OTHER CHOICE MUMS, continued MUM CULTURE 
Paper White. Pure white flowers; double and of good | Soil: 
texture. Early. Height 18 inches. Any good garden soil. 
Pearl Parkinson. (Univ. of Nebraska.) Semi-double Well prepared. 
flowers 3 to 4 inches in diameter, golden yellow Well fertilized. 
flushed red to red. Plant upright, 2 feet tall. Sept. | p . 
Polar Ice. Clear, glistening blue-white flowers 21% to 3 a OL 
inches across; upright stems 20 inches tall. Planting: 
Prelude. (Chicago.) Very large, double flowers. The Best time, May 15 to June 1. 
color is a combination of flesh-pink and maize-apricot. Distance apart, 18 inches to 2 feet. 
Pygmy Gold. A dwarf pompon type producing quanti- 
ties of miniature blossoms. The color is clear golden 
yellow. Commences to bloom in early September. 
Red Velvet. 2 ft. A fine full double crimson Chrysan- 
themum. Late September. 
regent aly Dawn. Large, double, rose-pink flowers. | Plenty of water. 
ept. 
pebeb elt Pile branched plants bearing many | Freedom from weeds. 
inese-red flowers. Sept. ‘ : 
Tangerine. A 1947 introduction. Double; brilliant See nae aie Biacklect vie 
Spanish-orange. For disease on leaves use Bordeaux Mixture. 
Yellow Avalanche. Similar to Avalanche but clear 
soft yellow. RESULTS: Beautiful Flowers! 
5302. Large, bushy plants about 2 feet tall, spreading. 
The single flowers, nearly 3 inches in diameter, are of 
a beautiful salmon-pink with yellow center. Many 
have two rows of petals. Starts blooming in Sep- 
tember. Made an unusually attractive display at our 
nursery. 
Pinching: 
Best time, about June 15. 
Where? Cut off the top of the plant between the fourth 
and fifth leaves from the ground. 
Low-Growing Cushion Chrysanthemums 
Plants from 21,-in. pots, each 60c.; 3 for $1.50; 
6 for $3.00, postpaid 
Plants from 2-in. pots, each 40c.; 3 for $1.10; 
6 for $2.00, postpaid 
The ever-popular Cushion Chrysanthemums are 
bushy, mound-shaped plants of low to medium height, 
producing an abundance of medium-sized flowers. 
Instead of the old varieties which were sold by color 
only, we are now using highly improved named va- 
rieties, as follows: 
For Bronze Cushion, Mahogany Cushion 
For Pink Cushion, Orchid Helen 
For Red Cushion, Rouge Cushion 
For White Cushion, White Mound oe sia 
For Yellow Cushion, Golden Mound SEPTEMBER DAWN 
CUSHION MUMS PYGMY GOLD 
PERKINS BROS. e 2591 STILLWATER ROAD e SAINT PAUL 6, MINN. 5 
