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cause of so much perennial stuck, usually classed as 

 hardy, dying. The plants being kept covered from 

 the sun stay frozen all winter and no harm results. 

 This method would not he so effective in a position 

 where the ground is low and the plants are liable to 

 stand in water. I am convinced that a large per- 

 centage of 'Mums die off in the winter because they 

 are affected with "wet feet." but a well-drained piece 

 of ground covered in the manner mentioned will bring 

 through any of the 'Mums ;d)ove-mentionc(l in good 

 shape. 



Hardy 'Mums, Avhile not as showy as a bed of Del- 

 phiniums or other blazing summer beauties, are won- 

 derfully attractive and useful after all other flowers 

 are cut down b}- frost and will return to the cultivator 

 results in i)ro|)ortinn fai- greater than the labor be- 

 stowed. 



•"MUMS AT THE MOORINGS." 



"ihe last rcjse of summer" has alwa}-s held a cher- 

 ished place in the hearts of all, but liow tame tlie 

 dear little rose seems when it is forced into com- 

 parison with the Queen i>i Autumn, especially when 

 placed beside the splendid specimens shown at Col. 

 Converse's jjlace. (irowing siiecimens is a pleasure 

 in itself, liul opening wide tlic doors and in\iting 

 the public to enjoy them with you certainK- nuisi add 

 greatly to that pleasure. 



A general invitation was extended to the iiublic to 

 visit the Converse green houses, Marion, ]^Iass., on 

 October 31, and must have been anticipated by it, 

 judging from the way peo]5le came from all aruund 

 southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, .\utomo- 

 bilists galore, augmented by pedestrians, tilled the 

 houses to overflowing and kept the emjilovees Inisy 

 trying to prevent a blockade. 



A finer display of Mums it was never the pleasure 

 of the writer to behold, mammoth specimen l)looms, 

 plants with six flowers to the plant; dainty singles and 

 semi-doubles, pompons and huge specimen buNh jilants 

 vied Avith each other tu attract the eye and win their 

 just merit of praise. 



Among the siandanl varieties, that mountain of 

 wdiiteness, Wm. Tm-ner, called forth unstinted praise, 

 while .Mrs, J. I'm-roy Mitchel was a \-ery close second 

 among the whites. 



To the writer the finest thing was a magnificent 

 specimen of Meudon, a lovely bright pink variety with 

 foliage peeping out from the base of the flower, and 

 right here it might be well to mention that finer foli- 

 age wa-, nc\cr seen than Mr. R03- had on his ^lums 

 this year. 



( leo. lIcniniinL;. another very attractive llow er. pur- 

 ple amaranth with a silver reflex, while not as large 

 as Meudon, clainiecl much attention on account of the 

 richness of its ei>l(, rings, which, to the writer's mind, 

 was finer than that of Earl Kitchener. 



.\mong the yellows James Fraser and Daih' ]\Iail 

 were much the finest, the latter, with its fine narrow 

 ]ietals drooping gracefully, would be the writer's 

 choice. 



His Majesty, an intense crimson, formed a striking 

 contrast with surrounding varieties, and iNIarquis V'. 

 \ enusta, pink, wlfile only partialh- developed, gave 

 prnnnse of a grand specimen. 



Among the others which were extremely well done 

 were Col. Converse, bronzy crimson ; Tarrytown, sal- 

 mon ; D. B. Crane, Calumet, buff"; Kewanee, buff; Gil- 

 bert Drabble, Thos. Limt, crimson and orange: .Mice 

 Lemon, soft pink, and Walter Jinks, mse [link. 



One wdiole bench was devoted to j)lants grown in 

 6-inch pots with six flowers to a plant luade a most 

 attractive display. The varieties wliicli proved most 

 useful gnjwn in this manner were tien. Hemming, 

 \\'m. W'oodmason, Tarrytown. Meudon, .Mar. \". \'en- 

 usta. W'm. Turner. Lena iMlkins, Mrs. Diickham and 

 Rose Pockett. 



A yellow sport of Mrs. D. Lyme looked very good 

 and under the master hand at "The M(>(]rings" ought 

 to make a place for itself. 



Col. Converse and his superintendent, David F. Roy, 

 certainly ought to be congratulated upon a success- 

 ful season and a grand "open house" dav. 



W, F, TiKXKK, 



AN .XTST.E IN THE COUNTRY r.IFE PERMANENT EXPOSITION, NEW YORK, nURINr, IT.S CIIRYS.\NTITEMI'M SHOW, THE FIRST 



OF A SERIES OF FLOWER SHOWS TO BE CONDUCTED BY THIS INSTITUTION TO AROUSE INTEREST IN COUNTRY HOME 



LIFE. IN FRONT OF THE HUNGALOW, SEEN IN THE BACKCROCNl), A C.MiDEN OF TOTTV'S EARLY FLOWERING 



VARIETIES, WAS .\RR.\NCED WITH A .MOST N.\TURAL PLANTING EFFECT BY MAX SCHLING, OF NEW YORK, 



