Our Perennial Chrysanthemums will provide a glorious pageant of autumn colors 

Hardy Garden 
Chrysanthem ums 
Illustrated in color, facing page 88 
Large-flowered Double 
Avalanche. A marvelous new pure white of 
extra-large size. The densely double 
flowers are high crowned and of almost ball 
shape, measuring 4 to 5 inches across as 
grown in our fields without disbudding. 
Flowers in early October and carries its 
magnificent blooms on strong wiry stems 
so that it is as good a cut-flower as a garden 
variety. Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; doz. $3.50. 
Bronze Cydonia. A sensational sport from 
Cydonia with well-rounded fully double 
blooms combining the orange-mahogany 
color of Cydonta with a lustrous bright 
bronze on the tip-third of the petals. 
Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; doz. $3.50. 
Cydonia. Double fawers of a_ brilliant 
orange-mahogany. One of the brightest 
in our collection. Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; 
doz. $3.50. 
Golden Charm. Very double deep yellow 
blooms completely covering the dwarf, 
compact plants. Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; 
doz. $3.50. 
King Midas. A very strong, free-flowering 
early-blooming double Korean variety 
with light yellow flowers sometimes 
lightly blended with bronze. 
Lilian Doty. Large, ball-shaped, rose- 
colored sort. Very popular and reliable. 
Mrs. H. E. Kidder. Large yellow Incurved. 
Mrs. Sam P. Rotan. Produces perfectly 
double flowers of brilliant golden yellow 
shading to orange. Compact and free. 
Muldoon. Large; purplish amaranth. Very 
much like Burgundy but not as tall and 
very compact. Quite double. 
Murillo. Large; old-rose. 
Oconto. Large; white. 
grower. 
Rapture. Very colorful, vigorous, and free. 
The double flowers are a deep orange- 
bronze with a suffusion of carmine. 
Saladin. Oriental red shading to coral-red 
with coppery tones on reverse of petals; 
semi-double. 
Silver Tips. A very unique, free-flowering 
variety. The double blooms are bright 
carmine with the tips and reverse of the 
petals silvery white. 
White Doty. Large 
variety. Very popular. 
Yellow Doty. Same form and habit as 
Lilian Doty and White Doty, but with 
deep bronzy yellow flowers. 
All above varieties, except where noted, 
each 25c.; 3, 70c.; doz. $2.50 
Vigorous, upright 
ball-shaped white 
Extra-Early Flowering Korean 
Hybrids 
Acacia. Myriads of small, glittering, de- 
lightfully fragrant, acacia-like blossoms 
covering the plants from late September 
on. The semi-double sulphur-yellow flow- 
ers are about an inch in diameter. 2 ft. 
Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; doz. $3.50. 
Auburn. Compact plants producing an 
abundance of single flowers which open a 
coppery red and change with age to salmon- 
flesh. 
Autumn Lights. Semi-double coppery 
bronze blossoms with a gleaming orange 
overcast. The compact, vigorous bushes 
are stmply covered with flowers in late 
September. A variety of more than aver- 
age hardiness. 1% ft. Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; 
doz. $3.50. 
Fortuna. Very vigorous plants of medium 
height covered with unique curly-petaled 
oxblood-red single flowers 3 to 4 inches in 
diameter. 



