SPRAYING 
We recommend a simple spray program in gardens that have a 
wide variety of plants, which naturally harbor insects and diseases. 
Mums, like many other plants, are subject to attack by aphis or 
plant lice. These are easily controlled by spraying with Nicotine 
Sulphate (Black-Leaf 40), which can be procured at any drug or 
department store. 
One or two dustings during the summer with a 5 or 10 per cent 
DDT dust or spray will eliminate other insects that sometimes attack 
Mums, such as tarnished plant bug, leaf-hopper, leaf-rollers and the 
stalk borer. If you should have fungous trouble on the foliage, one 
or two sprayings with the new preparation called Fermate should 
keep your plants healthy. 
In some parts of the East the foliar nematode has become very 
troublesome the past few seasons. Infected plants will lose their 
foliage, beginning at the bottom of the stalk, and by blooming time 
the entire plant may be defoliated. The dead leaves turn dark brown 
or black, become brittle and hang down along the stem. A half inch 
of tobacco dust mulch has been found effective in checking the spread 
of this pest. ; 
Perhaps the best insurance against these pests and diseases is to 
be very critical of any newly acquired plant material. We have 
always prided ourselves on the health and vigor of our plants. 
SEEING IS BELIEVING 
Over 25,000 flower-loving people visit our Mum fields and show 
each year. We maintain a constant display of more than 300 va- 
rieties of the better Mums from early September to November. The 
overwhelming majority of these folk fall in Jove with the following 
varieties as the best things they see at our Gardens. 25,000 people 
can’t be wrong! 
20 LEADERS 
Avalanche Martin’s White 
Betty Meditation 
Charles Nye Olive Longland 
Chiquita Pink Radiance 
Chris Columbus September Dawn 
Courageous Sienna 
Ermine Tangerine 
Glowing Coals Tribute 
Heatherbloom Vulcan 
Loveliness Spoon Yellow Avalanche 
Special 
9 SURE-TO-BLOOM PLANTS 
(1 each of above) 
$490°°° 
FROST RESISTANCE OF FLOWERS 
In the past few years more attention has been paid to the damage 
done by frost to both buds and petals of different varieties. Some 
kinds—especially the white and Iavender sorts—are damaged by the 
first light frosts, while others show no damage even when the tem- 
perature goes below freezing. Many varieties just keep right on 
blooming as though nothing had happened, while others are com- 
pletely killed. We found the following varieties still in excellent 
condition in our fields on November 7 after four or five early freezes 
had spoiled most kinds: 
Apricot Glow Heatherbloom 
Autumn Greetings Inspiration 
Autumnsong Lavender Lassie 
Betty Magnificent 
Bonfire Maroon ’n’ Gold 
Courageous North Star 
Cydonia Olive Longland 
Drifted Snow Red Gold 
Ermine September Bronze 
Fiesta Tussore 
Slowing Coals Winterset 
den Sunset Zantha 



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KODACHROME SLIDES 
We have a beautiful set of one hundred 35 M.M. or 2-inch koda- 
chrome slides of individual flowers of Mums, garden and field scenes, 
window-box plantings and other pictures of Mums in full color. 
These are available without cost to Garden Clubs or other reliable 
groups for use as programs. There isa short descriptive reading with 
the slides. Showing time about one hour. Projector and screen to 
be furnished by the organization using the pictures. 
If interested in using these slides, for an interesting evening on 
Mums write to 
E. C. LEHMAN 
The Lehman Gardens, Faribault, Mimnesota. 
THE ABC OF MUM CULTURE 
A — Apple-blossom time is the beginning of Mum planting time. 
— Bonemeal is an excellent fertilizer for Mums. 
C — Cover with porous light material for winter. 
D — DDT 5% dust or spray will keep bugs off. ! 
E — Early varieties are not recommended for hot climates. 
F — Fall planting is not recommended in the North. 
G — Give Mums an ordinary good rich soil. 
H — Hardy Mums bloom from August to November, 
I — Ice over the crowns in winter will kill them. 
J — Join the National Chrysanthemum Society. 
IX — Keep well watered during hot dry weather. 
lL. — Leaves are not good cover unless kept dry. 
M — Mums from Minnesota can’t be beat. 
N — Nicotine sulphate (Black-Leaf 40) will kill aphis. 
O — Overhead watering is not recommended. 
P — Pinching keeps plants sturdy and low. 
Q — Quality will improve by cultivation. 
— Remove all but a few buds to grow those large flowers. 
S — Shade will make plants grow taller and bloom much Iater. 
T — Transplant Jate varieties into pots before frost and enjoy them 
in the house. 
U — Use a tablespoonful of commercial fertilizer per plant to give 
plants a good start. 
V — Very close planting will make spindly plants. Eighteen inches 
apart each way Is sufficient. 
W — Window-boxes are beautiful planted with Mums in fall. 
X — Plant only sure-to-bloom plants. 
Y — Young, vigorous, 2)4-inch potted plants are best. 
Z — Zinc labels are permanent. 
Our Fall Mum Display 
Everyone is cordially invited to our annual Fall Mum Show: 
Last season we had over 100,000 plants in our fields and well over 
1,000,000 flowers. Here you can see growing side by side more than 
500 varieties of Hardy Chrysanthemums. Many of these are seed- 
lings—the Mums of Tomorrow—in the different stages of selection. 
Really, it is a beautiful sight to see. Our very first varieties begin to 
bloom about mid-August, and by early September a great many of 
the earlier kinds are in full bloom. Between September 15 and 25 is 
usually when the fields are at their best. During this time and up to 
Thanksgiving we maintain a display of most all varieties in our 
greenhouses. This alone is well worth seeing. If you can, come and 
enjoy the MUMS with us. 
THE MARCH OF MUMS 
In order to fulfill our slogan, ‘The Mums of Tomorrow— 
Today,”’ and to keep our collection modern and up to the minute, 
we try out every new kind we hear about. Many of these new de- 
velopments are good; a few are superior to existing kinds. Progress 
is being made toward more beautiful and useful Hardy Chrysanthe- 
mums, and in order to keep in step with this development we have 
this year discarded the following, which have definitely been 
superseded by newer and better kinds: 
Autumn Sunlight.......... Replacediby. . 7... ..08 Golden Hours 
BrONZE: Gold an eee eres Replacedsby s...ae oe Apricot Glow 
Ecdorad Ose eee ree eee en Iheplaceq bya eae Golden Dome 
urekaGiantamseme cere Replaced bycuaeaee Carnival 
| umole Fieien hime) eRe ERs on Ge Replaced by a. wee Leda 
Goldelreasuresmee tert Replaced! by. saw. ae, Gold 
[adam summer. 5: ower Replaced OVviceiee wee Inspiration 
Mics billtp Sasa eee Replaced: bys suena Myrtle Walgreen 
Ribemig aide cx thes «tree Replaced by say. . sane Stella App 
RubysPompone a: ya .toe ens IReplacedsbva een Iluminator 
Silver Ballig cis sates oo en Replaced by<3 oc. .5 ae White Doty 
\Vniare Spore tics oncccoane Replaced bys eee Ivory Spoon 
