HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Chrysanthemums are the ideal perennial for a glorious display of color in late summer and fall. They bring beauty to your garden after most other 
flowers have faded and for cut flowers and arrangements they have no equal. Our stock is all from field grown plants that are garden hardy and require 
no coddling. All are early blooming and the blooming dates given are reasonably accurate. 
Our new policy is to furnish a choice of rooted cuttings or established plants in plant bands. Rooted cuttings are strong and well rooted and are equal 
in quality to the plants furnished by most commercial growers. Plants in bands are established growing plants that have a good root system and can be 
moved with very little transplanting shock. As they require longer to grow and the shipping weight is greatly increased the price is necessarily higher, 
but their performance in your garden will repay you amply for the added cost. 
CULTURE—Chrysanthemums develop into the best plants and bear the best and 
finest flowers from rooted cuttings started in the Spring. They are adaptable to many 
soils and growing conditions but they like abundant sunshine, good rich soil and 
ample water during hot weather. Any fertile soil is satisfactory and a light monthly 
feeding with a good commercial fertilizer will help to produce exhibition blooms. 
el ee manure, compost or leaf mold spaded into the bed before planting is 
desirable. 
SHIPMENT—April 20 to June 10 
They will survive sub-zero weather if proper soil and drainage are supplied, but 
good drainage is highly essential. Tops should be pinched out about June 10 and 
again July 1 for finest plants and flowers. Incurved varieties require disbudding for 
best results and all varieties will produce larger flowers if disbudded. However, most 
mums are as effective in sprays in the garden or for cut flowers. If you live where 
the plants need winter protection you will find excelsior, evergreen boughs or corn 
stalks very good as they permit the plants to breathe. 
EARLY HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
A collection of choice varieties, mostly Korean. This group of hardy 
chrysanthemums are early blooming and very hardy. They are profuse 
bloomers and furnish a seemingly endless array of colorful bloom. Un- 
surpassed for cut flowers and will last in the garden long after everything 
else has been destroyed by frost or rain. 
ALERT Plants each .65; no cuttings 
Dark purple with a silvery cast. Large flowers on strong upright plants, 
about 20 inches. September 20. 
AMBER GLOW Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
A bright blend of peach, pink and copper. Many large blooms on tall 
strong plants that require no staking. An outstanding beauty. Septem- 
jose 15). 
ASHES OF ROSES Plants each .75; 3 for $2.00 
Rich old rose or rose ash with warm salmon-apricot overtones. 3 inch 
double blooms in profusion. Distinct and different; exceptionally 
good. Medium height. September 15. 
AUTUMN BEAUTY Plants each .75; 3 for $2.00 
Brilliant sparkling reddish chestnut or bronze. The bushy 15 inch 
plants are a blaze of eye-arresting color for several weeks. One of the 
best. September 10. 
AUTUMN LIGHTS Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Colorful orange bronze semi-double. Charming 114 inch flowers on 
well formed dark green, 18 inch plants. Excellent. October 1. 
AVALANCHE Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
The favorite creamy white and one of the best. The 20 inch plants 
carty a snowy load of large, well formed flowers. Weather resistant. 
September 10. 
AZTEC GOLD Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Large, clear yellow and one of the best in our garden last season. The 
stiff stemmed 22 inch plants are very hardy. Good cut flower. Sep- 
tember 20. 
BETTY Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
One of the finest pinks. An attractive shade of rose pink. Tall strong 
plants well covered with fully double 214 inch flowers. Excellent for 
cut flowers. September 15. 
BURGUNDY Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Fully double flowers of cerise crimson which changes to magenta-rose 
as they age. 18 inch plants, fine in every respect. September 20. 
BURMA Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
An interesting blend of glistening bronze with undertones of copper 
and soft pink. The dark green foliage adds charm to this luminous, 
glowing beauty. 16 inch plants. September 1. 
CALIPH Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Very brilliant deep red fading to brick red as the flower ages. Early 
September. 
CECIL BEED Plants each .75; 3 for $2.00 
Fully double, deep lavender pink. Very dependable and free flowering. 
A splendid early of medium height. September 20. 
CHARM SPOON Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Rich dusty rose spoons and silvery white tubes. Free flowering and 
hardy. Medium tall. September 25. 
CHIPPEWA Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Bright aster purple with a mauve reverse. A novelty in color design 
not common in this type of mum. Profuse blooming and medium in 
height, the slightly incurved flowers are large and full. A garden 
favorite. September 1. 
CHORALE Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Fully double flowers of light phlox pink lightening to pale greenish 
yellow at the center. 20 inch plants completely covered with long 
lasting bloom. September 15. 
CHRIS COLUMBUS Plants each .65; no cuttings 
An outstanding ivory white. Strong growing 2 foot plants. Excellent 
cut flowers. October 1. 
CLARA CURTIS Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Very early pink single. Foliage resembles a marigold. August 15. 
COUNTRY GIRL Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Hardy, late blooming daisy type. Pink with large yellow center. Very 
good single. October 15. 
DAHLIAMUM Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Rich wine-red flowers, medium sized and early. The narrow petaled 
bloom resembles a small cactus dahlia in form. Very colorful. Sep- 
tember 1. 
DEFIANCE Piants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
A fine double flower of intense golden yellow with slightly quilled 
petals. Strong upright plant. Long stems, excellent for cut flowers. 
September 15. 
DELIGHT Plants each .65; no cuttings 
Large, perfect flowers of golden yellow on strong 24 inch plants. Sep- 
tember 1. 
DESERT GOLD Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Golden yellow with bronze reverse; 214 inch flowers on tall strong 
plants. Blooms about October 20 and is still a brilliant splash of color 
as I write this on December 10. 
DELPHINE DODGE Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Charming pink button with contrasting dark center. Medium height, 
fine for cutting. September. 
FIRE ENGINE Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Extremely hardy, shining cardinal red single with bright orange re- 
verse. Petals resemble the spoon mums. Tall and showy. October 1. 
GENERALISSIMO Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Beautifully formed magnolia-purple blooms. The rugged, fully double 
21% flowers are carried in open clusters on stiff 18 inch plants. Late 
August until frost. 
GOLDHEART Plants each .75; no cuttings 
Large, creamy primrose flowers with edges aging to pure white. In- 
curved, globular blooms in great profusion on medium height, com- 
pact plants. October 1. 
GOLDEN HOURS Plants each .65; no cuttings 
Deep lemon-chrome double. The broad overlapping petals are slightly 
incurved. An outstanding early mum and ideal for cut flowers. Sept. 10. 
GOLD SPOON , Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Deep gold, shading to aurolin-yellow. Long tubes tipped by well 
shaped spoons. Medium height plants. September 25. 
HALDOONA ie Plants each .65; 3 for $1.70 
Large beautiful double blooms of mahogany-red with a golden eye. 
The medium height compact plants do not require staking. One of the 
best. September 25. 
JUBILEE ; Plants each .75; 3 for $2.00 
Glowing deep red, near crimson. A good pompon of medium size that 
blooms profusely for several weeks. October 1. 
26 Rooted Cuttings of Early Hardy Mums (except those marked No Cuttings), Each .35—3 of one name $1.00 
