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GARDENING. 



Nov. 75, 



keep the mulch in place. But for tidiness 

 sake we would cut the tops back to afoot 

 long anj'way. 



The Japanese varieties grown and 

 flowered out of doors can hardly be 

 trusted in the open garden over winter 

 even under a mulching; some live all right, 

 others don't. It is therefore safer to lift 

 them and winter them in a cold frame, 

 pit, cellar or shed, than totrustthemout- 

 side. Select one or two of the best clumps 

 of ea:h kind and lift these without shak- 

 ing away much dirt from them and pack 

 them one deep and close up against each 

 other in a cold frame or pit or on the floor 

 in a cold cellar Several degrees of frost 

 won't hurt them. In severe weather 

 cover the frames with sashes or shutters 

 and some sedge or straw, and il sharp 

 frost gets into the cellar throw a piece of 

 matting or old carpet over the roots. 

 Try to keep the plants from starting to 

 grow before the winter is over, especiallj^ 

 those in the cellar or shed, and this means 

 that they must be kept cool. 



Plants in pots are easy to manage. 

 When theirflowers are past "cut the plants 

 down to the root, then store them in a 

 shed, cellar or cold frame as referred to 

 above, first turning the plants out of 

 their pots but otherwise not disturbing 

 them, so as to be able to pack them closer 

 together and with earth between them, 

 for not even when they are at rest in win- 

 ter should the roots be allowed to become 

 dry. If j'ou have not many plants to 

 store away you may turn them out of 

 their pots and pack them in shallow 

 boxes, such as empties you may obtain 

 at the grocer's, heads up, one deep, and 

 with moist earth between them. Then 

 keep them cool. Before storing your 

 plants away for the winter in this way 

 be sure that each one is securely and 

 properly labeled; we prefer wiring the 

 label to the old stump rather than stick- 

 ing it into the ball of roots pot-fashion. 

 To prevent the sprouts of the plants in- 

 terlacing when they begin to grow in the 

 frame or cellar we pack the plants in rows 

 with a lath or board between them. 

 Many who grow chrysanthemums in 

 pots keep over one or two pots of each 

 sort in a cold greenhouse or grapery or 

 the bottom of a pit without turning them 

 out of the pots at all. and keep them 

 slightly moist all the time. 



Verifying the Names.— Before the 

 flowers are all past go over the plants, 

 making sure of their proper names and 

 label them correctly. Wherever a large 

 variety is grown and the plants receive 

 much handling some of the names are 

 most sure to get lost or mixed. 



Seedlings.— What a polyglot assort- 

 ment they are, some are single, others 

 double or half double; and thev are of all 

 sizes and shades of color. Seed 



the house or greenhouse in early 



spring 



germmates readily, and if the seedlings 

 receive encouraging treatment they will 

 bloom the same _vear. drown in pots 

 and indoors they take up a lot of room, 

 but planted out in a warm sheltered part 

 of the garden they grow rnnklv, and if 

 very severely disbudded give us an ex- 

 travagant display of blossoms. After 

 they are killed back by frost we lift and 

 save the pleasant appearing, desirable 

 ones for another year and root out and 

 discard the others. In mild localities bv 

 all means raise seedlings and grow and 

 bloom them out of doors, there is great 

 enjoyment in it. 



Chrvsanthemi'ms out of doors.— We 

 grow a large variety out of doors and 

 succeed in blooming most of them as. 

 being on the sea coast, we seldom get 

 killing frosts before the middle of Novem- 



ber. The plants that have been thor- 

 oughh' disbudded give nice full blossoms, 

 but tliese flowers are not to be compared 

 with the monstrous beauties grown in 

 greenhouses. Among those that have 

 done best with us thi.- season arc Ivory, 

 Jessica and Domination, all white; Red 

 Dragon, yellow and crimson, early, old, 

 but one of the best for outdoor work; 

 Gloriosum, if severely disbudded and 

 staked it always does well; Yellow 

 Dragon, although a little late makes fine 

 heads; Mrs. J. G. Whilldin,can;(ry yellow, 

 tall, and needs staking, early; George S. 

 Conover, deep yellow, large, stout 

 stemmed flowers, and although new 

 health}' and promising; Gold, deep yel- 

 low, medium size, and opens well; Source 

 d'Or and Brazen Shield, both golden 

 bronze varieties, and old, open fine out- 

 side; Julie Lagravere, dark crimson, small 

 flowered, dwarf habit, not early, but 

 good, and a fine color, and Gloire Ray- 

 onante, silvery purple, porcupine quilled, 

 opens well and early everj- year, but no- 

 body wants its flowers. " All Chinese va- 

 rieties of white and yellow colors have 

 mildewed badly; Baron Beust, however, 

 tawn}' ch stnut, is as usual perfectly clean 

 and full of flowers, but hereagain nobody 

 wants it; the same with the pv.rples 

 among Chinese sorts. 



FINE FLOWERS AT CHlCflCO. 



