ON THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



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Double Garden Varieties. 



In August, September, and October the flower- 

 garden may be gay with beautiful Chrysanthemums, 

 which will give brightness to the beds and borders 

 when most other flowers are fading. Those who are 

 planting borders have one great point to bear in mind 

 that the material which they employ must be capable of 

 giving successional bloom. In many cases the gardener 

 chooses a certain number of things th;it he particularly 

 likes, and plants them, overlooking the fact that they are 

 all summer bloomers, and that both spring and autumn 

 are left unprovided for. The proper course when plant- 

 ing a large bed or a border is to begin by choosing a 

 few particularly good things for the various seasons 

 Daffodils, Tulips, and Pyrethrums for spring ; Irises, 

 Lupins, Rockets, Paeonies, Delphiniums, Carnations, 

 and Columbines for early summer ; Pentstemons, 

 Phloxes, Snapdragons, Ox-eye Daisies, and Chrysanthe- 

 mums for late summer and autumn. This insures 

 bloom from March to November. There is no need, 

 of course, for the gardener to restrict himself to these 



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