GROWERS OF FINE PERENNIALS 15 
ALL PURPOSE CUT AND DECORATIVES — Continued 
POLAR ICE. Clear, glistening blue-white flowers 21% to 3 
inches in diameter, heavy upright stems, branched heavy 
at top. Grows to 11% 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 
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 flovers 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. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
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, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
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. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
REVERIE. New (Bristol) Sport of the favorite Jean Tread- 
way. Same rich, dark foliage. Color would best compare 
to heavily creamed coffee, or to soft maple finished wal- 
nut accented with a mahogany eye. Late flowers flush to 
coral pink. September. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ROSITA. D. (Kraus). Compact, light Persian-rose button- 
pompon. Bush completely covered with pink buttons. 26 
inch, Sept. 24. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ROYAL ROBE. (Kraus) Double, beet-root purple with a 
really different and distinct bluish sheen. Mass of blooms 
are symmetrically distributed over a compact, healthily 
foliaged plant. Early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
RUBY POMPON. The 21% foot plant carries its ruby crim- 
son flowers in remarkable profusion. In full flower early 
October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
RUSTY RED. (Lehman) A smashing impact! Heavy load 
of Cherry Red fully double bloom shimmers atop sturdy, 
cutting stems. Starts among the earliest, is in perpetually 
renewing flower until frost. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
SEPTEMBER DAWN. Distinctly new and different, the 
first really good double pink. Flowers are about 3 inches 
across, hardy, vigorous and healthy. Starting to bloom in 
early September, it continues until frost, brightly and free- 
ly flowered. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SEPTEMBER WINE. The scintillating red of sparkling Bur- 
gundy wine. Full duplex flower atop a compact branchy 
plant, each branch a perfect cut stem. Early. 114 to 2 feet. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SILVER PLATE. In full bloom in early October, its large 
white makes sight sale sure It too needs mulching to carry, 
but its exceptional decorative ability more than compen- 
sates. 6 inch flowers. 24 inches tall. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
SILVER SHEEN. A medium incurved white. Somewhat 
tender to handle but its superlative cut flower qualities re- 
pay the effort liberally. It is 36 inches tall, and blooms mid- 
October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
SINCERITY. Early. 2”. A distinctive combination of white 
outer petals and peach inner swirl. Fully double flowers 
are in multitudinous profusion on branching sprays. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SKI TRAIL. (U.S.D.A.) Large double, ivory white flowers. 
Destined to take the place of White Doty. Has all of Doty’s 
fine characteristics with a more definite incurve. Septem- 
ber. Frost resistant. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 1 0,$2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
SUCCESS. Early. 24”. A beautiful, rich, never fading deep 
crimson. Fully double, flowers stand en masse of branching 
sprays atop superb, light green foliage. Very good. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
SUNAPE. From the University of New Hampshire and a 
tribute to their work. Professor Holley’s select golden yel- 
low grows 24 inches high, blooms full double, stays bright 
without fading from September lst to frost. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
SUNSTONE. Another new, thoroughly tested introduction. 
On a dignified, 30” firmly formed plant, it produces a soft 
yellow spoon or spiderlike flower. Whether your custom- 
ers interest is in a garden decorative or in a cut flower, you 
will see him peering close to appreciate the fine, symmetri- 
cal petal formation. Early October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
TIME. Splendidly conceived sparkling orchid lavender, 
huge sprays and blooms. 30 inches tall, 4 inch blooms, early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
VISION. (Bristol) New. A tight double in a wonderfully 
graceful mold of petal formation. Color is a soft and live- 
ly pearl and ivory in perfect complement, a genuinely new 
color departure. 2 ft. Early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
WHITE BOUNTY. (Kraus) A small white pompon with a 
sulphur yellow center, tightly knit, formally formed, and 
appearing in profusion atop a crisply foliaged, sturdy stem. 
Early. This is one of the novelties that always sell. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
WHITE CLOUD. This was new in ’52. There wasn’t suffi- 
cient stock to warrant the description that it deserves. It 
is early, topped with magnificent, fully double, four and five 
inch pure white blooms. It will sell with the best of the 
whites and before most of them. You will like the array 
atop the good stems, and your garden customers will like 
its 18” tall and strong 24” spread. This is destined to lead 
the parade for a long time! 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
WHITE DOTY. The old fashioned double white cut flower 
favorite. All hybridizers, including ourselves, have tried to 
improve this one without success. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
WHITE WONDER. Here is the perfect early flowering, 
white, garden pompon, coming into full flower about Sep- 
tember 25th. The exquisitely formed, ball-shaped blossoms 
with broad petals are first soft creamy white, then open to 
a crisp clean white, lovely in all stages. The plant, about 3 
feet in height, is husky and tremendously free, the spray so 
heavily branched that a few stems are a fine bouquet. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
YELLOW AVALANCHE. A clear soft yellow bud sport of 
the white variety. 24 inch, Sept. 4. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
YELLOW BLANKET. Mid-season. 18”. The improvement 
over Judith Anderson that is bound to keep its popularity 
for as many years. Tiny, button flowers are perfectly 
formed and cover the top completely. This is the finest. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
YELLOW JEWEL. Ball shaped flowers of a pleasing shade 
of yellow with bronze undertone. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