Among the most attractive chrysanthe- 

 mums at the Chicago show were a good 

 manv old favori cs, but the prize-winning 

 collections, in most cases embraced the 

 newer sorts. The class for seedlings not 

 yet disseminated ca led out some notable 

 blooms, among them "Philadelphia," the 

 new^eedling originating with Mr. Gra- 

 ham of that city. By general consent this 

 flower was the most remarkable on ex- 

 hibition. It is very lar^e, perfectly globu- 

 lar, with pointed incurving petals, creamy 

 \yhite stained with lemon towards the 

 tip. The peculiarity of the coloi-ing gives 

 the flow r a peculiar translucent effect, in 

 spite of its massive build. Another beau- 

 tiful seedling, which practical growers 

 think most promising, is Mrs. S. T Mur- 

 dock, originating in Indiana. This is a 

 soft yet bright rose pink, flower of 

 medium size but graceful shape, with a 

 very robust habit. This flower seems 

 free from the livid bluish tinge seen in so 

 many pink chrysanthemums, it received 

 award for best pink seedling. Crysta- 

 lina, which received award for the best 

 white seedling, was a perfect ball, the ends 

 of the petals being notched. Mrs. W. H. 

 Rand was perhaps the oddest and most 

 striking of the seedlings; it was a large, 

 rather flat recurving flower of a deep 

 golden yellow. The petals were tubular 

 at the base, but about half wa}- up they 

 split into several forked ends, and these 

 were twisted about in iiiovt irregular 

 fashion. This will Ik- n sIkiwv variety 

 for exhibition. Mrs.Mnvcs J. Win t worth, 

 another seedling, secnud likc.-i dceii yellow 

 Ivory, having both form and habit of 

 that excellent variety. The award for 

 best yellow seedling, however, went to 

 Mrs. H W. Emerson, a high built, deep 

 yellow, recurving flower, with every sign 

 of a vigorous growth and habit. ' Gold 

 Dust, a light yellow incurved hairy 

 flower, was an improvement in that type. 

 Among the flowers not of the seedling 

 class, it was noticeable that The Queen 

 was certainly the most popular white. In 

 pots or fill ...iiniu irial u-,; Ivory still out- 

 sells iv.i\ ..I Ik I \\ lull, lull lor exhibition 

 The ijn.in <riiaiiil\ Ka.N. It was the 

 winninu w liiu 111 nio-.| ml llower classes, 

 and also in decorative b.-isket. Mutual 

 Friend appeared vcrv little amone cut 



flowers; it is really a more delicately 

 finished bloom than The Queen, and of 

 ecjual puritj', but it was fine among 

 plants grown to single stem and bloom. 

 Marie Louise, which seemed likely to be 

 the coming white last year, has fallen 

 back to an inferior place. A new English 

 white. Rose Wynne, was much liked; it is 

 a very large incurving flower, with broad 

 solid petals, but is not vet thoroughlv 

 tested 



Viviand-Morel unquestionably leads 

 among pinks; it is ver_v large, yet never 

 coarse, and the color is attractive in spite 

 of a tinge of magenta. It appeared in 

 almost every exhibit. Richard Dean, a 

 n.'w French pink, was favorably noticed: 

 it is a clear delicate color and globular 

 shape, the petals being dented near the 

 end by a little spoon-like depression, the 

 tip forked into a swallow-tail. Constella- 

 tion was another good pink; so was Mrs. 

 Potter Palmer, a ,arge incurving flower 

 tinged with magenta, a trifle coarse. Mer- 

 maid, which has been a favorite among 

 exhibition pinks, looked coarse and a 

 trifle washy. Mrs. F. Thompson, which 

 was an exhibition favorite four or five 

 years ago, looked very coarse and 

 dingy by its younger rivals, it is now en- 

 tireh' superseded. 



Among } ellows Major Bonnaffon was 

 certainly at the top. It is perfection in 

 shape, color and habit, and received more 

 awards than any other yellow, though 

 Eugene Dailledouze was also excellent. 

 Challenge, the prize yellow of last .vear, 

 seems to be a disappoinment, and' was 

 not nearly so good as last year. Thecen- 

 ter does not open or color well. 



In crimson, John Shrimpton, v^fhic'i 

 looks like a larger and fine CuUingfordii, 

 was excellent; so was Fisher's Torch. 

 Seguisiana, a round reflexed old gold 

 bloom, shading to russet at the tips of 

 the petals, received praise from the prac- 

 tical men, although the peculiar coloring 

 suggested fading. Amoor was one of the 

 finest bronzes, a large whorled flower, 

 that made a fine pot plant In the 

 anemone class Rider Haggard was the 

 finest; it is magenta, the disk high and 

 rounding, the florets tubular and shaped 

 like individual horse-mint flowers; the ray 

 florets broad and flat. The hairy flowers 

 were but Httle represented, and it looks 

 as if interest in them had greatly dimin- 

 ished among growers. E. T. R. 



flMflTEURS AND THEIR CflRYSflNTflEMUMS. 



By amateurs I mean those who have 

 small gardens, do their own work and 

 have little time to do it in, who grow a 

 few of many plants and take pleasure in 

 their development from crocus to chrys- 

 anthemum. It is to them I send what I 

 have noted this year. There are many 

 more chrysanthemums grown now thaii 

 there were five years ago. They are to 

 be seen under the lean-to of south and 

 siuthwest shelters, by the sides of houses 

 and other buildings, and numerous plants 

 are in boxes, small tubs and large pots, 

 placed on piazzas and under porches and 

 in canvas frames, and in cool rooms, they 

 are mostly bonny looking plants with 

 three to six stems in a clump and carry- 

 ing from ten to thirty or more flowers 

 each. A great many of the buds were 

 taken off" when they were small, away 

 back in the beginning of September. 

 When 1 first (now eight years past) ad- 

 vocated severe thinning of the flower 

 buds manv amateurs were afraid to even 

 take off a single one, but all this is 

 changed now. 



My advice is this: Select all the early 

 flowering kinds for the treatment above 

 mentioned so as to have them in bloom 



