowers on strong wiry 
stems 24 to 30 inches in length, in bloom for 
Memorial Day. It is unquestionably the best 
double cut flower variety for florists cut flower 
purposes in existence today. For best results 
outdoors we recommend early spring planting. 
In addition to the outdoor cut flower value, 
this plant is also excellent for forcing. Within 
the last three years there were large quan¬ 
tities of this variety forced in various sections 
of the country and we have received wonderful 
reports. The good strong field grown clumps 
produce quantities of very desirable double 
white Pyrethrum-like flowers of good size, 
which find a very lively demand. 
For forcing, strong selected field grown clumps: 
Per 10.$2.00 Per 100.$15.00 
DELPHINIUM 
Delphinium Belladonna. The most continuous 
blooming of all, never being out of bloom from 
June first until cut down by hard frost. The 
clear turquoise blue of its flowers is not 
equalled for delicacy and beauty by any 
other flowers. 
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BUDDLEIAS "CHARMING" AND "HARTWEGI" PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CUT FLOWERS. (SEE INSIDE BACK COVER). 
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