SUB - ZERO HYBRID TEA ROSES 
A new, hardier race of Roses that blooms all summer. Produces the best of fragrant flowers more 
freely and constantly. Extra sturdy and vigorous, living much longer, even after sub-zero winters. 
$1.75 each; 3 for $5.00 
For spring shipment only. We accept fal! orders for Roses, but hold them for spring shipment. 
Break o’ Day. Orange to apricot, large flowers, very vigorous, free bloomer, delightfully inspiring. 
CEDRIC ADAMS. The eminent radio commentator, lover of people and Roses, has placed his name 
on this most magnificent Ros 
large and double scarlet to ¢ 
name to the rest of the Rose 
CURLY PINK. Matchless in t 
bloomer. Patent No. 420. 
Pink Princess. Bud red, flowe 
defoliation. Patent No. 459. 
and long stems. Each $1.75; 3 
Each $1.75; 3 or more, $1.55 
The shades of color vary also, 
this one of the largest of all 
Each $2.50; 3 or more, $2.20 
e. Out of thousands of candidates, Cedric Adams chose this sturdy, 
armine Aristocrat of Rosedom to carry a beautiful Rose with his 
growers of the country. 
he combination of size and form of bloom, beauty of cluster, con- 
sistency, vigor and foliage, hardiness and performance. When established, many large, two-toned 
pink blossoms, in several stages, form a gorgeous bouquet on a single stem. 
Lily Pons. White with pure yellow center; large flowers of indescribable delicacy; vigorous, free 
r deep pink, famous as the first Hybrid Tea free from premature 
V FOR VICTORY. Most beautiful, large, very double, yellow, fragrant Roses; constantly bloom- 
ing. To numberless experts, there is no such long lasting loveliness in a Rose. 
PATENTED ROSES 
Crimson Glory. Patent No. 105. Most popular of all the crimson Roses. Flowers very large, deep 
crimson with perfect form and fine fragrance. Each $1.75; 3 or more, $1.55 each. 
Katherine T. Marshall. Patent No. 607. A Rose of rare beauty and delicacy of form, growing vigor- 
ously with large, open, upright blooms of warm glowing pink, fruity fragrance. Perfect form 
or more, $1.55 each. 
Rex Anderson. An outstanding exhibition Rose of delicate, lovely ivory-white. Perfectly formed, 
slow opening, one of tthe few successful whites. Flowers fully double and of enormous size. 
each. 
Peace. Patent No. 591. This Rose is almost unbelievable. One marvel of it is the dawn-like range 
of colors through which it passes from opening yellow buds, with edges picoteed cerise, to the glorious 
5-in. alabaster blooms, each petal edged with pink that seems to deepen as the flower slowly opens. 
from flower to flower and through the changing seasons. We find 
Hybrid Tea Roses with fine rich green foliage and strong healthy 
SUB-ZERO HYBRID TEA ROSE eanes. This Rose has everything a Tea Rose could possibly have. A.A.R.S. award for 1946. 
each, 
PLANTING SUGGESTIONS 
Plant the grafted joint of the Patented and the Sub-Zero Hybrid Teas 8 inches below bed level. Give winter protection after defoliation, cover tops with clean 
IOWA CUSTOMERS PLEASE ADD 2% SALES TAX. 
earth, sod on top, and uncover when frost is gone. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Each 35c; 3 or more at 30c each. 
CUSHION CHRYSANTHEMUMS UPRIGHT CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Bronze Cushion. Deep bronze flowers, Autumn Lights. 
turning oO : : 
ning to coppery yellow double blossoms with a gleaming orange 
Red Cushion. Dark red flowers. overcast, cover the compact, branchy 
Pink Cushion. Light pink flowers by the plant. Unusually hardy. 
hundreds in mounds. 
Coppery bronze, semi- 
September Bronze. Shapely little pompon 
flowers shading from golden bronze to 
intense warm bronze. Height 2 ft. Blooms 
mid-September to November. 
White Cushion. At opening a delicate 
pink, turning to pure white. 
Yellow Cushion. Pure yellow. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM COLLECTION 
6 Chrysanthemums (field-grown clumps), Our Selection From Above Varieties 
$1.50, postpaid. 
flowers freely produced. Each 60c; 2 for $1.00. 
Betty Ann. Beautiful crinkled flowers of La-France-pink. 
Each 50c; 3 for $1.25. 
Cerise Beauty. Profuse bloomer. Flowers are crinkly cerise. 
Height 32 in. Each 60c; 2 for $1.00. 
Crimson Pompon (Double). Blood-red, pompon-like flowers, 
fully double. The first double Poppy in a really red shade. It 
is of medium height, multiplies readily and flowers very 
freely. This is a Dutch introduction of which we were fort- 
anate-in- obtaining a few plants just before the war and now 
ancien have sufficient stock available for introduction. You’ll want 
ORIENTAL POPPY to add this to your collection. The first Poppy to bloom in 
spring. Each 60c; 2 for $1.00. 
