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GARDENING. 



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4. H. Fewkes. 



SOME OP THE NEWER CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 



chrysanthemum as vou can see by the 

 two photographs (showing ten vatneties) 

 your artist took here to-day. 



L'E.NFAKT DES Deux Mokdes.— White, 

 hairy petalled, with very delicate traces 

 of pink. "Mrs. A. Hard\-" type. Good 

 for pot or bench growing. 



AIiNERYA.— Clear, soft, but brilliant 

 j'ellow; dwarf (three feet), w^th hand- 

 some foliage; it is close jointed and one ot 

 the finest varieties ever introduced. It is 

 extra good for growing on benches for 

 specimen blooms, or for pot culture, as it 

 makes a compact bushy plant, and is best 

 on crown buds. 



Mrs. Geo. M. Pillmax.— A deep, 

 clear yellow flower. The plant has fine, 

 handsome foliage, but is rathertall grow- 

 ing and is only fit forgrowingon benches, 

 where there is at least fne feet of head 

 room for it. 



I^ADY Pi.AVFAiR.— .\ clear soft pink 

 flower, whose only trouble is is very 

 heavy massive head of bloom which is a 

 little too heavj' for its stem without sup- 

 port; otherwise it is a grand varietj' for 

 bench growing. About four feet high. 



Mrs. Geo. .\. Magee.— .\ grand pink 

 flower, and when grown in benches 

 it makes fine specimen blooms. The plant 

 averages four ieet high. 



Mayflower.— An immense flower 

 of the most graceful form, its general 

 build is massive but not formal, and all 

 things considered it is one of the best 

 novelties of the season. It is good for 

 either bench growing or for pots. Its 

 average height is two and one-half to 

 three feet and it has fine handsome foliage 

 close up to the flower. The crown buds 

 make the best flowers. 



Marie Louise.— .\ fine, bold, white 

 flower, but the stem is a little too weak 

 to carry the heavy bloom. Does best on 

 benches. 



IoR.\. — .\ handsome and graceful flower, 



but it is not a good traveler. The 

 variety is good lor either pot or bench 

 culture and averages three and one-halt 

 feet in height. The color and the blos- 

 som is very distinct, being a delicate 

 shade of rose pink. 



Yellow Queen. — This probably is the 

 best early yellow yet introduced. Fine 

 specimen flowers ofthis were sent to New- 

 York market on the 7th of October. The 

 average height of the plants is three feit 

 and they have handsome foliage and good 

 stems. It is best on crown buds. The 

 variety is good for either pot or bench 

 culture. The best flowers of this variety 

 were past their best when this photo- 

 graph was taken. 



A. H. Fewkes.— This is a flower of 

 a pleasing shade of clear yellow. The 

 plant is dwarf and sturdy with handsome 

 foliage, good for either bench or pot grow- 

 ing, and is a very desirable mid-season 

 variety. 



Other good varieties of this year's in- 

 troduction are as follows: 



Bonnie Marjorie.— An earlv an! desir- 

 able incurved Japanese variety with clear 

 soft yellow flowers. 



M issGeorgienne Br AMHALL.—.^n extra 

 fine lemon yellow, bold, massive flower. 



Mrs. H. Mck. Twombly.— A very fine 

 incurved Japanese varietj', with large, 

 massive, but not formal, white flowers. 

 Being a tall grower it is best for bench 

 culture. 



Mrs. E. G. Hill.— A very early, large, 

 fine flower, of a beautifully shaded i)ink 

 color. Its greatest defect is its rather too 

 weak a stem to carry the flower erect. It 

 grows four and one-half to five feet in 

 height on the bench. 



Mrs. John H. Starin.— A very fine, 

 bold, massive incurved white flower. The 

 plant grows four feet high and does best 

 on benches. 



Mrs E. O. Wolcott. — A verv large, in- 

 curved, striking flower of a soft but clear 



satin-like oink color. The plant has 

 handsome foliage and a good stout stem 

 four feet high. It does best on benches 

 and restricted to crown buds. 



Maud Pierson.— .\^ high built, incurved, 

 compact flower, of a gloss3' pink color 

 with an apricot tinge on the tips of the 

 petals. It grows four and one-half feet 

 in height and does best on benches and 

 confined to crown buds. 



Wm. Seward is a deep crimson, fine ex- 

 hibition flower, and like all other dark 

 colored varieties it must be kept very 

 cool after it begins to show color or it 

 will bum. 



Eugene Dailledouze is among the 

 most promising yellow-flowered late va- 

 rieties. John N. May. 



Summit, N.J. 



WINTERING CHRySflNTHEMUMS. 



.A. chrvsanthemum is a herbaceous pe- 

 rennial, the whole plant dies down to the 

 ground every year and takes a season of 

 rest, just as' a phlox or sunflower does; 

 and it matters not whether our plants 

 are grown in the greenhouse, window or 

 open garden we should observe this law 

 of Nature. 



Another point: Just as a plant is going 

 into its period of rest is when, of all times 

 in the year, it should be let alone, and 

 excitement into renewed growth discour- 

 aged. 



Hardy Varieties.— Most of the pom- 

 pones and a good many of the Chinese 

 sorts are perfectly hardy out of doors 

 providing they are left undisturbed where 

 they grew and flowered till spnng, and a 

 forkful of rank litter or an armful of leaves 

 is laid over each of them. If the stems 

 are left uncut they add to the beneficial 

 effect of the mulching in two ways, first, 

 by keeping the crown somewhat open 

 and lessening the tendency to rot under 

 the close mulch, secondly, by helping to 



