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brightly colored ones. 
You can imagine the value of this 
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bouquet of it into the living room and 
| watch the reaction of your family and 
} guests. We know all people love roses 
| for their beauty. 
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But when such an 
that is a rose at the peak of perfec- 
tion. Ne. AIL159. 1.75 each; 3 for 4.65, 
Floribunda Rose “Embers” 
This is as brilliant a rose as we have 
ever seen and, in addition, it has 
bronze colored leaves. This foliage 
plants, 3 i 
And the dark foliage provides a 
erfect background for the brilliant 
searlet-red flowers. 
Embers is well named because its 
. flowers seem to have the glow of hot 
coals. And they do not fade out but 
instead assume a deeper color, so that 
_ the older blossoms provide an even 
better setting for the new blooms. 
- Embers most certainly will take its 
place as one of the very finest of all 
| Floribundas. No. AI384. 2.25 each; 3 
for 5.98, postpaid. 
Other New Roses 
We just don’t have room here to tell 
you about all these new roses we are 
offering this year. But be sure to read 
about the new tea roses “Buccaneer” 
and “Mojave” on page 77. And the new 
floribundas “Glacier” and “Masquer- 
ade” described on page 79. And the 
new climbing rose “Coral Dawn” pic- 
tured on page 79. 
THE NEW YEREX LILIES 
We have followed with great inter- 
est the progress of Carleton Yerex of 
Newburg, Oregon, who has been work- 
ing on a new race of lilies for more 
_ than twenty years. He has crossed un- 
told numbers of varieties to obtain 
some beautiful new hybrids, most of 
which are just beginning to reach the 
| market. 
You will find several of the Yerex 
7 lilies listed with our other lilies on 
page 69. But here are a few more not 
listed there: 
Suncrest Aurelian Hybrid Lily 
This is the most recent Yerex lily 
- produced in sufficient quantity to offer 
for sale. The flowers are bright golden 
yellow, and of the beautiful reflex 
type; that is, the petals roll back from 
the face as the Pink Show Lily does. 
The flowers are bright golden yel- 
low, and huge in size. Some get 5 to 6 
inches across and, after the lily bulbs 
have attained several years of age, 
- great quantities of these large blooms 
| are borne about early midsummer. 
They make one of the most beauti- 
_ ful of all cut flowers. When cut singly, 
and mounted as a corsage, they outlast 
an orchid, and are so unusual they at- 
tract far more attention than an 
orchid. } 
These lilies are perfectly hardy and 
will grow under almost any conditions 
- put prefer light to heavy soil and, of 
course, good drainage. Plant the bulbs 
5 to 6” deep. No. B5031. 5.00 each, 
postpaid. 
Bright Cloud” Aurelian Hybrid 
' This is another Yerex lily we are 
offering this year for the first time. It 
is an improvement of his popular Mei 
Ling, which we have been selling for 
several years. : 
Bright Cloud also has reflex flowers, 
be: bur they are snow white with a bright 
golden star in the center. The points 
of this star start deep down on the 
base of the petals and extend far out 
toward the tips. This lily is beautiful, 
fragrant, and. long-lasting. It also 
makes a superb corsage or cut flower, 
| as well as a gorgeous garden flower. 
No. B5002. 1.98 each, postpaid. 
“Superba” Strain of Aurelian Hybrids 
Mr. Yerex has several lilies of this 
train, some reflex and some semi- 
trumpet type. But all have very su- 
perior flowers with petals of a thick 
heavy substance and colors clear and 
bright. The colors run from white to 
pale green, pale lemon, bright yellow, 
apricot and buff, and combinations of 
these colors, with an occasionally lime 
ereen one. Not sold by color. No. 
B5032. 1.89 each; 3 for 5.25, post- 
paid, 
; NEW SHRUBS 
 Forsythia “Lynwood Gold” 
Everyone loves Forsythias because, 
after the flower-barren months of win- 
ter, they are the first commonly grown 
shrub to bloom in the spring. And we 
have found one that we believe is 
definitely better. It is Forsythia Lyn- 
-wood Gold (Golden Bell Lynwood 
Gold). > 
- Lynwood Gold originated in Ireland, 
and has been a sensation wherever 
grown in this country. It is an erect, 
or upright growing forsythia, with 
anches literally smothered with very 
large blooms of bright golden yellow 
—probably the most brilliantly col- 
-ored flowers of all forsythias. And 
hen you see Lynwood Gold in bloom 
u simply won’t believe so many 
wers could be crowded onto the 
stems. ‘ 
One of the finest features of Lyn- 
vood Gold is the firm texture of the 
flower petals. This makes it an ideal 
cut flower and also enables it to with- 
and adverse weather that would ruin 
e blooms of an ordinary forsythia. 
