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CHRYSANTHEMUM 



is given to the plants, the Japanese kinds are usually 

 less satisfactory than the Pompons. These Pompons are 

 a much neglected class since the rise of the large-flow- 

 ered Japanese kinds, but they are unlike anything else 

 in our garden flora. Their vivid and sometimes too 

 artificial colors harmonize with nothing else at Thanks- 

 giving time, and they are so strong and commanding 

 that they should have a place by themselves. It is not 

 uncommon for the fls. to be in good condition even after 

 se%-eral light falls of snow, and they may be considered 

 the nii>-t IV -i f:iT^t t.. f.-, i-t ,,f any garden herbs. In 



fact, tli'H !" ,! II 1 M lining after the landscape 



is coiuji. . . I issive frosts. The fls. 



are imi i i ; , tals are wet and then 



frozen ^iiil I'ln \ n. i Luually for mass effects of 

 color, and great size is not to be expected. Masses of 

 brown and masses of yellow, side by side, make rich 

 combinations. The whole tribe of crimsons, amaranths, 

 pinks, and the like, should be kept by themselves, be- 

 cause their colors are variable and because they make a 

 violent contrast with yellow, which few persons' can ren- 

 <ier agreeable. 



The preceding remarks have applied wholly to varie- 

 ties of C. Indicum and C. morifnUiiw. Tin 'niltiii. of 

 all the other outdoor' species is too i n^v to mi .1 iiii\ tUr 

 ther remarks, except in the case of (.....,;.//„', inii.i 

 known as Pyrethrum roseum. In lli. .iilii-iainn i.i m 

 namental plants in general, and of lianij , hLiljan uus 

 plants in particular, few cases are so striking as the 

 great popularity of Pyrethrum roseum in the Old World, 

 and the feeble and uncertain hold that it has in America. 



W. M. 



SECTION rV".-CULTUEE OP PYKl 



s possibly 

 England, 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



dozen of the best would be : Ascot, peach-pink ; Apol- 

 lyou, bright pink; James Kelway, brilliant red ; Oliver 

 Twist, cream ; Mary Anderson, flesh -pink ; Princess 

 Marie, pure white; Ruth, rose, tipped with white; Stan- 

 ley, deep carmine-rose; Merry Hampton, dazzling crim- 

 son ; lanthe, rose ; Ochroleuca, sulphur, and Devon- 

 shire Cream, cream color. a. Herrington. 



Pyrethrum roseum in its numerous varieties 

 may never become as popular in Amer 

 owing to the fact that it is not hardy under all soil and 

 exposure conditions in the climate of northern United 

 States. With the proper soil conditions and such atten- 

 tion as may be necessary, 

 it is possible to raise Pyre- 

 thrums to the best advant- 

 age and with splendid flow- 

 ering results. The ideal 

 soil for Pyrethrums is a 

 rich, sandy loam that is 

 sufBciently porous to pre- 

 vent stagnant moisture 

 accumulating about the 

 crowns of the plants. This 

 i^ till- lirst and principal 

 i-^i iitial in the culture of 

 l'\.itlinmis. While they 

 lia\i- h'-.-n grown to com- 

 jiaratLvely good advantage 

 in soils of a clayey nature, 

 yet unless extreme care is 

 taken to prevent this ac- 

 cumulation of moisture 

 about the crowns, sad 

 havoc is frequently made 

 during severe winters, 



^^ 



hardy cii.inL'li in "■ 

 sented to-day in tij 

 should command utti 



easy to grow. An> 

 them, but they ar* 

 ground should 1" i 



to their flowerin, 

 (and byconse(|iii I - 

 they are material 1\ 

 anything that tnnK 

 is best perform. .1 I 

 may be lifti-.l. .lii il 



sible 



conditionsof a retentive clayey soil, yet in n. 1i in -tan. is, 



coldframe culture is preferable to iir| i _ n| . n the 



plant to take care of itself under .ml;: ■ i,-. 



Aside from the danger of winter-kil, J . ; , ilie 



danger of crown rot during extremely \i l t ju i luU- m Lot 

 weather. In many instances, valuable collections have 

 been quite lost owing to this trouble and the lack of ap- 

 preciation of the fact that this trouble could be easily 

 remedied by cutting away the rotting foliage nearly to 

 the ground, so as to admit light and air to the center of 

 the crowns to induce fresh and healthy growth. In late 

 autumn, however, this would not be a successful treat- 

 ment, except in a modifii-.l dcgnc. Fn.ni a commercial 



point of view, Pyi-.tlu am- ai. : I- till ni.i>t difficult 



of plants to hanlll. :' , ' ■■' ■ ■ ■■( .r.iwn rot, 



which is the most i m shipping 



plants. They an ai ..It plants to 



t tuu: L,.r.l Koseberry, 

 i'Il.)w; Aphrodite, pure 

 1 1 purple ; Leonard Kel- 

 ■ii-'bt yellow, with gxiard 

 s Ultra, white, and very 

 Solfaterre, cream; Prin- 



Pyrethrums once established in this country is easily 

 shipped by means of our quick express transportation, 

 if a little care is given to ventilation as well as to pack- 

 ing the plants us dry as possible. The confusion in the 



to 100 vai-a :> ■, • ■: . ■ . '■■ III -tnl :;r,at,a- nnnilinr. 

 At the pr. -■ ■. '.,,..■ ai- i.an in - . t 1 M'. iliiiiiiis 

 arecatal.i.i.'ia .', ■ a inu^tna. - il,.. _-m at inter- 



est taken in till- i-iii ta niar plant in iaif. .p., is r\ i.i. nee 

 that many varieti<-s must be very similar where the range 

 of color extends only from pure white through shades of 

 scarlet to purple, and with only a few varieties that are 

 in any way a satisfactory yellow shade. The yellow- 

 flowered forms at best are hardly deeper than a rich 

 buff or light lemon, and while these shades are distinctly 

 yellow in their effect, still there is no clear golden yellow 

 yet offered in the trade. j. Woodward Manncjg. 



