12 THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN CO., INC., PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
-- Hardy Chrysanthemums =:- 
Choose from 210 VARIETIES — U. S. Top List 
ALL PURPOSE CUT AND DECORATIVES 
ADMIRATION. (Bristol) New. Tops in hardiness, tops in 
beauty. Blend of bright peach, salmon fawn and soft red 
goid flushes. Full double 3” bloom on heavy sprays. Grows 
strong as an oak to 2% ft. September. 
POTS — Per 10, $4.00;; Per 100, $35.00 
ALABASTER. (English). Large pure white with slightly 
incurved petals. Will grow to five inches across if disbudded. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50. Per 100, $20.00 
ALEX CUMMINGS. 1952’s wonder Mum. 4 in. flowers, 
rich pure cerise that gently matures to a delightful rose. 
22 ft. Sept. 30 on. 
POTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ALLEGRO. .Double. Glowing shrimp—pink with coppery 
salmon sheen. Early October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
ANN. (USDA). Hardy and early flowering even in the 
rugged climate of New England, where it found its origin. 
Flowers are fully double, white, averaging 2 to 3 inches 
across. This compact, free-flowering plant, has been proven 
remarkably frost-resistant. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
ANNIVERSARY. Double, a really fine light pink. Rosy 
buds, faintly buff at center on opening. Growth is generous 
and foliage is always bright and green —very decorative. 
Flowers 3”, plant 24” wide, 24” tall—early variety. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
APACHE. (Kraus) A brand new full double. Brilliant, 
dark, fire-cracker red that overcasts with gold at maturity. 
Four to five inch quilled flowers on a large, spreading, but 
closely compacted bush. September. 
POTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ARAPAHOE. Flowers bright red with pure bronze reverse. 
Flowers very large—four to five inch blooms in clusters. 
Free growing, early, frost resistant. New for 1952. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
POTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ARGONNE. Mid-season. 24”. A full, rounded button pom- 
pon of rich, jewel-like, amaranth purple. Distinctive for its 
overwhelming mass of bloom on stury stems, and its abil- 
ity to hold that difficult color right through the season un- 
til frost. 
POTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
AVALANCHE. Very large white flowers 4 inches across; 
perfect cut flower type. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
BALCOMBE BRILLIANCE. (English). Mid-season. 24”. 
Brilliant red in the Carnival shade. Fully double, largest 
size, borne on a heavily foliate, strongly stemmed plant 
that is a decorative green all the year until frost. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
BETTY. Splendid upright rose-pink without a trace of ma- 
genta. One of the finest new pinks. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
BISHOP GANNON. Mid-season. 18”. This is a clear yel- 
low duplex in the best of form. Prolific bloomer, a row 
will be the brightest mass in the field—a real traffic stop- 
per. Sturdy stems for liberal cut yield. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
BIRETTA. (Kraus) A new, exciting, fully double flowered 
cardinal red. Fades to pastel and is bright all the way. 
Tall, upright plant, sturdy to any wind. 
POTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
BOKHARA. Full double perfectly formed flowers on well- 
branched stems. Exceptionally hardy with disease resistant 
foliage. Perfect for cutting by Oct. 10th. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
BONFIRE. Double burnt-orange red flowers on 24 inch 
plants. Blooms in early October and is very frost resistant. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
BRIGADIER. (DePetris) Oct. 1. Large carmine red pom- 
pon. Full double. Solid flower form. Bushy, decorate 
growth, clean foliage. 20-24 in., strong stemmed. One of 
the finest new varieties. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
BRONZE PYRAMID. A straight medium tall new variety. 
Duplex flowers are the high toned orange bronze favorite 
in the Fall. Dozens of branches straight from the crown 
without disbudding.. Foliage forest green and clean. Per- 
fect cut flower variety. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CALVIN COOLIDGE. Old favorite long lost commercially, 
now returned to us from a collector’s garden. Semi-double 
bright red with a bit of fragrance, mid-season, medium tall, 
prolific. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CANDLELIGHT. Very lovely and graceful, free flowering 
creamy white. Medium size nicely borne double blossom, 
144-2 feet. September 25th. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
CANARY WONDER. Breath-taking new color—soft canary 
primrose. Perfect 14% inch pompons in huge sprays on tall 
2% foot plant. Superb for outdoor cut flowers. Excellent 
seller in bloom, standing like a sentinel in sales fields. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
CARNIVAL. A bright, brilliant mum. A play of bronze, 
red, and golden bronze shades. Full double, 3 inch flowers 
carried on slender, nicely branched sprays. Oct. 10. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
CECIL BEED. New. Splendid early full double deep lav- 
ender pink. 24 in., freely flowered in branching sprays. 
Disease and frost resistant. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
CENTURY. New. A medium tall, formally upright plant, 
produces a prolific cut crop of shaggy golden yellow flow- 
ers, generous in size and on broad sprays. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
CHARLES NYE. Developed by Dr. Kraus, University of 
Chicago — this is by far the finest yellow Pompon to date. 
Very large deep yellow blooms produced freely in compact 
clusters. Strong, tidy, 20 inch plant. An outstanding good 
Pompon. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
CHIPPEWA. Large double bright aster purple, an early 
one, Sept. 5th, which grows 24 inches high. Tends to fade in 
the hot sun, but in cool weather the color is beautiful. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
CHIQUITA. Lovely dome-shaped pompon flowers of a 
deep lemon-yellow shade. Very desirable both for the gar- 
den and bouquets. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
CHORALE. Biscuit shaped flowers of light Phlox Pink. 
After a long last, it ages to a startling chalk white. Blooms 
from September to frost. New. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
CHRIS COLUMBUS. New, outstanding ivory-white. Large. 
a blooms from late September on; excellent for cut- 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
CRIMSON BANNER. English. A beauty that stands super- 
lative in the discriminating, completely hardy selection 
that we grow. Blooms early, shows bright crimson flowers 
4” in size on good, long, sturdy cutting stem 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, sao. Per *i00, $25.00 
CROWN JEWEL. (Kraus) New. 3-inch flat currant-red 
flowers with a brilliant sheen. Strong sturdy free blooming 
plant. September. 
POTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
CYDONIA. One of the best bright colors—rich orange-red 
ae well Lae Haas overcast. Stems are tall and sturdy, 
-Sprays clustered, never failing t h th : 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, soca Sobon $15.00. 
eis 1D). (Kraits). New 1949! Grenadine-pink to 
ittersweet-pink, lightening to clear, bright flesh-color at 
pe pees inch. Oct. 15. 
Y FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
DEE DEE AHRENS. Medium, compact, full flowering 
shaggy white. It is amon the fi i = 
tive planting MeGene eee g inest for cutting or decora 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
