GROWERS OF FINE PERENNIALS 
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THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN CO., INC. 
Offers For Spring (954 “These 
Fully Developed -- Fresh From The Field 
HARDY PEREN MAL PLAVTS 
A Complete Presentation of the Finest Varieties for 
Profitable Application to the Business of Everyone 
SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED 
With Top Quality 
With a Horticultural Interest 
WE ARE WHOLESALERS ONLY 
Never in Competition With You 
Finely Developed Material 
All Plants Are 5 at the 10 rate, 25 at the 100 rate. 
There are times when it may be desirable to order less than 5 plants of on kind for your trial. 
These plants will be charged at .50 cents each to share the cost of custom handling outside the 
cooperate. 
wholesale aggregating. 
Unless otherwise noted, all plants are field grown. 
ACHILLEA 
SNOWBALL. (Boule de Neige). Wonderful for 
cut flowers or garden. Blooms in June. A good 
filler, grows 12-15’ high, double white flowers in 
umbels. 
Per 10, $1.75; Per 100, $12.00 
TOMENTOSA AUREA. A very charming yellow 
flowered plant, blooming in June. It will do well 
in the rockery or in any part of the border. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ANGEL’S BREATH. It grows as an inverted bowl, 
twenty inches high and spreads two feet. In 
flower, it is so profusely covered that the rich 
green foliage, decorative otherwise, can scarcely 
be seen. The white is fully double without a trace 
of center. It is brand new and carries our high- 
est recommendation. 
Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
ACTINOMERIS 
ALTERNIFOLIUS. Tall and showy long-bloom- 
ing perennials of late summer. Great corymbs 
of honey yellow flowers. Excellent for maintain- 
ing color and height in the border. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
ALYSSUM 
ROCK MADWORT 
SAXTILE COMPACTUM GOLD DUST. Dwarf, com- 
pact Basket of Gold. Flowers April and May. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SAXATILE COMPACTUM FL. PL. Silver-grey foli- 
age, blends well with the golden yellow flowers 
on this very compact border plant. Excellent for 
forcing after dormancy. Quantity limited. Order 
early. 
Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
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Above all else, these pages forcefully present quality — our strongest, proudest, competitive point. 
Quality in plant material, yes, but quality too in the assortment presented and in the service rendered. 
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We Ship Nothing From Storage. 
AJUGA 
BUGLE 
A useful plant for the rockery and for carpeting 
the ground, particularly in shady positions, as 
under trees, where grass will not grow; flowers 
in May and June. 6 to 8 inches. 
GENEVENSIS. An excellent plant for edging and 
carpeting. Grows from 6 to 8 inches high with 
spikes of blue flowers in May and June. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS BLUE. Grows 3 to 4 inches high, with 
deep purplish blue flowers. Bronzy foliage. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS ALBA. A tightly knit compact creep- 
ing cover, flowers rise 3 to 4 inches over deep 
bronze foliage. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
REPTANS VARIEGATA. Rosettes of palest green 
and white. Short spikes of light blue flowers. 
Very effective. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
ARMERIA 
SEA PINK OR THRIFT 
CEPHALOTES RUBRA. Color is a striking red. 
For border there is nothing that will make sucha 
bright showing. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
LAUCHEANA. Bright rosy red. Height 3 to 6 
inches. May-June. 
Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
MARTIMA SPLENDENS. (Statice Armeria). 
magenta flowers on 1 ft. stems. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
Rosy 
For Your Retail Sales 
Not less Than Five of a Kind Please 
We are glad to 
Orders are freshly dug and shipped on same day. 
FORMOSA GIANT HYBRIDS. Shades of rose and 
pink—good sized flowers on stems 2 feet high. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ARTEMESIA 
Boundlessly useful, for the border for spotting in 
shrub plantings, and particularly, for filling in 
floral effects. 
SILVER KING. Bright silver-colored stems and 
foliage are of great value for florists’ fillers, can 
also be dried for winter use. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SILVER QUEEN, (Martin’s Selection). This will 
dry just like Silver King. It is bushy and carries 
an abundance of hard silver seeds that add to 
its effect. Though not as light, it is our judg- 
ment that it is much more impressive than the 
Silver Queen and more desirable than Silver 
King in many instances. 
Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SILVER MOUND. A handsome, compact, mound- 
like plant about four inches in diameter. Foliage 
fernlike and of the lightest and brightest silvery 
gray. For the rockery, for accent, or for edging 
beds and walks. 
F. G. — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ARABIS 
WHITE ROCKCRESS 
ALPINA FL. PL. Double white Rock Cress. Flow- 
ers April to June. Height about 8 inches, very 
fine rock plant. 
Pots — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
