8o Chrysanthemum Culture for America. 



useful every season, although it must be admitted that there 

 is still room for much improvement. A pure yellow, a bright 

 rose, and a full crimson of such a type as Madam Desgrange, 

 would be of incalculable advantage to chrysanthemum gar- 

 dens, and no one familiar with the subject would venture to 

 say we may not hope for such improvements. This section 

 will doubtless be much developed and add still further form 

 and color to our gardens during that period when the pot 

 marigold, calliopsis, rudbeckias, dahlias, sun-flowers and 

 tritomas appear to be on the wane, and when the golden 

 rod, hawk-weed, and dandelion look dim by the wayside. The 

 following is a brief list of available earlier blooming sorts : 



WHITE. PINK OR CARMINE. YELLOW. DARK. 



Madame Desgrange, M. Boyer, Gloriosum, Roi de Precoces 



Madame La Croix, October Beauty, M. E. Nicholas, Sam. Morley, 



Pequot, M. Ghys, C.Bryan, Louis Barthere, 



Lady Selborne, Lord Mayor, Golden Desgrange, Fleur Parfaite, 



Duchess of Fife, Grace Attick, Wm. Cobbett, Capucine. 



Elaine. Martimas. Golden Shah. 



LATE FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. For the purpose of 

 prolonging the blooming season of the chrysanthemum, the 

 late flowering varieties play an important part, especially tne 

 large flowering Japanese varieties that bloom after Christmas. 

 Special culture and late pinching has much to do with late 

 flowering, but a selection of varieties best suited to this treat- 

 ment is of great importance in the production of flowers dur- 

 ing the late winter or early spring months, when other flowers 

 are scarce. To the production of late varieties, as well as the 

 earlier section, our growers might with profit turn their atten- 

 tion still further, and greatly extend the season of their favor- 

 ite flowers. 



During recent years various cultural practices have been 

 resorted to for the purpose of obtaining short bushy plants 

 that would bloom in January and February, which is the most 



