New Hybrid Mums 
Will Bloom This Fall 
These Chrysanthemums were selected from thousands of seedlings. They are new, they are 
better, they will bring your *“‘Mum”’ garden up-to-date. 
Your Choice, Alike or Assorted, All Mums Listed Below, Postpaid. 
8 for $3.25; 6 for $2.75; 3 for $1.50; each 55c. . ; 
APACHE. New full double, brilliant, dark firecracker red. Overcast with gold at maturity. 
Five-inch quilled flowers on large, spreading 
but closely compact bush. Early September. 
20 inch. 
ARAPAHOE. -(U. of Nebr. 1952.) Huge 
3 to 5-in. flowers in clusters on long strong 
stems. Rich red with a reddish bronze re- 
verse. Long wavy petals. Extremely frost 
resistant. Flowering from Sept. § on. 24 in. 
Double. 
AZTEC GOLD. Large frost resistant clear lemon- 
yellow blooms on strong stems. A new variety in 
the better yellows. 18 in. Sept. 5. 
CHARLES NYE. Developed by Dr. Kraus, University 
of Chicago. By far the finest yellow pompon to date, 
Large deep yellow blooms produced freely in compact 
clusters. Strong, tidy, 20-in. plant. 
EARLY CRIMSON. (Lehman, New 1953.) Crimped 
petals on a flat bright crimson flower. Very winter 
hardy. The best early red. Double. Medium height 
plants. Sept. 15. 
INNOCENCE. (Grand Mere 1952.) Very large chalk 
white flowers. Large double in sprays of 4 to 6 
acons each of greenhouse type. Very hardy, 22 in. 
ept 15. 
HOLIDAY. (Kraus 1952.) Bright double golden 
bronze with domed centers. Extra large blooms, 4 to 
6 on a stem. Good for cutting. 22 in. Sept. 15. 
PATRICIA LEHMAN. Double sparkling geranium- 
pink with peach centers. Recurved petals on strong 
MUM SPECIAL l 7» 24sinch. = Sep 20: 
8 MUMS—one of each $ 95 ae = ee lee Double BEGONIAS 
variety above, for Postpaid 
Tuberous rooted, large 11/4, to 2 in. 
° 5) Provide color even in shady places. Easy to grow outside or in 
Archias ( i ISHION MI IMS the house. No other flower can equal them for exquisite beauty. 
Widely used as pot plants for summer bloom. A flower bed of 
Grow in large mounds. Thousands of flowers on each plant. Will bloom first year. them will provide continuous flowers until frost. Finest double, 
BRONZE CUSHION. A mass of warm rich bronze. 15 in. Sept. 15. Camellia type blooms. : 
MAJOR CUSHION. Double clear pink, 2-in. flowers on a symmetrical mound. _Your_choice of these 6 colors: Red, Yellow, Orange, White, 
| 14 in. Sept. 15. Pink, Copper. Selected bulbs—11/, in. to 2 in. across, 12 for 
REDWOOD. Clear bright red blooms completely covering low domed-shaped plants. $1.85; 6 for $1.00; 3 for 65c. 
The best in red cushions. 12 in. Sept. 15. 
YELLOW SUPREME. An early lemon-yellow decorative duplex. 2'4-in. flowers in 
| fusion. 14 in. Sept. 10. We Select -for Y 
| Be Batca foe aboven se dee 3 for $1.50; 4 for $1.59; 6 for $2.25, postpaid. BEGONIA SPECIAL! 7 Bulbs, Mined $1.00 
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Giant Flowering CANNAS 
Big Bulbs, Your Choice, Postpaid: 
3 for 60c; 6 for $1.00; 12 for $1.95; 25 for $3.75. 
KING MIDAS. We think this the finest clear bright 
yellow. Large flowers right up to frost. Green 
foliage, grows 4 feet tall. 
PRESIDENT. For many years this has been Amer- 
ica’s favorite Canna. All through the season it 
produces large bright red flowers. Green foliage, 
grows 4 feet tall. 
RED KING HUMBERT. Large, brilliant orange- 
scarlet flowers until frost. Purple-coppery-bronze 
foliage, grows 414 feet tall. 
YELLOW KING Tuberoses 
HUMBERT. 
Large flowers of 
olden yellow 
eavily - flecked 
with red. Green 
foliage, grows 41, 
feet tall. 
PINK GEM. The 
large glowing pink 
owers are pro- 
duced freely 
right up to frost. 
Green foliage and 
grows only 314 
feet tall. 
Lovely Fragrant 
GARDENIAS 
Grow these beautiful flowers 
in your own home. The flower 
of love and romance. A grand 
house plant—the most sought- 
after flower of the day. Blooms 
from early spring to fall. Glor- 
lous sweet scented, waxy white 
flowers on rich, beautiful foli- 
age. Culture as other house 
plants. 
Gypsophila 
€ # 
New Everblooming 
TUBEROSES 
A new strain that produces fragrant, waxy 
flowers all summer. Single flowering only. 
4 for 45c; 12 for $1.25; 
25 for $2.25, postpaid. 
GYPSOPHILA 
(Baby’s Breath) 
BRISTOL FAIRY. The new full double, 
hardy Gypsophila. A mound of snow- 
white flowers indispensable for your bou- 
quets. Grafted plants (2-year, will bloom 
this year.) 
69c each; 2 for $1.25, postpaid. 
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Strong plants, 89c each; 2 
for $1.59, postpaid. 
