Lancaster, Pa. MUMS—HARDY PERENNIALS 
HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
LOVELY HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS KNOWN AS HARDY GARDEN MUMS 
; No perennial has increased in popularity as rapidly as has the “Hardy Garden Mums’’ pro 
ducing as they do, hundreds of brilliant blooms at so little a cost. They crown the Fall flower 
season, and your summer gardening efforts go out in a blaze of glory. 

CULTURE 
They thrive in any good garden soil and need little care other than guarding against insects, 
and applying a straw mulch in the late Fall for winter protection. To grow nice stocky plants, pinch 
the terminal shoots once or twice during the season to keep the plants sturdy and bushy. First 
pinching when the plant is 6 inches tall to induce lateral branches. When the lateral branches are 8 
inches high, their tips may be pinched out again to produce more branches. Discontinue pinching 
by July 15th. The very early blooming varieties should not be pinched after July 10th. A well 
pinched or topped plant will grow strong and sturdy needing no staking and bloom abundantly. 
Avoid planting them in a shady location. 
LOWER PRICES ON MANY VARIETIES FOR 1949 
Strong plants from pots ready for delivery May lst through June. 
On order for $3.00 or more, postage prepaid. Orders for less than $3.00, please add 35e 
for packing and postage. 
HIGHLIGHTS IN NEWER 
VARIETIES 
1949 Introductions 
Tapestry. Another new shade, or shades, 
opening a gleaming, rich, pink flush 
in center. Always’ gorgeous, full, 
double blooms 8 inches across, stocky 
Zot mDLAnUS ae OULeH LO MDE Mami aVOLiLe 
pink. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.50. Sept. 20 


Huntsman. Here is a vivid newcomer, 
a grand Fall color for your garden. 
Vividly brilliant scarlet-orange over- 
cast walnut-bronze; 3 inch flowers 
fully double; average 2 ft. lusty and 
hardy; simply breathtaking. 75c 
each; 3 for $2.00. Oct. 10 
1948 Introductions 
Carnival. Here to stay, a gay, robust 
plant of glowing burnt-orange, red 
and golden orange shadings, full 
double 3 inch blooms on 2 ft. plants 
with fine foliage; the brightest thing 
in the garden. 75c each; 3 for $2.00 Oct. 10 
Mellow Glow. Also making its way 
Le nobly, ‘“‘the “bronze with a person- 
ality.’”’ It is a lovely blend of orange- 
MAJOR BOWES buff and peach-pink tints, sturdy 
plants averaging 2% ft.; 2% inch 
double flowers. 75c each; 3 for $2.00 Oct. 5 

Large Early Flowering 
Each year we have more requests for the large ret] 
greenhouse type chrysanthemums. These are nee Recent Patented Varieties 
as hardy as the garden type mums but can be 
carried over winter very successfully in a cold Fred Rockwell. Plant Pat. 718. The most 
frame under glass. To produce those big 5-6 inch vivid, gorgeous blending of bronze 
blooms they require disbudding, leaving one to and orange in any pompon. Dense 
three flowers to each plant. and prolific; a grand _ cut-flower; 
blossoms very frost-hardy. A show 
We offer only the choicest early varieties: in itself. Medium growth, 18 inches. 
75c each; 3 for $2.00 OCtage. 
Blooming 
Date to Frost Korean Princess. Plant Pat. 640. A 
distinct novelty. The only anemone- 
Detroit News. Large bronze-red Oct. 20 A . 
flowering, hardy, garden mum. Fine 
Major Bowes. Deep lavender-pink. Oct. 20 2% inch blooms, open deep bronze- 
: red changing to a coral-crimson as 
Mrs. H. E. Kidder. Deep lemon-yellow, they mature. The gleaming golden 
incurved. Octal 5 cushion in center makes a charming 
i : tapestry effect, husky and_ branch- 
Silver Sheen. Fine cream-white, ing average plants grow 2% ft. in 
incurved. Oct 20 height. '75c each; 3 for $2.00. Oct. 10 
Any of the above varieties, potted plants 50c SPECIAL OFFER—1 of each above 6 varieties 
each, 3 for $1.25. $4.25 Postpaid. 



