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Syriacus). 10-12 ft. A straggling bush that needs the pruning knife 

 to keep it in shape. Flowers very large in white, pink, red, and purple, 

 or rather a raw magenta. In proper color a very beautiful shrub. 

 Give a deep rich soil, sheltered position and mulch about the root as it 

 is not always hardy in the far North. 



SEPTEMBER 

 PINK PERENNIALS 



ANEMONE (A. Japonica, var. elegantissima and Mont Rose). 2-3 ft. 

 Two very beautiful pink varieties of this charming flower. They should 

 have a well-drained location, which may be secured by digging a deep 

 bed, with six inches of loose stones or broken rock at the bottom, then 

 cover with eight inches of rich loam in which the roots are planted with 

 sand about them, two inches deep with the bud-end up, then over the 

 loam place three inches of cow manure, raking it smooth. Plant very 

 early and water once or twice a day until they flower. This method of 

 culture is said to produce plants of extraordinary vigor and enormous 

 flowers. Do not let any manure come within two inches of the roots. 

 See A. White Per., September. 



ASTER. New England (.4. Nova-Anglice, var. rosed). 2 ft. A rose- 

 colored variety of a native aster of great beauty under cultivation. 

 Spreads at the root. 



BOLTONIA (B. Icevigata) . 4 ft. A large rose-colored variety of a 

 plant resembling the Aster, bearing large much-branched terminal heads 

 of small rayed flowers; also a lavender variety, B. latisquima. For cul- 

 ture, see B. asteroides, White Per., September. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Pompon (C. Indicum, var. rosewri). 3 ft. A 

 very hardy form of C. with handsome foliage that turns a rich sap green 

 and purplish red underneath and bears terminal clusters of old-rose- 

 colored flowers. The general advice is to nip off the tips of stems in 

 July or August to induce branching and more bloom; but it also retards 

 the bloom somewhat, and where frosts come early and cut down a 

 plant before it is in perfection of bloom, it may be better to let the plant 

 develop naturally, depending upon a rich moist soil and full sun to de- 

 velop fine blooms. Cheese-cloth covering is sufficient to protect the 

 plants from the early light frosts. Propagate by suckers, division of the 

 root in spring and by cuttings. See Yellow and Red Per., October. 