makes it stand out from all other rose — 
nry Field Seed & Nursery Co., 
The plant grows tall, eventually at- 
taining the height of about 7 feet, but 
it can be kept down by pruning if you 
desire a lower shrub. No. A1435. 1.50 
each, postpaid. ; 
Double Flowered Prairie Almond 
Unusually good. Be sure to read 
about it on page 83. 
New Dwarf Privet Hedge 
A Privet Hedge that grows low nat- 
urally, so requires less pruning, Pic- 
tured on page 27. 
Flowering Quince “Crimson Beauty” 
Every one who knows Flowering 
Quince likes it because it blooms so 
early in the spring, is so brilliantly 
eolored, and has so many uses. It 
makes a beautiful specimen on the 
lawn, mixes well with other shrubs as 
a foundation planting, and doesn’t 
grow too tall. It can be kept down by 
pruning; makes a beautiful trimmed 
hedge if you wish to use it for that. 
You shear it just like Privet or Bar- 
berry. 
The blossoms of the new Crimson 
Beauty are very large and fairly cover 
the plant in the spring. Each blos- 
som is a deep crimson, set off by a 
cluster of golden stamens in the cen- 
ter. This plant in bloom is a sight to 
behold. 
By the way, the fruit of this quince 
makes wonderful preserves or jelly. 
Also, they give a very fine flavor to 
apple jelly. Z 
You won’t go wrong with this shrub. 
No. Al485. 98c each; 3 for 2.79, 
postpaid. 
A New Butterfly Bush 
“Buddleia Alternitolia” 
This butterfly bush is entirely differ- 
ent from any you are acquainted with. 
It grows quite a bit taller, and the 
rich purple blooms are borne all along 
the stems rather than in long panicles 
at the end of the stems. But the most 
important thing about Buddlea Alter- 
nifolia is that it is extremely hardy. 
It is so little Known that we are not 
sure ourselves just how far north it 
would be entirely hardy, but we cer- 
tainly would suggest that you try it 
anywhere in the United States. 
Many years ago, this butterfly bush 
was brought over to this country from 
the botanical gardens of England. It 
was introduced in this country by a 
wholesale nursery in Connecticut, but 
unfortunately it never was given 
much publicity. : 
So we are re-introducing it, so to 
speak, and want everyone to know 
about it. Give it plenty of room, just 
like a honeysuckle bush or mock 
orange, and it will be with you for 
years. At the same time, it will add 
beauty to your garden in the summer 
when most shrubs are not in bloom. 
And its beauty and appearance can 
compete successfully with almost any 
shrub in bloom. Its lilac-purple blooms 
are delightfully fragrant too. 
Buddleia Alternifolia grows about 8 
feet high, but be sure not to cut it 
back to the ground like other Budd- 
leias as its wood is winter hardy. 
As it grows, it spreads and arches, 
making a weeping effect after it at- 
tains some size. No. Al408. Field- 
grown Piants, 1.75 each, postpaid, 
Hypericum Hidcote 
This is a very attractive low-grow- 
ing summer-blooming shrub. Its par- 
ticular beauty is that it has golden 
yellow flowers (a color rare in shrubs) 
and blooms almost all summer long. 
Hidcote is a variety from the famous 
Hidcote estate in England. It grows 
into a twiggy shrub about 18 inches 
tall, and about the same diameter. It 
is covered with bright golden yellow 
cup-like flowers about 2 inches in 
diameter throughout the summer. 
In cold winters, it freezes back to 
the ground (much like a common But- 
terfly bush), but the next spring it 
comes up again (just as the Butter- 
fly bushes do), and blooms again that 
summer just as though nothing had 
happened. 
