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HORTICULTURE 



October 14, 1916 



OCTOBER GLORIES IN THE HARDY 

 GARDEN. 



i^Continned from pagf 50b) 



also hope the ragweed and hay fever 

 have gone. The graceful pretty-flower- 

 ed Thallctrums, with finely-cut foliage, 

 are great favorites, and the new 

 variety dipterocarpum, growing about 

 four feet high and carrying flowers of 

 lilac-mauve, brightened by the yellow 

 stamens and anthers in September, is 

 a novelty that merits its increasing 

 popularity. 



There are few flowers that are more 

 suitable than the Tritomas (call them 

 Red Hot Pokers, Flame Flowers. 

 Torch Lilies or what you will). The 

 ever-blooming Tritoma Pfitzeri, in 

 bloom from August to October, pro- 

 duces a grand effect in rich orange- 

 scarlet, planted either singly or in 

 masses. Probably most of you will 

 think the best effect is produced in the 

 retailer's store, when My Lady ex- 

 claims "What wonderfully gorgeous 

 flame flowers!" and immediately places 

 an order. 



Early Flowering Outdoor Chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



If the characteristics of a popular 

 garden plant are hardiness, dwarfness 

 of habit, freedom of flowering, useful- 

 ness as a cut flower, and a range of 

 coloring embracing every shade except 

 blue and intense scarlet, then the 

 early flowering chrysanthemum may 

 lay claim to the distinction of being 

 an almost perfect plant, because it pos- 

 sesses these qualities in a remarkable 

 degree. 



It is an open question as to when the 

 real Early Flowering chrysanthemum 

 made its appearance, but there is no 

 doubt that it was in the form Pompon 

 section, and that from this class, by 

 judicious hybridising and selection, the 

 present high standard has been ob- 

 tained. Early flowering in chrysan- 

 themums may be taken to relate to 

 those varieties which come into bloom 

 outdoors in a natural way by the mid- 

 dle of October at the latest. 



In 1846 a Pompon variety was in- 

 troduced from China and this became 

 the basis upon which the French 

 raisers carried on their great work. 

 About 1860 the late Shirley Hibbard 

 mentions some 20 varieties mostly 

 French raised. Afterwards came Lit- 

 tle Bob from Cannell of Swanley, 

 Lyon and Mad JoIi\-art from France, 

 St. Crouts from Guernsey, a white 

 with pink tinge which I remember see- 

 ing as a boy in full bloom earlv in 

 August. The first of the large flowered 

 or Japanese varieties is said to have 

 been raised in Lyons about 1875-6. 

 Mad C. Desgranges was sent to Eng- 

 land as a gratis plant by Lemoine in 

 1876. It was an excellent variety in 

 its way, and large quantities were 

 grown in five-inch pots for Covent 

 Garden Market 15 to 20 years ago. 

 Sports of this variety were Gustave 

 Wermig, Mrs. Burrell and Mrs. Haw- 

 kins, varieties also of equal im- 

 portance. 



This marked quite a new era in the 

 cultivation of the early flowering 

 chrysanthemum, and gave a great stim- 

 ulus to the raising of new varieties, and 

 such enthusiastic cultivators as Nonin. 

 Cannell, Davis, Godfrey, Goacher. 

 Holmes. Wells and Totty will be ever 

 associated with the early flowering 



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chrysanthemum. While the Pompons 

 held the field for many years, it was 

 certainly the introduction of the large- 

 flowered varieties that popularized the 

 outdoor early flowering chrysanthe- 

 mum. Mad C. Desgranges and its sports 

 have been referred to but the introduc- 

 tion of Mad Marie Masso about 1891 

 brought about quite a revolution in 

 the growing of this plant. A new era 

 had dawned upon it, because we had in 

 this an introduction of wonderful con- 

 stitution, a perfect habit, and most 

 profuse in its blooming qualities, and 

 today it is one of the most popular 

 varieties in general cultivation; and 

 with its sports, Ralph Curtis, Horace 

 Martin, and Crimson Masse covers 

 quite a range of coloring. 



The cultivation* of the early flower- 

 ing chrysanthemum is of the simplest 

 kind, and I think that the best results 

 are obtained on moderately rich land. 

 This quality, in addition to the fact 

 that it succeeds in a smoky atmos- 

 phere, makes it available alike for the 

 garden of the suburbanite and the mil- 

 lionaire. 



A mistaken impression has been 

 given with regard to outdoor chrysan- 

 themums, which is, that all one has to 

 do is to simply .plant them in a bed 

 and they will continue to improve from 

 year to year without any further care. 

 That they are entirely hardy and will 

 come up in the spring in most sec- 

 tions is perfectly true, but the best 

 way to produce the greatest quantity 

 of flowers is to take cuttings from the 

 young plants every spring, and as soon 

 as they are rooted plant them out in 

 good soil in rows about two feet apart. 



These can be pinched back several 

 times to make them bushy and then 

 in the fall they will produce large 

 quantities of long stemmed beautiful 

 flowers, much superior to old stalks 

 that have been growing for several 

 years, and which are consequently to 

 a greater or less extent exhausted. 



INDEMNITY FOR DAMAGED PAR- 

 CEL POST PACKAGES. 



It is not necessary to refuse to ac- 

 cept insured or C. O. D. parcel post 

 packages damaged in transit in order 

 to make valid a claim for indemnity, 

 according to a recent statement of 

 Assistant Postmaster General Dockery 

 at Washington, D. C. Many merchants 

 throughout the country, it was said 

 at the Post OflSce Department, have 

 been laboring under the impression 

 that, in order to make a claim for 

 indemnity, it is necessary to refuse 

 to receive parcels damaged in transit. 



Orders hav.5 been issued by the De- 

 partment to its employees, advising 

 them thet they must in all cases of 

 damage explain to the addressees that 

 the acceptance of the parcel will in no 

 wise militate against the validity of 

 any claim they may file, but that, in- 

 stead, their action in refusing the 

 package will subject the sender to 

 additional expense, in that he will be 

 required to pay again the amount of 

 postage required for its transmission, 

 in order that the parcel may be re- 

 turned to him for examination and 

 determination of the extent to which 

 claim may be filed for damages. 



According to a ruling of August 8, 

 1916, indemnity is payable for partial 

 as well as total damage to packages 

 mailed after that date. The accept- 

 ance of damaged parcels by the ad- 

 dressees, it is stated, will enable 

 claim for damage to be filed earlier 

 than would be the case were the goods 

 to be returned to the sender, thus en- 

 abling the Department to make quick- 

 er adjustment. Recipients of damaged 

 parcels should remember that if they 

 accept them they should at once com- 

 municate with the senders and, if a 

 claim is filed, have either themselves 

 or the senders designated as the ones 

 to whom indemnity should be paid. 