Extra-Early Flowering Korean 
Hybrids, continued 
Niobe. A vigorous plant of dwarf, compact 
habit. Single, clear glistening white flowers 
with yellow discs cover the plant com- 
pletely. 
Sappho. Compact, dwarf plant with an 
abundance of single yellow flowers. 
Stellaris. Large single buttercup-yellow 
blooms. Graceful and vigorous. 
Vesta. A plant of medium height and great 
vigor literally covered with single deep 
golden orange flowers over 24% inches in 
diameter. 
All above varieties, except where noted, 
each 25c.; 3, 70c.; doz. $2.50 
Small Aster-flowered 
and Pompon 
Cheerfulmess. Makes large plants of excel- 
lent form, covered with hundreds of small 
double yellow buttons. 
Ethel. Superb bronze Button. 
Irene. Compact dwarf plant with an abun- 
dance of small white button-shaped flowers. 
Jean Treadway. Popular small pink Aster- 
flowered. 
Jewel. Wonderful ball-shaped lilac Pompon. 
Very attractive and popular. Each 35c.; 
3, $1.00; doz. $3.50. 
Judith Anderson. A _ vigorous variety 
producing great quantities of good-sized 
button-shaped golden yellow flowers. 
Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; doz. $3.50. 
Ouray. Large bronze Button of dazzling 
color. 
Pomponette. A dwarf, compact grower 
literally covered with charming yellow 
Pompon flowers. Each 35c.; 3, $1.00; 
doz. $3.50. 
Ruth. Very strong wine-colored small Aster. 
All above varieties, except where noted, 
each 25c.; 3, 70c.; doz. $2.50 
Double-flowered Korean 
Hybrids 
Burgundy. Most remarkable among the 
Korean Hybrids. Rich cerise-crimson with 
deeper center. 
Caliph. Deep oxblood-red with a rich 
velvety sheen. Very showy and greatly 
admired. 
Gleam o’Gold. This splendid primrose- 
yellow, aptly named, fairly gleams in the 
mellow October sunshine. Blooms early 
October. 2 ft. 
Goblin. A distinct warm golden bronze at- 
taining perfection for Hallowe’en decora- 
tion. Of airy, graceful habit. 2 ft. 
Lavender Lady. One of the newest double 
Koreans. Vigorous plants producing a 
great abundance of delicate double laven- 
der flowers. 
Mandarin. Coral, salmon, and_ bronze 
blended to make a very attractive flower. 
The plant is compact but the blooms are 
carried on stiff, wiry stems. 
Pale Moon. Fluffy sulphur-yellow flowers 
completely covering the compact plants. 
A new color in this type and very 
promising. 
Roberta Copeland. A very unusual rose- 
red which matures as a salmon-bronze. It 
is an early bloomer, starting about middle 
of September. 2 ft. 
Rose Glow. Appealing old-rose blooms 
borne tn great profusion on plants reach- 
ing about 2 feet high. Blooms about 
October 5. 
Sequoia. Elegant, good-sized, double blooms 
of a mellow amber color. 
Symphony. Mauve-rose overcast with soft 
coppery tints, giving the flowers an un- 
usually different and attractive appearance. 
Of strong, healthy growth. 
All above varieties, each 35c.; 3, $1.00; 
doz. $3.50 




Extra-Early Double 
Large-flowered 
Abundance. A wonderful new salmon-red 
with golden reverse. Exceptionally free- 
flowering, compact plant. 
Aglow. Double flowers of deep bright orange 
color. Very brilliant. 
Carrie. A most satisfactory deep canary- 
yellow. 
Glorietta. Very double; 
pink. Dwarf and free. 
La sume: Very dependable early mauve- 
pink. 
Tasiva. Large, free-flowering, pure white of 
compact form. 
All above varieties, each 25c.; 3, 70c.3 doz. $2.50 
ball-shaped; light 
Hardy Single-flowered 
Lovelight. Large, pale pink, duplex flowers 
on a vigorous plant. 
Nancy Copeland. A brilliant red Korean 
Hybrid with wiry stems. 
Princess. By all odds the best single white 
Chrysanthemum among the thousands we 
have raised. Early and large. 
Sensation. Single yellow with every petal 
tipped scarlet. Very showy and reliable. 
The Chief. An extremely attractive semi- 
double variety of large size. Brilliant scar- 
let and gold. 
Venus. Single; 
shading. 
All above varieties, each 25c.; 3, 70c.; doz. $2.50 
lilac-pink with lavender 
Cushion Type 
Amelia (Pink Cushion). Very compact 
and early. Free-flowering light rose. 
Should be kept pruned back until early 
August for best results. 
King Cushion. Identical with Amelia 
excepting that the flowers are deep bronzy 
salmon with a suffusion of rose. 
Pigmy Gold. A very distinct dwarf double 
yellow Korean Pompon growing not over 
15 inches tall and producing a great pro- 
fusion of bright yellow flowers during 
September and October. A great acquisi- 
tion, and wonderfully appropriate com- 
panion to the Cushion varieties. 
Queen Cushion. The same type as Amelia 
and King Cushion but producing pure 
white flowers. 
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. 
All above varieties, each 30c.; 3, 85c.; doz. $3.00 
Spoon Chrysanthemums 
This new race of Chrysanthemums is a 
distinct addition to American gardens. 
The uniquely formed, graceful, tubular 
petals are flattened at the tips to resemble 
a spoon—hence the name. The structure 
of the whole flower is of pleasing form 
and the color range includes pink, white 
and yellow. Why not plant some of these 
new Chrysanthemums in your perennial 
border this year? 
Pink Spoon 
White Spoon 
Yellow Spoon 
1 each of 3 varieties. .... 
3 each of 3 varieties............. 

78 HENRY F. 
MICHELL CO., 
516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
