AMERICAN VARIETIES (Continued) 
AVALANCHE. This is a large fully double 
white with creamy center when opening. 
Has a distinct place in your “Mum” garden. 
September blooming. 
AZTEX GOLD. New in 1951. Compact habit, 
double clear lemon-yellow. Suitable for cut- 
ting as well as the garden. Early October 
blooming and frost resistant. 
CANARY WONDER. Lovely canary yellow 
sport of White Wonder. Excellent long stems 
for cutting. Late Sept. 
CARMINE QUEEN. The best red pompon. 
Nicely shaped tall plant, fine for cutting. 
Mid-Oct. 
CECIL BEED. An unique purple and of ideal 
habit, producing sprays suitable for cutting. 
It ee admired by all visitors. Blooms in early 
Sept. 
FAIRBOW. Heavy blooming lavender pink 
pompon. Splendid upright growth makes it 
a good cut flower. Early Sept. University of 
Chicago introduction. 
GEN. MacARTHUR. Fully double blooms of 
coppery red. A very husky and showy early 
flowering variety. 
GLADNESS. Much branched 15-18 in. plants, 
fully double 2 in. flowers of China rose. A 
real showy early September bloomer. 
GLOWING COALS. Dark cherry red with 
orange reverse. Well branched plants—good 
cutter. One of the best early reds. Mid-Sept. 
HUNTSMAN. Vividly brilliant scarlet-orange 
overcast with bronze. A grand fall colored 
flower—about 3 in. across. Lusty and hardy 
and a prolific bloomer. Early Oct. 
LORENZO. Rich, shining dark Dianthus- 
purple with quilled petals. First time we 
pales offered this one for sale. Very de- 
sirable. 
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MALINDA BROWN. A magnificant rose-pink 
with strong lavender undertones. Flowers 
are globular and mounded at center. Sept. 
MARIONETTE. Rust red pompons on nicely 
branched 2 ft. plants. Nice for cutting. 
MEDITATION. Full double blooms about 3 in. 
across. Firm two-toned flowers of light 
Jasper-red and maize-yellow with orange re- 
verse. When mature the flowers are clear 
bright reddish-peach. Excellent cut flower. 
The 1948 “Mum of the Year.” Early October 
blooming. 
MING. Chinese-yellow with tangerine-orange 
center. Vigorous stems and an abundance 
of bloom. Ideal habit and greatly admired. 
First time we have had enough rooted 
cuttings to sell. Mid-Sept. 
NEW PHILADELPHIA. Deep rose on tall 
stems. Always healthy and is super hardy. 
Early Oct. 
NOKOMIS. A large pompon with full compact 
flowers of Indian-red fading to bronze as it 
ages. Late Sept. 
ORIENTAL GLORY. Large double blooms of 
brilliant oriental red. Good variety for cut- 
ting. Sept. 
OSCEOLA. A University of Nebraska Intro- 
duction. Long stemmed 3 in. flowers of 
bright yellow during early blooming season 
which take on coppery hues with the ar- 
rival of cool weather. Mid-Aug. until frost. 
PONCA. Attractive spravs of double blooms 
resembling pompon Zinnias in form of 
purplish red shade. Very frost tolerant. 
VIGILANT. Mahogany-red with gold reverse. 
Large flowers with broad petals. An ideal 
show flower. Sept. 
W. P. SNYDER. This American variety is a 
large pompon of apricot-pink. Is a strong 
grower of medium height. Sept. blooming. 
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SPOONS 
The Spoon Chrysanthemums are very unusual and interesting. Each petal is a tiny 
hollow tube or quill that flattens out at the end into a tiny spoon. On some varieties 
the tube and spoon are the same color and in other varieties the tube is one color 
and the spoon another. 
Customer's Choice — Each 35c 
12 for $3.50 
Postpaid If Order Amounts to $3.00 or More 
APRICOT SPOON. A pleasingly different 
spoon with tubes of apricot bronze and 
spoons of apricot rose. Very frost resistant. 
CARDINAL SPOON. An outstanding different 
spoon with greenish gold tubes and cardinal 
red spoons. Good sized flowers. 
CHARM SPOON. Rich dusty rose spoons with 
Silvery white tubes. This is an especially 
nice new spoon. 
CLASSIC SPOON. Large heavy textured rosy 
phlox purple with silvery tubes. Another 
new variety. 
FUSHIA SPOON. A bold 3% inch flower of 
sparkling fuchsia rose. A fine sturdy free 
flowering variety. 
GARNETT SPOON. One of the finest spoons 
—garnet spoons with reddish purple tubes. 
Very striking. Oct. 
IVORY SPOON. Silver glossed ivory. 
JASPER SPOON. Combination of rich bronze 
and yellow. 
LILAC SPOON. Large wide petaled flowers of 
lilac pink with silvery white tubes. Very 
lovely. 
LOVELINESS SPOON. A grand new carmine- 
pink spoon, and outstandingly lovely variety 
with nothing else like it. 
MAGNETA SPOON. Lovely magneta rose flow- 
ers in profusion. Spoon is rose and the 
tube is silvery white. 
ORCHID SPOON. Lavender pink which makes 
a pretty feathery filling in bouquets of 
large flowers. 
PUMPKIN SPOON. New of 1952. Densely 
branched plant with 3 inch blooms of per- 
simmon orange aging to stafford yellow. 
Sept. 
WHITE SPOON. Like other spoons with tiny 
yellow quills and little flattened spoons on 
the end of each quill. 
YELLOW SPOON. Like orchid spoon only 
the color is yellow. 
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