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5 THE ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Grow them for colorful garden display, or for cutting. ‘‘x’’ 
culture. FINE SINGLE MIXED—Big flowers, cream to yellow, 
usually banded or zoned with coppery red, maroon or purple. 
Pkt. 15c; % oz. 40c. ZEBRA—Single flowers of soft yellow, 
striped and splashed with red-brown. Pkt. 15c. CORONARIUM 
YELLOWSTONE—20 inches. Fully double flowers in sulphur 
yellow. Cuts well. Pkt. 20c; 14% oz. 40ec. DUNNET’S DOUBLE 
MIXED—Attractive semi-double to double flowers in rich and 
varied colorings, including red tones and markings. Pkt. 20c; 
Ye oz. 35c. GOLD WINGS—320 inches. Long-blooming single 
with showy flowers like glistening gold. Pkt. 15c; Wg oz. 25c. 
328A—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
2 PARIS DAISY OR MARGUERITE 
Another name for it is Boston Daisy, but botanically it is 
CHRYSANTHEMUM FRUTESCENS, a tender species from 
the Canary Islands that is much grown under glass as a pot 
plant, or for cutting. Long-petalled, small centered daisies of 
pure white or lemon yellow. ‘‘w’’. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
1 HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
The very name conjures 
beauty, and never more 
than when it is our GOLD 
ORCHARD GLORIES 
strain. It is a_ blend, 
founded upon crosses of 
the Koreans, Rubellum 
and Yezoense with the 
named Hybrid Garden 
Chrysanthemums. Many 
of the seedlings will have 
double or  near-double 
flowers, and the color 
range will cover the whole 
field of Chrysanthemum 
possibilities. Sow seeds 
out of doors in late au- 
tumn or earliest spring, 
and they will flower first 
season, living for years 
of beauty. Pkt. 35c; 3 
for $1.00; 10 pkts. for 
$2.90. 
ER HARDY CHRYS- ~ a 
SOS MUMS—Desirable for both garden _decoration and 
eutting. ARCTIC HYBRIDS—Blessoms varied in dazzling 
brightness. Particularly winter-hardy. Pkt. 25e. KOREAN 
HYBRIDS—Flowers in rare color tones, always with radiant 
lustre, single to semi-double. Quite early; decidedly hardy. 
Pkt. 35¢e; 3 pkts. for $1.00. CINERARIFOLIUM—Dalmatian 
Daisy. Pure white daisies of medium size, over slashed, sil- 
vered foliage. Full hardiness. Quite decorative. Pyrethrum 
powder can be made from the dried petals. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 
40c. ULIGINOSUM—60 inches. Giant Daisy, called so from 
its height. Makes big clumps, the branching plants filled with 
white daisies about two inches in diameter. Summer. Par- 
ticularly hardy. Pkt. 20c. MAXIMUM—See Shasta Daisy, 
page 33. 
1 PLANTS OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
PRICE on all plants of the Chrysanthemums 
below, assorted as you may choose, each 70c; any 3 for 
$2.00; any 10 for $6.00; any 25 for $14.00. No _ other cost, 
direct to you, if you live in U.S., east of the Mississippi. Add 
5% for prepayment to U.S. points farther west. Add 15% for 
Canada. 
CUSHION CHRYSANTHEMUMS—Dwarf early-bloomers with 
double flowers and compact, eushiony habit. Long in bloom. 
PINK CUSHION (Amelia)—Lovely clear pink. YELLOW 
CUSHION—Opens yellow, becoming lighter with rose flushing. 
BRONZE CUSHION—Opens bronze, becoming coppery buff, 
with apricot. RED CUSHION—Deep bronze red. WHITE 
CUSHION—The name describes it. PURPLE CUSHION— 
Fully double, wine-purple flowers. Compact. Most showy 
Cushion Chrysanthemum, but slightly taller than the others. 
UNIFORM 
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GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUMS—Full range of color and 
form. ALABASTER—Wonderful big white, informally double. 
ALERT—Compact dark purple double. AVALON REFLEC- 
TION—Fine early double, at first bronze, then old gold, finally 
clear pink. AVIATOR—Fine double in orange-shaded red. 
BLACK VELVET—Darkest, velvety red. Near _ double. 
CHARLES NYE—Double pompon. Deep yellow. Free bloomer. 
CHESTNUT BUR—Full double. Old gold, shaded red-bronze. 
CLIFF RUNYON—Double golden bronze, becoming all golden. 
