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MR. AND MRS. H. A. VALERIUS 
On Dunes Highway U. S. 12 
BRIDGMAN - MICHIGAN 
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BETTER HARDY PLANTS FOR 193 
HARDY GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
For a Gay and Glorious Display this Fall 
They give us the last cheery 
blooms for the year. Plant in a 
well drained rich soil after May 
1st. Pinch back when the plants 
are a foot high to make bushy 
plants. About December 15th. cut 
down the old tops and cover the 
plants four to six inches deep 
with straw, leaves, or loose lit¬ 
ter for the winter. 
Plants ready after May 1st. 
ARABY. Double. A unique pur¬ 
ple shade that everyone likes. 
35c each. 
We offer strong young plants. Young plants pro¬ 
duce the most bloom. We have devoted much 
time and effort to the selection and production of 
newer, better, and hardier varieties as they appear. 
You may rest assured that the new ones that are 
constantly entering our lists are impovements 
over older varieties that have been discontinued. 
And further we are offering only those that can 
be depended upon to be in full bloom before Octo¬ 
ber 15th, so as to escape severe frosts and freez¬ 
ing weather. 
CARRIE Double. Beautiful yel¬ 
low. I .ato August and onwards. 
3 for 60c; $2,00 per dozen. 
CLIO. Single. Dwarf compact 
plants. Masses of deep car¬ 
mine-rose duplex flowers. 
Early September onwards. 3 
for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
CRIMSON SPLENDOR Single. A large crimson-red flow¬ 
er with golden eye and four inches across. Date Septem¬ 
ber onwards. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
EARLY BRONZE. Barge pompon. The most popular ’Mum 
in our gardens last fall. Bright yellowish-bronze. Bate 
August onwards. 2 feet high. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
JEWELL, Barge pompon. Flowers are compact balls one 
and one-half inches in diameter. Bright pink color with 
a lilac undertone. Early October onwards. Not perfectly 
hardy, but worth planting each year. 3 for 60c; $2 00 per 
dozen. 
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PINK CUSHION. Its cushion is completely cover¬ 
ed with double pink blossoms that resemble an 
Azalea from late August until frost. 500 to 1000 
blooms on a single plant. One foot high. Use as 
single specimens or as groups in border or rock 
garden. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
SEPTEMBER QUEEN, Double. Pure white. Bate 
August and September. Dwarf. Especially de¬ 
sirable because of its earliness. 3 for 60c; $2.00 
per dozen 
VESTA. Single. Deep golden orange. Mld-Septem- 
onwards. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
WARRIOR. Semi-double flowers of a 
with golden reverse and a bright 
60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
deep crimson-maroon 
yellow center. 3 for 
Excellent Fall Bloomers 
HARDY AGERATUM — Eupatorium coelestinum 
Umbels of a beautiful lavender-blue from August until 
frost. 18-24 inches high. Invasive. Bovely in a fall garden 
with chrysanthemums. 3 for 60c. 
JUDITH ANDERSON. Button pompon. A mass of clear 
buttercup-yellow. Early October onwards. Compact 
mounds one and one-half feet high by 2 feet across. 
3 for 60c. 
FORMOSA LILY—L. formosanum 
Most remarkable Lily introduced in recent years. The 
white trumpets are much longer and narrower than those 
of the Regal Bily and bloom in September and October 
Easy culture in well drained soil. Plant 6 inches deep. 
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L. ARGE N TU I LLO1 3. Double. Deep bronze; tipped gold. 
Mid-September onwards. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
MURILLO. Double. A reliable old rose color. Early October 
onwards. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
for 60c or $2 00 per dozen. 
FALSE DRAGONHEAD—Physostegia virginica Vivid 
Spikes of exceedingly showy deep pink flowers in Septem¬ 
ber. 15 inches high. 25c each. 
NIOBE. Finest of the single whites. Mid-September on¬ 
wards. 3 for 60c; $2.00 per dozen. 
SALVIA PITCHERI, ,\. beauty. Rich deep blue flowers in 
September, wlvn blue flowers are scarce. 3 to 4 feet high 
3 for 60c. 
