12 THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN CO., INC., PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Chrysanthemums 
The Best List of Garden Mums in the U. S. 
We are glad to be able to bring to you this year, a fine assortment of Garden Chrysanthemums that are ready 
and waiting to make money for the commercial grower or retail salesman. 
We have selected the following 
varieties from many thousands that are grown, and they have been sales-proven throughout the country. 
Don’t forget that the biggest bargain in Chrysanthemums is the field grown unit. 
In many cases, your actual 
unit cost of a stolon ready for potting or planting direct in the field is less than .02 per unit. With a minimum 
amount of care, these plants will retail, on the average, for $.75 each. 
happy with the results. 
Try it, and see. You'll be more than 
Order now, and have them ready for early spring planting or for direct sales this fall to your customers. These 
plants are all fully developed field grown units, guaranteed free of stunt and all diseases. 
ADMIRATION. (Bristol) New. Tops in hardiness, tops in 
beauty. Blend of bright peach, salmon fawn and soft red 
gold flushes. Full double 3” bloom on heavy sprays. Grows 
strong as an oak to 21% ft. September. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
AGLOW. (Lehman) New 1954. New quilled pompon of 
pure orange-peal orange. Early, free flowering, ideal for 
cut flowers. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
ALABASTER. (English). Large pure white with slightly 
incurved petals. Will grow to five inches across if disbudded. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50. Per 100, $20.00 
ALEX CUMMINGS. 1952’s wonder Mum. 4 in. flowers, 
rich pure cerise that gently matures to a delightful rose. 
21% ft. Sept. 30 on. 
FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
ALGONQUIN. A very hardy variety, with healthy foliage. 
One of the best yellow Mums, producing pure, bright yellow 
flowers three inches across. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
ALLEGRO. .Double. Glowing shrimp——pink with coppery 
salmon sheen. Early October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
APACHE. (Kraus) A brand new full double. Brilliant, 
dark, fire-cracker red that overcasts with gold at maturity. 
Four to five inch quilled flowers on a large, spreading, but 
closely compacted bush. September. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
ARAPAHOE. Flowers bright red with pure bronze reverse. 
Flowers very large —four to five inch blooms in clusters. 
Free growing, early, frost resistant. New 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
ARGONNE. Mid-season. 24”. A full, rounded button pom- 
pon of rich, jewel-like, amaranth purple. Distinctive for its 
overwhelming mass of bloom on sturdy stems, and its abil- 
- ity to hold that difficult color right through the season un- 
til frost. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
ARISTOCRAT. (Bristol) New 1954. A rich colorful dis- 
play of silken shine. On a stately 2 feet, thickly foliated 
deep green plant, it produces a solid mass of perfectly 
double 3% inch blooms of deep cerise overcast claret. Early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
AVALANCHE. Very large white flowers 4 inches across; 
perfect cut flower type. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
BETTY. Splendid upright rose-pink without a trace of ma- 
genta. One of the finest new pinks. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
BRIGADIER. (DePetris) Oct. 1. Large carmine red pom- 
pon. Full double. Solid flower form. Pushy, decorate 
growth, clean foliage. 20-24 in., strong stemmed. One of 
the finest new varieties. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
BRONZE PYRAMID. A straight medium tall new variety. 
Duplex flowers are the high toned orange bronze favorite 
in the Fall. Dozens of branches straight from the crown 
without disbudding.. Foliage forest green and clean. Per- 
fect cut flower variety. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
BUTTERCUP. A beautiful new, early, golden yellow. 
There can never be too many varieties of this most popu- 
lar color. A perfectly formed, incurving mass of firm 
petals on a strong but freely populated stem. This will be 
popular for years to come. 
Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
CALUMET. Brand new, it will long be a favorite of the 
riotous fall personality parade. Large tightly knit blooms 
approach 4” are on stems of sturdy good length. It is a 
shiny Apricot that is distinctive to the Rubellum hybrid 
parentage. Sprays are a bouquet in themselves. Blooms 
early, stands without apparent loss of color in early frost 
and cold. 
Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
CANDLELIGHT. Very lovely and graceful, free flowering 
creamy white. Medium size nicely borne double blossom, 
144-2 feet. September 25th. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
CANDY. Delicious and desirable, a treat to the most dis- 
criminating taste for the grand Chrysanthemum family. A 
mound of flowers cascading from a full crest and right to 
the ground in solid mass. Eighteen inches tall, three feet 
through in the first year. Color is a prominent, full pink 
with a sugar-sheen (see the name?) and individually average 
more than two inches. The blend is to just enough salmon 
and gold in the center to spotlite each blossom. It’s a beau- 
tiful display item, and each stem straight and true makes 
it a profitable cut flower. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
CANARY WONDER. Breath-taking new color—soft canary 
primrose. Perfect 14% inch pompons in huge sprays on tall 
2% foot plant. Superb for outdoor cut flowers. Excellent 
seller in bloom, standing like a sentinel in sales fields. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
CARNIVAL. A bright, brilliant mum. A play of bronze, 
red, and golden bronze shades. Full double, 3 inch flowers 
carried on slender, nicely branched sprays. Oct. 10. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