Hidecote is a fine shrub for planting 
in the foregrounds of foundation 
plantings for the home where lower 
shrubs are needed. Give it plenty of 
sunshine for proper blooming. In ad- 
dition to its beauty, its flowers are 
also fragrant. We offer pot plants 
only. No. A1438. 1.25 each; 3 for 3.50, 
postpaid, 
Flowering Crabapple “Sundog” 
Flowering Crabapples have a tend- 
ency to get a little too large over a 
period of years for the ordinary home 
grounds unless they are pruned severe- 
ly quite often. That being the case, we 
constantly are on the watch for either 
the smaller growing or more pyrami- 
dal type of flowering Crabapple. 
In Sundog, we have found the lat- 
ter. It forms a narrow pyramid in 
growth and this takes up little room in 
the ordinary home yard. 
It will make a very beautiful home 
sentinel tree, a tree to plant on either 
side of a walk, or on either side of a 
step, or as a specimen on the home 
grounds. It is extremely brilliant 
when in bloom as the flowers are large 
and of a bright mauve pink. No. 
A4290. 2 to 3-ft. size, 2.65 each; 3 to 
4-ft. size, 2.98 each, postpaid. 
Dwarfrich Cherry Shrub 
This is something new in cherries, 
being a shrub in growth, yet having 
full-size Montmorency cherries. It is 
a new variety originated by Dr. A. (op 
Hildreth of the U.S.D.A. Field Station 
at Cheyenne, Wyoming. h 
Dwarfrich makes a bushy shrub 
about five feet tall and about as wide. 
It can be used in an ordinary shrub 
planting, as a specimen.on the lawn, 
or as part of the foundation planting 
for a home, giving full ornament and 
usefulness at the same time. In the 
spring, Dwarfrich is a solid mass of 
white blooms, and is very beautiful 
indeed, 
The cherries are bright red in color, 
very fine in flavor, of medium size, and 
ripen a few days after Montmorency. 
‘As you would gather from its point 
of origination (Wyoming), Dwarfrich 
is extremely hardy, and is another one 
of those very useful dual purpose 
plants so valuable to the owner of 
small property who wants both orna- 
ment and a crop of fruit at the same 
time. No. Al407. 18 to 24-inch size, 
1.98 each, postpaid, 
AN IMPROVED RED FLOWERED 
HONEYSUCKLE VINE 
This is Lonicera Sempervivum Mag- 
nifica, an improved variety of the 
Searlet Flowered Honeysuckle (Lonic- 
era Sempervivum) which we have 
been listing in our catalog for a long 
time. In the south, it would be en- 
tirely evergreen. In the north, it holds 
its foliage until late in the winter. It - 
is perfectly hardy anywhere. 
The blooms of this new Honeysuckle 
Vine are a brilliant coral color, very 
large in size. These flowers are pro- 
duced in great abundance, and con- 
tinue from spring until frost. The vine 
covers itself with foliage of beautiful 
blue-gray-green. 
This vine is not a rapid grower, and 
will not cover the area of the old scar- 
let flowered honeysuckle, But in many 
cases that is an advantage. No. A1733. 
1.49 each: 3 for 3.98, postpaid. 
$1.00 A Pound Paid for This 
Pumpkin 
We had a pumpkin growing contest 
last year, paying $1.00 a pound for the 
largest pumpkin grown and brought 
in to us here at Shenandoah, lowa. 
Above, Irving Steurer, head of our 
Garden Seed Dept., is shown handing 
a check to the winners, Mr. and Mrs. 
Roy Johnson of Bronson, Iowa. To 
their left is Mrs. Adam Ridel of Imo- 
gene, Iowa, and Mr. G. F, Neiman of 
Westboro, two of the runners-up. 
Many other people entered pumpkins 
and we’re sorry we.don’t have a pho- 
tograph showing all of them. 
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson also won our 
1953 contest with the pumpkin pic- 
tured on page 10. 
No C.O.D.’s, Please 
Unfortunately, we just can’t ship 
C.0.D. There are so many delays in 
shipping this way that it isn’t prac- 
tical. Nursery stock should be planted 
just as soon as possible after leaving 
here, and if it has to wait around to be 
delivered it may not do too well. So, 
this is for your Own protection. Then, 
too, C.0.D.’s always cause a lot of red 
tape, which in turn causes higher 
prices. We know you folks want to 
buy things at as low a price as pos- 
sible, so by not having C.O.D.’s, we can 
keep our prices down. ” 
“Good Luck” PLANTS 
“Sure an’ it’s the Luck o’ the 
Trish!” 
