102 Gardening Under Glass 



against the wall of the work-shed and greenhouse 

 than all the long-stemmed, twelve-dollar-a-dozen, 

 purple -in -the -face - with -their -own -importance 

 American Beauties ever shown on Fifth Avenue. 

 Perhaps, however, you are a real admirer of 

 American Beauty Roses, and futuristic cretonnes 

 and all such — so let's change the subject! 



Chrysanthemums. — These generous sized and 

 glowing coloured flowers are the most easily 

 grown of all the flowers you will want especially 

 for cutting in your glass garden. That is, unless 

 you will be contented with nothing less than 

 giant blooms such as the commercial growers 

 have ready for the football season and the fall 

 shows. 



Personally, I think there is no comparison in 

 real beauty between a symmetrical plant covered 

 with flowers of medium size, and the stiff, arti- 

 ficial looking one-to-a-stem exhibition blooms 

 usually seen. You may have the big fellows if 

 you want to, but it means more work. And, of 

 course, you can have both. The culture, up to 

 a certain point, is the same. 



Starting the Plants 



If you want to grow your own "mums" from 

 the start, begin by securing a few of the old 

 plants or roots after the fall blooms have been 



