A WORD FROM THE FLEMINGS 
Uni. of Nebr. “Mum” E. H. Hoppert 
We have just completed our busiest fall season since World War II and 
wish to take this opportunity to thank our many friends and customers for their 
support. Several years ago “mums” occupied less than one fourth of our acre- 
age devoted to the growing of hardy perennials while last fall the situation was 
reversed with over three-fourths of space being devoted to ‘‘mums.” As this is 
being written we are in the process of building a new greenhouse to be used in 
propagating our ‘Modern Mums.” Once again—Thank you! 
As is our custom we made several trips to the gardens of other specialists 
and hybridasts in order to select the better new varieties for inclusion in our 
offerings this spring. We also grew several new varieties in our trials last year 
which are being released this year. We would like to call particular attention 
to the new University of Nebraska varieties. These were tested at 22 points 
throughout the northern half of the U.S. before being released. In addition to the 
Nebraska varieties we are again offering the finest new varieties from such 
leading hybridizers as Bristol Nurseries, Corliss Brothers, De Petris, Gilbert Beck- 
er, Dr. Kraus, Lehman Gardens, U. 8. D. A., Yoder Bros., and many others. 
A new feature in our list this year is the ‘"-MUM FINDER” on the inside 
back cover. Our very complete list is classified ag to color and type as an aid 
in making your selections. 
We would like to suggest that the Mum fancier would do well to join the 
National Chrysanthemum Society. It is a very active organization devoted to 
spreading the gospel of the Chrysanthemum. A very informative quarterly bul- 
letin is sent to members. Full details may be had from the Secretary, Mr. Carl 
Toepler, 86 Van Buren Ave., Teaneck, New Jersey. 
Yours for a successful garden season 
Bob, Dave and Jim Fleming 
