GROWERS OF FINE PERENNIALS 17 
CUSHION OR LOWER - GROWING TYPES 
ALPENA. New 1955. Glowing red, large pompon type gar- 
den mum blooming about September 25. Fully double 
flowers of good substance. Medium dwarf variety with 
an eye appealing, non-fading color. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
AUTUMN GOLD. Mid-season. Low, bright gold on yel- 
low, duplex; hundreds of blooms en masse atop an upright 
plant. Blooms right to the ground, makes a fine ball. A 
Hew. in the field, a block in the border, is a dazzling show of 
color. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
AUTUMN SONG. (Kraus) Just fine for the ranch house 
picture window planting. The color, a deep, glowing bright 
red is a perfect blend for the new decorator trends. Women 
spot it at once. Flowers good, firm double, all the profu- 
a of the cushion varieties. Fine for potting and cutting. 
arly. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
BONNIE BRIDE. New. This one foot plant gives early to 
mid-season blooms of a bright lavender. Its mound-like 
eae has a multitude of blooms that make it perfect for pot 
sales. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
BOWL O’ GOLD. (Bristol) A brilliant early cushion with 
more shapely flowers than generally expected in the fam- 
ily. It is one of the finest yellow cushions. Only 1 foot 
tall, spreads more than two feet in its first season. It looks 
like the sun on an overcast fall day. Early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
CHOPIN. A big, bright, new beauty. Flowers 4 to 5 inches 
produced 20 or more to the plant and new buds repeating 
through the season. The vigor of strong stems, low to the 
ground growth, crisp incurving petals of a real man’s 
color bronze suggest a rugged strength that sells it on 
sight. Early October. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
CODY. Early. 15”. Grows up to 42 inches wide without a 
straggling branch. Color orchid and white—and the orchid 
actually intensifies as the flower ages. Each bloom is 3” 
across and they are on the plant by the hundreds. It has 
the longest season of any cushion variety. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
CRYSTAL MAID. New 1955. An early flowering creamy 
white pompon. Its compactness plus a great abundance of 
showy flowers make it valuable for both pots and border 
plantings. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
CUTIE. A profusion of tiny cherry-red button type flowers 
covering a sturdy compact 15 inch plant. Durable flowers 
and foliage lasting long after frost and freezing. Extreme- 
ly prolific, unrivaled for potting both inside and out because 
of an unusual blend of flowers with foliage. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
DE LUXE RED CUSHION. Double flowers of a really bright 
shade of red. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
DIXIE WHITE CLOUD. Low growing, bright shaggy white 
flowers in fluffy profusion on compact, clinging plant. 
Early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
DWARF JEWEL. Soft lavender pompon buttons, exactly 
Jewel but on a dwarf, compact, healthy, crisply foliaged 
plant. Early. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.25; Per 100, $18.00 
EARLY JOAN HELEN. An 18-inch mound of sparkling 
beauty. Flowers are a rich, garnet, shading to Rhododen- 
dron purple, and accented by a bright yellow center. Blooms 
in September. Ideal for borders, potting and cutting, it will 
be a command item after its first performance in your 
planting. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
EARLY LAVENDER. (Kraus). New in 1954, destined for 
a long reign before it will be displaced. Low, extremely 
free flowering double pure lavender with a bright, rosy 
lavender center — the same tasty combination of hue that 
will preserve the popularity of the Orchid forever. In 
full bloom by September 22. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
EUGENE A. WANDERER. A big, brilliant, glistening golden 
yellow beauty, flowering so freely that the stocky growing 
plant is almost obscured by its branching clusters of big 
double flowers—each one the height of perfection in form. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.50; Per 100, $20.00 
GARDENIA. New 1955. An unusually large, very double 
white flower measuring 312” or more. This beautiful Sep- 
tember blooming plant possesses excellent disease resistant 
foliage, strong stems, and a sturdy, semi-dwarf growth 
habit. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
GOLDEN CARPET. Utterly distinct, a rounded 1 foot rug 
of glowing golden yellow 1 inch pompons. Often over 2 
foot spread. Flowers all along stem from September 15th 
on. Fine for border, edging, rock garden or pot sales. Very 
choice. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
GOLDEN MOUND. An excellent golden yellow cushion, a 
distinct advance. Fully double pompons on short dark green 
branches arranged in symmetric sprays. This is fine. Low 
Early. ; 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.75; Per 100, $22.50 
JEWELTONE. New 1955 Sparkling bright rose-pink pom- 
pon. Excellent for pot plants or short stem cut flowers. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.50; Per 100, $30.00 
JOYOUS. New 1955. A semi-cushion loaded with droves 
of cherry pink double flowers. An early bloomer with 2%” 
well formed flowers with golden flushes at the center. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
LIPSTICK. New 1955. We think that this will be the leading 
red of the future. As its name implies, the brilliant red 
colors are real eye-catchers. Mid-season cushion. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
MAJOR CUSHION. After a long absence from our list, we 
have decided to answer the many requests for this plant and 
again offer it for sale. Habit and character are superb, 
coupled with bright salmon-pink flowers. Color does not 
fade. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $2.00; Per 100, $15.00 
MARTIN’S WHITE. This is the first introduction in the 
proud series that bears our name. Whenever it has been 
seen, it is approved and re-approved in volume. It is the 
purest, cleanest white known. Flowers are huge, fully 
double, measuring five inches, and are perfectly formed 
from the inner swirl to the outer petals. Grows to 18”, 
blooms shortly after the lst of September. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
MARTIN’S YELLOW. A full brother, large light yellow 
sport of Martin’s White is sufficient to establish it as one of 
the best that you can possibly grow. Flowers in a perfect 
mound for full utility in the garden, in the border, in the 
pot, in the specimen field display. It has all the clean, neat, 
shiny habits of Martin’s White. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $4.00; Per 100, $35.00 
MAHOGANY CUSHION. (Lehman) A beautiful tribute to 
the selective ability of its originator. Twisted and neatly 
nested petals of Jasper Red shading to polished mahogany. 
Early. Fine cushion form. 
HEAVY FIELD GROWN — Per 10, $3.00; Per 100, $25.00 