PEONIES 
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PINK CUSHION MUMS 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE (Oriental Poppy) 
Inasmuch as the Oriental Poppy will not transplant successfully in the spring, all orders are shipped in the fall (beginning 
latter part of August), even when ordered during spring planting season. 
Beauty of Levermere. Dark crimson with black blotch; fine Edna Perry. Light pink. Each 40c; 2 for 70c. 
Glowing Embers. Nopal-red; ruffled. Each 50c; 3 for $1.25. 
Olympia. Scarlet, overlaid salmon; double, Each 40c; 2 for 70c. 
Henri Cayeux, Improved. Much larger flowers than Henri 
Cayeux but otherwise similar. The big blooms are a peculiar 
tint of ashes of roses or old rose shaded burgundy. If grown 
in light shade this flower really comes to perfection. 
Each 60c; 3 for $1.75. 
Salmon Glow. Exceptionally large; double; salmon-orange. 
Each 60e: 3 far $1.50. 
Orientale. Tremendous cup-shaped blooms of orange-scarlet 
with large purplish black blotches at bases of petals. Height 
2 to 3 ft. 1l-year-old plants. Each 35c; 2 for 50c; 5 for $1.00. 
STRONG, 3- TO 5-EYE ROOTS Karl Rosenfield. 8.8. Early. Very large flower ; globular, semi-rose type. Ex- 
Edulis Superba. 7.6. Early. Dark pink; large, loose, flat crown when fully tremely vigorous, tall, and free flowering. Each 65c; 3 for $1.70. 
open. Very fragrant. One of the best commercial Peonies. There is much Queen Emma. A very large, very full, fragrant, bright light pink rose type 
confusion over this variety being sold under twenty or more different names. flower. Midseason to late. Blooms freely; compact grower. Each 65c; 
Each 65¢; 3 for $1.70. Bas Createl< é : A gee ane 
Felix Crousse. 8.4. Late. A deep rose-red showing no stamens. Consists of a Sarah Bernhardt. 9.0. Apple-blossom-pink ; perfectly formed flowers on grace- 
central bomb of incurved petals surrounded by broad, prominent guard petals. ful stems. This is the ideal pink cut-flower Peony. Each 80c; 3 for $2.00. 
Each 65c; 3 for $1.70. 
PEONY COLLECTION 
Festiva Maxima. 9.3. Early. Immense pure white flowers flecked with crim- 3 Named Varieties, Our Selection From Above Varieties 
1 each: red, pink and white, $1.50, postpaid 
son. Each 65c; 3 for $1.70. 
VINES 
CLEMATIS Jackmani. The popular variety with large, purple-blue flowers. Loveliest of 
all vines. Each 90c; 2 for $1.60. 
c., Mme. Edouard Andre. Popular red. Each 90c; 2 for $1.60. 
c., Ramona. Single pale blue flowers. Each 90c; 2 for $1.60. 
BULBS FOR FALL PLANTING ONLY 
When ordering any of these bulbs or plants, please list them on a separate sheet and be 
sure your name and address (please print) are included. 
TULIPS, DARWIN. May-flowering mixture of brilliant colors. 12 for $1.00; 100 for $7.50. 
DARWIN TULIPS, Named Varieties. 12 for $1.25; 100 for $9.00. 
Bartigon. Beautiful bright red. Helen Gahagan. Soft sulphur-yellow. 
Clara Butt. Clear salmon-pink. Insurpassable. Orchid-lavender. 
Zwanenburg. Pure white, black anthers. 
CROCUS, Giant-flowering, Mixed. 12 for 50c; 100 for $3.00. 
MUSCARI (Grape Hyacinth). Mixed. 12 for 50c; 100 for $3.00. | 
NARCISSUS. Wonderful mixture of many varieties and types. 12 for $1.00; 100 for $8.00. 
EREMURUS (Foxtail Lily or Desert Candle). 
Shelford Hybrids. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
Robustus. Light rosy pink flowers. Each $2.00; 2 for $3.50. 
HYACINTHS (Dutch). Blue, pink, red, white and yellow. 4 for $1.25; 12 for $3.50. 
6 tape aL 4. Special Offer ! 
25 STRONG, FIELD-GROWN 
PERENNIAL PLANTS 
BLOOMING SIZE 
ONLY $2.00, POSTPAID 
(Value $5.00) 
POPULAR VARIETIES 
AQUILEGIA, Dobbie’s Imperial Hy- 
brids. New strain. Wonderful range 
of colors, long spurred. 
CARNATION. Double and sing! flow 
ers of many color combinations. 
DIANTHUS. Low-growing perennia 
that should be in every garden. 
PYRETHRUM (Painted Daisy). 4 
very pretty perennial producing flow 
ers of all shades during May an¢ 
June. Height 2 to 3 ft. 
STATICE latifolia (Sea Lavender). A 
valuable plant either for the bordez 
or the rockery. Immense heads, fre- 
quently 1144 feet high and 2 feet 
across, of purplish blue. Flowers dur- 
ing July and August. Blooms may be 
cut and dried and will last for 
months. 
Supply of perennials limited. Order 
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