


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 
cee Ee een tips may be pinched out again to produce more branches. Discontinue pinching 
y uly 15th. 
y The very early blooming varieties should not be pinched after July 10th. 
pinched or topped plant will grow strong and sturdy 
Avoid planting them in a shady location. 
LOWER PRICES ON MANY VARIETIES FOR 1950 
Strong plants from pots ready for delivery May 1st through June. 
On order for $3.00 or more, postage prepaid. Orders for less than $3.00, please add 35c 
for packing and postage. 
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needing no staking and bloom abundantly. 













HARDY GARDEN CLUSTER-TYPE 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Highlights in Newer Varieties 
1949 & 1950 Introductions 
Golden Carpet. A glowing gold pom- 
pon, a creeping mound 2 ft. across, 
1 ft. high, ideal for bedding, edging 
or rock garden, nothing like it in pres- 
ent gardens; perfect little globes the 
full length of each stem. 75c each; 
3 for $2.00 From September On 
Huntsman. Here is a vivid newcomer, 
a grand Fall color for your garden. 
Vividly brilliant scarlet-orange over- 
east walnut-bronze; 38 inch flowers 
fully double; average 2 ft. lusty and 
hardy; simply breathtaking. ‘75c 
each; 3 for $2.00. Oct. 10 
Tapestry. Another new shade, or shades, 
opening a gleaming, rich, pink flush 
in center. Always gorgeous, full, 
double blooms 3 inches across, stocky 
2 ft. plants. Sure to be a favorite 
pink. 75c¢ each; 3 for $2.00 
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 
nobly, “the “bronze with a person- 
ality.” It is a lovely blend of orange- 
buff and peach-pink tints, sturdy 
plants averaging 2% ft.; 2% inch 
Sept. 20 
MAJOR BOWES 
Large Early Flowering 
Chrysanthemums 

F : double flowers. 75c each; 3 for $2.00 Oct; 5 
Single Stems, Greenhouse Large-Flowering Type. 4g aed 
Bach year we have more requests for the large Recent Patented Varieties 
greenhouse type chrysanthemums. These are not 
as hardy as the garden type mums but can be DRT eee ada de es ete WR ai a adresse 
carried over winter very successfully in a cold ee | rad & ani ae pompon once 
frame under glass. To produce those big 5-6 inch and egies = Pha ae hawer: 
blooms they require disbudding, leaving one to ates oes ecoet hardy Wrediune 
three flowers to each plant. a growth, 18 inches. 75c¢ each; 3 for 
We offer only the choicest early varieties: $2.00. Oct. 1 
Blooming Korean Princess. Plant Pat. 640. A 
Date to Frost distinct novelty. The only anemone- 
Ambassador. Large white Oct. 23 flowering, hardy, garden mum. Fine 
; i % ; : 2% inch blooms, open deep bronze- 
Detroit News. Large bronze-red Oct. 20 red changing to a coral-crimson as 
Major Bowes. Deep lavender-pink. Oct. 20 they mature. The elearning. golden 
i = cushion in center makes a charming 
peda Kidder. Deep lemon-yellow, Reheer tapestry effect, husky and branch- 
4 ; : ing average plants grow 2% ft. in 
Silver) Rhee aon orce ot wie height. 5c each; 3 for $2.00. Oct. 10 
incurved. Octw20 ae ee 
Any of the above varieties, potted plants 50c 
each, 3 for $1.25. 
SPECIAL OFFER—1 of each above 7 varieties 
$4.50, Postpaid. 

