with blooming dates 



Some varieties suitable for pot plants 



Hardy Chrysanthemums: 



Azaleamums (most varieties) are suitable 

 ranging from mid-July to September. 



Cushion mums — same as for Azaleamums. 



Early Bronze — late October bloom. 



Exeter — yellow for early September. 



Harmony — blooms July and later. 



Cocheco — fine dwarf, rose-colored, blooming late September and 

 October, very hardy. 



Nashua — fine bronze for September. 



Many others worthy of trial. 



Greenhouse varieties: 



Light yellow 

 Light yellow 

 Light yellow 

 Light yellow 

 White 



Rodell Improved 



: ' : Smith's Superlative 



*Ohio State 



Nuggets 



* Granite State 



Blooms October 20 

 Blooms October 25 

 Blooms November 1 

 Blooms November 5 

 Blooms November 5 



*Should be disbudded to one flower per stem as soon as flower buds can be removed. 



Cordyline Terminalis 



Cordyline terminalis, often called a dracena, is a colored-leaved fo- 

 liage plant that is usually grown for decoration in locations not suitable 

 for flowering plants. There are other species of Cordyline commonly 

 grown, most of them being green or green and white in color. The prin- 

 cipal fault with this genus of plants is that, if given adequate food, it will 



Fig. 15 — Cordyline, often called a dracaena, is an ex- 

 cellent plant for growing in poor light 



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