Chicago AMERICAN BULB CO. New York 
HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Well Established 2" Pot Plants <-< Ready For Shipment From The 1st of March On 
We wish to call your special attention to our most outstanding assortment of Hardy Chrysanthemums which 
are fully developed in 2" pots for shipment from early spring on. Also strong field plants (as noted) for spring shipment. 
Each year while our plants are in flower we check our fields carefully several times during their flowering season and 
select for propagation purposes only the varieties that are distinctly outstanding. Here is your opportunity to purchase 
the latest and most valuable introductions in Hardy Mums at reasonable prices. 
THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES THE UNDER-NOTED KINDS ARE SUPPLIED IN STRONG 
ARE FURNISHED FROM 
2-INCH POTS 
POMPONETTE. One of the most appealing of 
the pompon types in the test gardens. Grows 
to 1 V 2 feet and is covered by a mass of golden 
flowers tinted gently with a bronze overcast. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
RAPTURE. Lovely medium sized, double 
flowers combining a beautiful deep orange 
with a lively suffusion of bright carmine. 
Flowers in September. 
Per 10, $1.25; Per 100, $8.00 
SEQUOIA. A Korean Hybrid type, producing 
elegant good-sized double blooms of a mellow 
amber color. 
Per 10, $1.25; Per 100. $8.00 
The following varieties of Hardy 
Chrysanthemums were introduced by 
the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture out of hundreds of tests. All 
of the dwarf type, suitable for pot 
culture. Well established 2-inch pot 
plants. 
ALGONQUIN. Pure, bright yellow flowers 
three inches across; healthy foliage. One of 
the best yellow Mums. Very hardy. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
GERONIMO. Fully double bronze with buff 
tones. Very attractive now as a novelty— 
will remain popular as a lovely item. Bushy 
and early. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
MUSKOGEE. Semi-double, purplish rose, slight 
yellow central disc, compact, bushy growth, 
early. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
POHATCONG. Pale lavender. Dwarf, compact 
grower. A conservative, pleasing shade. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
SEMINOLE. Double fluffy, pure white, low 
bushy growth, free blooming, show first flow¬ 
ers from September 20. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
POPULAR CUSHION 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
For Pot Plants or Garden Culture 
Well Established 2-inch Pot Plants 
BRONZE CUSHION. Deep bronze flowers turn¬ 
ing to bronzy, coppery yellow. 
Per 10, $1.25; Per 100, $8.00 
PINK CUSHION. Numerous bright pink flowers. 
Per 10, $1.25; Per 100, $8.00 
SANDRA. Dwarf growing crimson red cushion 
variety, coming into bloom in early October. 
Flowers are 1 to 1 V 2 inches in diameter, well 
placed on bushy type plants 12 to 16 inches 
in height. 
Per 10, $1.25; Per 100, $8.00 
WHITE GULL. This variety is distinctly of the 
Cushion type in growth but the flowers which 
are pure white are more of a pompon shape. 
Per 10, $1.25; Per 100, $8.00 
YELLOW CUSHION. Pure golden yellow very 
brilliant. 
Per 10. $1.25; Per 100. $8.00 
FIELD PLANTS FOR 
ALADDIN. The Perpetual Flowering Mum. The 
first blooms appear late in July and early 
August, the color at first being an exquisite 
coppery bronze, with an overlay of orange- 
apricot shade which deepens in early autumn. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
BEATRICE. Beautiful cerise red flowers from 
1 Vi to 2 inches across. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
BURGUNDY. Rich cerise-crimson, acquiring 
deeper tones in the center as the bloom ma¬ 
tures. The flowers are of good size, quite 
double and carried on erect, branching stems. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CORA PECK BUHL. Excellent Pompon, very 
popular owing to its intense shade of yellow. 
Flowers in October. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100. $10.00 
CRIMSON GLORY. Very bright crimson sur¬ 
passing all early Pompons of this color. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
CYDONIA. One of the brightest colored varie¬ 
ties. Double flowers of a brilliant orange- 
mahogany. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
EARLY BRONZE. Extremely early variety. 
Flowers freely from late August on. Color is a 
lively bronze-yellow. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
ELEGANCE. Large single flowers of a violet, 
tyrian rose color. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ENCHANTRESS. Large flowers of a splendid 
duplex form, color is an appealing light ro^e. 
Blooms in September. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
ERUBESCENS. A very showy garden perennial 
which greatly resembles a large-flowering 
single Chrysanthemum. Blooms freely during 
September and develops into showy plants 2'/2 
feet tall. The elegant large blooms are white 
with a generous shading of bright pink. In 
addition to being a splendid border plant, it 
also is excellent for cutting. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
FERN RIDGE. Single fiery-red with high orange 
c©nter. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
GRENADIER. An extremely free flowering 
variety producing masses of large single 
flowers in clusters. Color is a bright crimson- 
red with an under-lying sheen of bronze and 
golden tint on the petal reverse. A gorgeous 
color combination. Flowers in September. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
IDOLPH. Ordinarily it grows to 24 inches high. 
Midseason. Blooms very profusely and color 
is desirable rose-pink. Flowers are very double 
in their later stages, small yellow center is 
becoming. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
INTENSITY. A single variety with deep crim¬ 
son-scarlet flowers. Upright habit of growth. 
Korean type. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
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SPRING DELIVERY 
JUDITH ANDERSON. An outstanding pot or 
garden Pompon. The clear buttercup yellow 
flowers are nicely rounded, about 1 V 2 inches 
across. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100. $10.00 
KING MIDAS. Its earliness, extreme freedom 
and hardiness are combined to an unusual de¬ 
gree in this fine variety. Produces quantities 
of full, double flowers from late September 
through October. An effective soft yellow, 
occasionally tinted with bronze. Grows to a 
height of 2 V 2 feet. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
LAVENDER LADY. A lovely true lavender, no 
trace of mauve, purple, or magenta appears 
under any light condition. A clean, attractive 
flower assuming a lovely silvery lavender tint 
when mature. The flowers are full double, 3 
inches or more across, spaced so perfectly on 
the branching sprays that their individual 
beauty is noticeable. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
LOVELIGHT. Large pale pink duplex flowers 
on a vigorous plant. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100. $10.00 
MAHOGANY BEAUTY. Mahogany colored 
flowers of good size, double flowering type. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
MRS. H. HARRISON. Medium height. Plant 
produces large clusters of fine, full double pink 
flowers with cream-pink center. Excellent 
pompon. 
Per 10, $1.00; Per 100, $7.00 
MANDARIN. Coral-salmon, copper, and bronzy 
gold blend to a delightful combination over¬ 
spread with an iridescent glow in this splendid 
Chrysanthemum. The color effect is never ex¬ 
actly the same. Blooms 2 V 2 inches across. 
Height 2 feet. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100. $15.00 
MRS. SAM P. ROTAN. A fine perfectly double 
flower of brilliant golden yellow, shading to 
deep orange. Compact and free. One of the 
most striking of recent achievements. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
MURILLO. Best shade of pink among the early 
hardies. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
PALE MOON. Fluffy, loosely double flowers of 
sulphur-yellow completely cover the compact- 
growing plant, suggesting the play of moon¬ 
beams. The scent is that of butternuts. The 
dainty blossoms are produced in profusion over 
a long period. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PERSIA. Well formed semi-double blooms of 
deep rosy carmine, compact growth. Flowers 
in October. 
Per 10, $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
RAPTURE. Lovely medium sized, double 
flowers combining a beautiful deep orange 
with a lively suffusion of bright carmine. 
Flowers in September. 
Per 10. $1.50; Per 100, $10.00 
