GROWERS OF FINE PERENNIALS 15 
ALL PURPOSE CUT AND DECORATIVES — Continued 
MISS LACE. Pert and saucy, this is the glamour of the 
new group. True Grandmothers light pink, a bursting 
shower of fully double, 3 inch blooms sweeping en masse 
atop stately upright stems rising in quantity 214 ft. in per- 
fect symmetry. Excellent cut-flowers, blooms first week 
in September, and the fresh pink flowers do not fade for 
weeks. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
MISTY MAID. Delicate informal and very much a ladies’ 
favorite. Airy 2 foot plant loaded with graceful 3 inch 
blooms of delightfully soothing shell pink. Quietly assumes 
gentle hues of misty, dreamy white Lovely contrast of 
tender pink buds and open flowers. Wonderful to cut—one 
stem is almost a bouquet itself. September 20. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
MOONBEAMS. Early. 24”. This is the improvement on 
Pale Moon that we have been waiting for. It is a soft prim- 
rose yellow ringed with ivory, fully, fluffily, double, in 
huge sprays on sturdy, strong stems. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
MISCHIEF. Hundreds of tiny, sparkling ruby single stars 
showered completely over a stocky, 18”, clean, healthy 
plant. Bright beet-root purple shades to rose-red. Mid-sea- 
son. 
POTS — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
MRS. KIDDER. The old favorite, 4 inch, full double, large 
incurved deep lemon pompon. Those who cut it say that 
it will never be beat. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
MURMURS. Amaranth pink buds bloom with a burst to 
fully double flowers of clear Mallow purple. Incurved, early 
September, 11% to 2 feet. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
MY LADY. Very unusual and novel, flowers are large, 
double, orange-yellow. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
MYRTLE WALGREEN. Rich amaranth purple underlaid 
with silvery lilac, aging to clean, clear mallow purple. 4 in. 
bloom, 2 ft. tall, September 20. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
OSCEOLA. A beautiful, large, fully double, early flower- 
ing bronze. It is a very hardy, very clean type, fine for 
cutting, high among the leaders for sight sales. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
OLIVE LONGLAND. Large fully double salmon orange, 
an unusual duplex, early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
ORLOMA. Luminous apricot bronze full decorative type. 
Bushy cushion habit of growth and very free and durable. 
Early blooming September 15th. New ’53. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ORPHEUS. Brilliant Roman red large pompon with per- 
fect full form and very hard substance. Excellent strong 
and long stems with perfect spray formation. Very vigor- 
our clean upright growth. Matures October 10th to 12th. 
This variety is equal if not superior to any cloth house red 
now in existence. Blooming nicely for early October and 
ean be shaded to bloom in late August and early Septem- 
ber without fading. New ’53. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ORSONA. Reddish bronze full decorative type. Verey good 
bushy growth. Very desirable and showy. Blooms Septem- 
ber 20th to 25th. New ’53. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
PATHFINDER. University of Nebraska. A brand new 
variety in a brand new race. Carnation Flowered! 2 
ft. tall and 2 ft. across. Very upright. A row is so 
neat it looks like a formal hedge. 5-10 blooms in 
clusters, bright, non-fading yellow. 3” flowers are 
very double, high centered, and have a pronounced 
resemblance to the florist’s carnation. This departure 
is one of the most exciting that has ever happened in 
Chrysanthemums! Very early. 
POTS — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
PATRICIA LEHMAN. Double, sparkling geranium pink 
with peach center. Recurved and twisted petals give a 
fluffy, feathery effect. Strong grower, good for cut flowers 
and the decorative, hardy border. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
PEARL PARKINGTON. Early. Low. Fully double bright 
red brick-enamel flowers on a sturdy upright plant. Finest 
for formal borders, prolific for cutting. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PEGGY. Early. 2 feet. This is probably the most unusual 
variety that we have. Opens a dusky fuchsia-copper-rose 
blend and changes to peach with gold overtones. All of this 
on the fresh flower. Fully double flowers are heavily borne 
in branching sprays on sturdy stems. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
PEGGY ANN HOOVER. An everlasting popular clear pink- 
duplex, cut flower favorite. Cacti-mum. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PEPITA. D. (Kraus). Densely quilled button-pompon of 
eggshell-white with darker center when young, changing 
to pure white with cream center. 26 inch, Sept. 28. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PERFECTION. (English). Mid-season 24”. This is an in- 
curve. Large, symmetrically shaped flowers are a full double 
right to the tight center. Color is a gracious, pure cream. 
For cutting, potting, the garden focal point. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
PLAINSMAN. The second introduction in the new 
Carnation Flowered race! Very early, strong, wind- 
firm, grey green foliage. Strong cutting stems termi- 
nate in clusters of 3-5 radiantly beautiful 3” red- 
bronze-gold deeply pillowed flowers. Extremely 
double, literally spilling over with lacinated, notched, 
crisp carnation like petals. Isn’t it grand to look for- 
ward to? 
POTS — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
POLAR ICE. Clear, glistening blue-white flowers 21% to 3 
inches in diameter, heavy upright stems, branched heavy 
at top. Grows to 1% to 2 feet tall, and blooms from Sep- 
tember 1 to end of October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
PONCA. Early. 14”. A striking fuchsia purple, the only 
variety ia its color. It is upright to its low height, and flow- 
ers fully double. A dignified formal border. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
REDCOAT. As hardy as the men it pays tribute and as 
brilliant as the uniforms they wear. A strong grower re- 
sisting with casual abandon the culprits that take their toll 
from others less sturdy. Flowers are a really new red in 
Chrysanthemums. Vermilion is the closest comparison. 
Fully double, they appear on strong yet succulent stems 
growing medium high. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
RED DIAMOND. New. A strong, 18” sturdily formed and 
formally proportioned plant, foliaged deep healthy green 
right to the bottom. It flowers a closely knit. fully double 
pompon. Bi-color silver grey and maroon. The height of 
the silver is at the high center. The maroon frames it with 
excitement. Par-excellence for cutting. Early. 
POTS — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
RED DOTY. This is the companionate red of the well known 
White Doty. Fully double, blooms at the same time as White 
Doty. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
RED FEATHER. An able successor to Red Velvet. Flowers 
are a more livid red — fully double on a 2 ft. plant. The 
graceful airiness of the petals inspires the name. 
POT PLANTS — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
RED GOLD. A pompen red and orange gold atop stately 
stems. Early strong grower. Very popular. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
