M 811 Arapahoe— Very large double flowers 4 to 5 inches across, espe- 
cially if disbudded. Color is a rich red with bronze reverse and the 
petals are long with a slight waviness adding to its attractiveness. 
Strong upright plants, 3 feet tall, with dark green foliage. Stands up 
against wind and rain. Withstands as low as 29° with no injury to 
flowers. In fact it has stood 7° below freezing with very slight damage 
to the flowers and buds. This means it will give you lovely flowers 
after normal frosts, or slight freezes. Created by Mr. Glenn Viehmeyer 
of the Nebraska North Platte Substation and perfectly hardy there. 
M 821 Cody—Also created by Mr. Viehmeyer, this is a perfect Mum 
for borders as it grows scarcely.12 inches tall and nearly 24 inches 
wide. Starts blooming in August and is a solid carpet of color right up 
to severe frosts and freezing. The lovely 2-inch, double flowers are 
a lavender-rose with a contrasting snow-white center. Instead of 
fading with age, the color deepens and becomes even more attractive. 
Very hardy. 
M 835 Leshara—This Viehmeyer creation withstood last fall at Ham- 
burg a temperature of 22 degrees and still bloomed beautifully for 
weeks afterwards. Starts blooming in early September. Makes a very 
bushy plant 30 inches tall and almost as wide. It is completely cov- 
ered, top to bottom, with many hundreds of flowers, 2 to 21% inches 
across and fully double. The color is a charming mulberry rose, 
changing to old rose with age, always attractive. By far, the freest 
blooming rosy-red Mum we have ever seen. Very hardy. 
Your Choice Above 3 Mums, Alike or Assorted 
Each 60c, 3 for $1.50, 6 for $2.85 Postpaid 
M 810 Apache—A spring 1953 introduction that we think is one of the 
most attractive ever created by Dr. Kraus. Makes a strong, very 
free-branching plant 2 feet tall, that produces from mid-September on, 
the most striking flowers you ever saw. The blooms are large, 4 to 
5 inches across and the petals are rolled and quilled, the color is 
a firecracker red with a yellow reverse. Withstands adverse weather. 
Lovely in the garden and a wonderful cut flower. 
Each 75c, 3 for $2.00 
M 813 Autumn Beauty— This new Mum from Wallie’s Gardens will 
become a great favorite. Makes a bushy wide plant hardly 18 inches 
tall that starts blooming in early September and continues right up 
to heavy frosts. Great masses of flowers, brilliant reddish bronze. 
Each 75c, 3 for $2.00 
M 832 Harvest Bronze—Introduced this spring, this Mum comes 
from the University of Minnesota. Grows about 12 inches tall, almost 
24 inches wide. Starts blooming in late August. Large flowers, 3 to 
4 inches across, of the brightest golden bronze. The brightest Mum 
in our large fields. Each 75c, 3 for $2.00 
1 Apache 
MM 884 
1 Autumn Beauty 1 Harvest Bronze 
All 3 for $1.95 Postpaid 
NEBRASKA MUM SPECIAL 
1 Leshara 1 White Cloud (page 65) 
1 Osceola (page 65) 1 W. P. Snyder (page 66) 
MM 899 All 6 for $2.65 Postpaid 
Pathfinder 
1 Arapahoe 
1 Cody - 
Plainsman 
Dropmore Rose 
Dorothy Howard September Morn—Top 
THREE NEW MUMS FROM CANADA 
These are new Hybrid Mums created by that eminent Canadian 
Horticulturist, Dr. F. L. Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba, over 200 
miles northwest of Winnipeg. They start blooming in late August and 
continue for many weeks until severe frosts. Each plant is so full of 
flowers, hundreds of them, that you can hardly see the foliage. 
Supply very limited, please order early. POSTPAID. 
M 806 Dorothy Howard—They resemble white asters, 3 to 4 inches 
across on an extremely bushy plant 2 feet tall and almost 2% feet 
across. A perfect mound of snow-white for many weeks. Each $1.00 
M 807 Dropmore Rose—A bushy plant only 16 inches tall and even 
wider that is completely covered for many weeks with the lovely 
double rosy-pink flowers, 3 inches across. Each $1.00 
M 808 September Morn—Very large, double flowers, almost 4 inches 
across of bright yellow. Makes a bushy plant 18 inches tall, com- 
pletely covered with the brilliant blooms for many weeks. Each $1.00 
CANADIAN MUM SPECIAL 
1 Dorothy Howard \ MM 809 Postpaid 
Teco terntec Mean All 3 for $2.35 
1953 NEW MUM SPECIAL 
1 Dorothy Howard 1 Pathfinder MM 802 Postpaid 
1 Dropmore Rose 1 Plainsman 
1 September Morn All 5 for $3.75 
New Carnation Flowered Mum 
Here are two new Chrysanthemums such as you never saw before. 
They are an entirely new type, the flowers are very double, deep and 
resemble the florist’s carnations. The plants are extremely hardy, 
living over winter at North Platte, Nebraska without any protection. 
Created by that Mum genius, Mr. Glenn Viehmeyer of the Nebraska 
North Platte Sub Station. They start blooming in August and never 
stop until severe frosts. They bloom even after temperature of 28 to 
30 degrees. The flowers are marvelous for cutting as they last so 
very long, and have long stems. Supply is very limited, please order 
early. POSTPAID. 
M 804 Pathfinder—Bright yellow flowers, 2 to 21% inches across, that 
look like Carnations. Makes an upright plant about 2 feet tall and 
almost as wide, with deep green foliage, giving an excellent hedge 
effect. Starts blooming in August. Each 75c 
M 805 Plainsman— Attractive flowers of bronze with slight reddish 
tone, 2)% to 3 inches across. Look like Carnations. Makes a bushy 
plant 26 inches tall and just as wide. Starts blooming in August and 
continues for weeks up to severe frosts and light freezing. Each $1.00 
CARNATION MUM SPECIAL 
2 Pathfinder \ MM 803 Postpaid 
All 4 for $2.75 
2 Plainsman 
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