COURAGEOUS—Very good double in bronzy red. DEAN 
KAY—Fine, early blooming, pink near-double. EARLY HAR- 
VEST—Buff-brown with golden suffusion. EUGENE WAN- 
DERER—Brilliant golden yellow. Double. GLACIER—Full 
double; pure white. Early. GLADWIN—Pale, creamy pink, 
buff-apricot at center. Large double. GLOWING COALS— 
Live-coal red. Double. GOBLIN—Intensely double. Vivid 
orange, shaded red-bronze. Compact. GOLD STANDARD— 
Golden near-double. HORIZON—Excellent double white. IN- 
NOMINATA—Spectacular double in orchid rose. INSPIRA- 
TION—Rich orange red double. JEAN TREADWAY—Excel- 
lent full double, Soft pink, deeper at center. JEWELRY— 
Quilled flowers of bright pink. JUDITH ANDERSON—In- 
tensely double in buttercup yellow. KING MIDAS—Particu- 
larly early. Full double golden. LAVENDER LADY—Full 
double in lovely orchid pink. LILIAN DOTY—Intense double 
in deep pink. LUCENT—Fine near-double in luminous pink. 
MRS. ROTAN—Profuse, early double in lavender rose. 
NANCY COPELAND—Large near double. Orange-toned red. 
OCTOBER BANNERS-—Showy, big, semi-double with long, 
flowing petals. Opens red-bronze, becoming apricot-bronze. 
OCTOBER LIGHT—Bronze-red becoming bronze-pink. Near 
double. OLIVE LONGLAND—Blended apricot, buff, salmon. 
Handsome, big double. POHATCONG—Clear, bright pink 
double. RAJAH—This fine near-double approaches scarlet. 
RUBY POMPON—Glowing ruby crimson. Early double. 
SENSATION—Vivid red semi-double. SEPTEMBER GOLD— 
Early. Golden near-double. SEPTEMBER SHELL—FKarly. 
Near-double in soft pink. SEQUIOA—Big double in apricot- 
shade honey amber. SNOWCLAD—Pure double white, creamy 
center. SPITFIRE—Flame, with hint of bronze. Double. 
SYMPHONY—Large double. Deep pink, buff-bronze at center. 
TAMP1ICO—Coppery bronze with rose tones. Handsome double. 
WINTERSET—Full double white. YELLOW ALABASTER— 
Fine, big, yellow double. YELLOW HATTON—Soft yellow 
full double. WHITE HATTON—Dependable full double, rich 
cream at center, becoming white. 
EXTRA HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS—Hybrid varieties of 
the highly cold-resistant Korean, Yezoense and Arctic sections. 
The ‘“‘extra hardy” refers to toughness against winter cold. So 
far as other growing is concerned, they are neither easier nor 
more difficult than other Chrysanthemums. ASTRID—Enor- 
mous, single blossoms of pale salmon pink. Exceedingly flori- 
ferous. LOUISE SCHLING—Big, showy semi-double in bronze- 
toned red. CERES—Large-flowered single in tawny old gold 
with hint of copper. HEBE—Beautiful, fragrant single in 
luminous pink. CALIPH—Fine double in velvety crimson. 
KRISTINA—Immense, single flowers in glowing deep rose. 
VULCAN—Fragrant semi-double in bright carmine to bronzed 
crimson. AVALON DELIGHT—Extra early, with massed, 
single flowers in pure pink over crispy, almost succulent foli- 
age. APOLLO—Showy single in blend of old gold, salmon and 
red-bronze. DAPHNE—Single in the alluring pink of Daphne 
Cneorum. MARS—Fine single in deep red. 
SPOON CHRYSANTHEMUMS—tThese two are the very best 
of the Spoons; clear-cut colorings, petals definitely spoon- 
shaped, flowers large, and outstandingly bright. YELLOW 
SPOON—Rich, deep yellow. ROSE SPOON—Brilliant, glow- 
ing rose. 
1 CHRYSANTHEMUM RUBELLUM 
A sound perennial, easy to grow, and of long-lived, enduring 
hardiness. A botanically distinct species. We offer plants of its 
variety CLARA CURTIS. The 20-inch plants begin blooming 
in early August, sometimes even in July, and continue, filled 
with lovely salmon pink single blossoms, until well into Octo- 
ber. The flowers are fragrant. Sometimes called August Daisy. 
Plants, each 75c; 3 for $2.10. 
GARDEN BOOKS—Turn to page 66 of this catalog for de- 
seriptive offerings of all the better, newer garden books. 
We recommend the informative magazines Popular Garden- 
ing, Flower Grower, Horticulture, Better Farming (Country 
Gentleman), and Organic Gardening and Farming. Subscrip- 
tion rates on request. s 
