PED O:RE Ste N'C. 
, PUYALLUP, 
WASHINGTON I) 
Hardy Garden Chrysanthemums 
AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER FLOWERING 
The cultivation of these "Mums is simple; plant them in a rich well-drained piece of ground, setting out the plants 
a foot apart and pinching them once or twice during the months of May or June. They will branch out and 
make beautiful bushes and give the cultivator more return for the labor expended than any plant in the garden. 
There is a place for this type of "Mum in every garden in America, whether one has greenhouses, frames, or grows 
them in the open garden. 
STURDY FIELD GROWN PLANTS—NOT ROOTED GREENHOUSE CUTTINGS .. . A BIG DIFFERENCE! 
NOTE. We do not sell so-called “Divided” Clumps nor Whole Clumps. Such are not satisfactory. 
3 PLANTS FOR 75c; $2.50 PER DOZEN., Plus the Postage 
Plants will be ready from APRIL ON, some not until last of MAY, depending upon the season and variety 
A WORD ABOUT THE PLANTS WE WILL SEND YOU. 
READ IT CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ORDER! 
First of all, keep in mind that you will NOT get so-called 
“clumps” as you do of other perennial plants. You may divide 
the clumps you have from last year or the year before, into 
smaller clumps—the smaller the better, and succeed fairly well 
in the new year, provided you will use only the new growth or 
shoots and throw away the old woody part of the plant, but it 
is a well established fact, learned through many years of ex- 
perience by commercial growers, that sand-rooted cuttings pro- 
duce the finest blooms; these are taken in February or March. 
(Some late varieties can not be taken often until April, hence 
the late deliveries of plants of some varieties.) These cuttings 
are taken from the base of the parent plant, care being exercisd 
that only the new, fresh shoots are taken without a vestige of 
roots of portion of the parent plant. 
These small cuttings about 4 inches long are then planted 
in coarse sand, where they remain until well rooted; it is in this 
stage that they are sold by commercial growers to the trade and 
may be shipped thousands of miles. They are then ready to be 
planted in flats in good soil or right out of doors where they are 
to bloom. if conditions are right. It stands to reason that a small 
sand rooted cutting requires less time and care than one that 
has been transplanted once and grown on for some little time 
in a flat in good soil or out of doors. It is for this reason that 
“sand rooted cuttings’ are cheaper in price than “PLANTS” 
that have been transplanted into soil and grown on for a couple 
of weeks or longer, watered and cultivated. The latter weigh 
more too, hence the postage is higher—they should really be sent 
by express for best results. So when you buy Chrysanthemums, 
AT LESS PRICE or HALF PRICE make sure of the age, 
whether they are just sand rooted cuttings out of the benches 
or sand flats, or whether they are once transplanted, perferably 
out of door grown, all ready to go with a good root system when 
you get them; the latter are bound to cost a little more and they 
are worth it. We too will send you “SAND ROOTED CUT- 
TINGS” out of the sand for LESS and prefer it, because it will 
save us a world of labor, and they will grow and do well. So 
here is our proposition. 
NOTE CAREFULLY: ONCE TRANSPLANTED REAL 
PLANTS ARE WHAT WE ARE OFFERING YOU AT THE 
PRICES QUOTED, WHICH INCLUDES THE POSTAGE TO 
ALL POINTS IN THE STATES OF WASHINGTON AND 
OREGON. 
TO ALL OTHER STATES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUN- 
TAINS ADD 15c FOR 3 PLANTS; 25c FOR 6 PLANTS. FOR 
SAND ROOTED CUTTINGS, 5c LESS POSTAGE. 
TO ALL POINTS EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 
ADD 25c FOR 3 PLANTS; 35c FOR 6 PLANTS. FOR SAND 
ROOTED CUTTINGS 5c LESS FOR POSTAGE. 
NOW IF YOU WANT STRAIGHT SAND ROOTED CUT- 
TINGS OUT OF THE BENCH, THEY WILL BE WELL 
ROOTED, CAREFULLY PACKED IN MOSS AND WILL SHIP 
WELL. WE WILL ALLOW YOU 5 CENTS PER PLANT. IN 
OTHER WORDS DEDUCT FIVE CENTS FROM THE PRICE 
OF ANY CHRYSANTHEMUM PRICED HEREIN. STATE 
PLAINLY WHICH YOU WANT, STRAIGHT SAND ROOTED 
CUTTINGS OR TRANSPLANTED “PLANTS”. 
WE WILL PAY THE POSTAGE ON ALL ORDERS FOR 
SAND ROOTED CUTTINGS UP TO A DOZEN PLANTS TO 
ANY POINT IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT OVER A DOZEN 
CUTTINGS ADD 15 CENTS EXTRA IF YOU LIVE WEST OF 
THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS (INCLUDING WASHINGTON AND 
OREGON) 25 CENTS IF YOU LIVE EAST OF THE ROCKY 
MOUNTAINS. PLEASE DO NOT FAIL TO DO SO, TO SAVE 
DELAY AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
Note that ‘‘sand rooted cuttings”’ can be obtained much earlier 
than the transplanted ones and in MARCH and APRIL ONLY. 
After May 15th into June you can not get any more sand rooted 
cuttings, for the reason that all will have been planted outside. 
We also reserve the right that AFTER MAY 15th, orders for 
more than 6 plants will have to be sent by express, except to 
Washington and Oregon, because by that time the plants will 
be so large and the root system so developed that we can not 
afford to send them by paid parcel post. 
If we seem tardy to you in sending you the plants, bear in 
mind, that they are just as well off, or better, to keep on grow- 
ing here than in your garden and there is no danger with Chry- 
santhemums that they might get too large for safe transplanting. 
Some varieties are later in development than others and require 
more time for growing on. 

ATTENTION! 
EARLY ORDERS WILL BE APPRECIATED. Please 
send in your order during January or February if you can 
possibly do so; we begin planting our cuttings the middle 
of February, and we would like to know approximately 
how many cuttings to grow of each variety to meet the 
demand. <All orders will be filled strictly in rotation in 
which they have been received; this is the only fair way. 

EXPRESS SHIPMENT is highly recommended for 6 or more 
plants, in which case we will send you extra strong plants 
whenever possible. Safe arrival is guaranteed in such case (IT 
IS NOT BY PARCEL POST) and the special rate which applies 
to plants means reasonable transportation. If a plant is worth 
paying for, it is certainly worth paying a little more for it to 
reach you in the very best condition, EXPRESS ASSURES JUST 
THAT. Such shipments are not prepaid. 
FREE BULLETIN 
A short thesis on the care and growing of Chrysanthemums 
with explicit directions for growing exhibition specimens through 
disbudding and special treatment, will be sent with each order 
FOR 6 PLANTS OR MORE. 