BG409—Oxalis. Maybe it’s only a de- 
lightful old superstition that these 
“Good Luck Plants’ will bring you 
good fortune. We like to think it’s 
true. True or not, you'll certainly love 
them—they bear a profusion of rosy- 
pink bell-shaped flowers crowning. a 
mass of four-leaved, clover-like leaves. 
Grow them as a houseplant or in your 
rock garden or border. 10 bulbs for 
49c; 24 for 75c; 100 for 2.25, post- 
paid. 
198 Roses from One Plant 
“We wish you could see our roses,” 
says Coral and Caroline Willey of Al- 
ma, Kansas, who wrote on Aug. 29. 
“We have kept a record on the mem- 
orial rose for Mr. Field (the Henry 
Field); count roses as we bring them 
in or as we pick off faded roses. It 
has had 191 so far this year, and lots 
of buds on it yet. In 1952, its first year, 
it had 79 roses. In 1953, it had 198 
roses and five buds that froze in No- 
vember.” 
“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE,” Shenandoah, Iowa - 
“Bneclosed is a photo of two of my 
children and some cucumbers grown 
in my parent’s garden at Durbin, W. 
Va., from Field’s Early Surecrop Hy- 
brid seed,” writes Eugene Burner, 305 
Piverview Ave., Morgantown, W. Va. 
SUCCOTASH SPECIAL 
Nothing better than. old fashioned 
succotash, made with sweet corn and 
lima beans. Here are the “makings” 
at a super special price: 
140X—¥% Ib. Golden Cross Bantam Hy- 
brid Sweet Corn and \% Ib. Green 
‘Seeded Lima Beans—both for 69¢, 
postpaid. 
145X—1 Ib. Golden Cross Bantam 
Sweet Corn and 1 Ib. Green Seeded 
Lima Beans for 1.00, postpaid. 
“Posey Patch” Collection 
3100X—1 packet each of these color- 
ful, free-blooming, eaSy-to-grow an- 
nual flowers; 
Double Carnation Mixed 
Cornfiower Mixed 
Lace Flower 
Gypsophila (Baby’s Breath) 
Four O’Clocks 
—all 5 packets tor only 39c, postpaid. 
Rainbow “Border” DAHLIAS 
BRILLIANT, EASY-TO-GROW 
DWARES 
For Loads of Long-Lasting, 
Gorgeous Cut Flowers 
BG550X—You needn’t baby these 
Rainbow “Border” Dahlias to reap @ 
rich harvest of color. Just follow easy 
instructions and your flower bed or 
border will blaze with a brilliant rain- 
bow of white, red, yellow, orange and 
golden bronze in blossoms from 2” to 
4” in diameter, some semi-double, 
others full double. Being dwarf, they'll 
range from only 2 to 4 feet tall. Then 
you'll want to bring some of this 
beauty indoors, for they are one of 
the gayest, longest-lasting cut flow- 
ers you can grow. Order plenty at 
these special low prices. 4 for only 
60c, ppd. 8 for only 1.00, ppd. 
Don’t Overlook Our New Hybrid 
: Pickle Cucumber 
For some time we have been trying 
to develop a hybrid pickling cucumber 
to match our All America Award win- 
ning “Early Surecrop” slicer. We have 
it now, and have named it “Hycrop.” It 
is pictured and described on page 2 
with the other cucumbers. 
Hycrop has everything: 
spare, plus great disease resistance. 
The pickles are uniform in size and 
shape, of good color and flavor. Best 
of all, even the small ones have the 
ideal pickle shape. They develop early. 
The production of hybrid seed costs 
alittle more, but the seed is well worth 
vigor to 
it. Try a packet of this new one. 
We're betting it will make a lot of 
friends for us. 
Please Order ! by Number 
We always try to give our custom- 
ers the best service possible because 
we know that is what all of you want. 
One of the things that will help both 
you and us is to order by catalog num- 
ber. Just put down the catalog num- 
ber on the order blank and, if you 
wish, put in the name too. If there are 
several colors listed under a variety, 
be sure to tell the color or colors you 
want. 
“T am sending a snapshot of my lit- 
tle girl Carol Ann in the bean patch,” 
writes Mrs. Roland Bemis, 928 Garfield 
Ave., Dubuque, lowa. “As you can see 
by the bushes, they were loaded with 
beans. They were Top Crop from your 
seedhouse.” 
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