FAVORITE PERENNIALS 



above the first snows of the season. In this garden, 

 not far from the sea, these chrysanthemums, in shades 

 of white and soft maroon, are usually very late in un- 

 folding, owing to their most unfavorable situation. 

 Earlier in the season, however, they hold their places 

 as foliage plants of a soft, unoffensive shade of green, 

 and as their buds are kept nipped off until the first 

 part of September, they are unusually bushy. When 

 at length their flowers open, they are greeted with 

 double gratitude, for they are the last of all, the 

 farewell sign of the garden. 



Spring is the time to plant, as well as to divide, 

 such hardy chrysanthemums. They like rich soil, 

 abundance of sunshine, and to be befriended by a 

 wall, the side of a house, or even a hedge. They then 

 increase with such rapidity that he who owns a few 

 may soon find himself the owner of a multitude. 



There is a wholesome odor about these plants and 

 a general nattiness of expression that cannot fail to 

 please. There is also a large variety of them from 

 which to choose. Naturally, they are out of the class 

 of the marvelous Japanese and Chinese chrysanthe- 

 mums, the pride of shows and much petted by expert 

 gardeners. Glass houses and an infinite amount of 

 attention are the only conditions under which they 

 attain perfection, for in the climate of the northeastern 

 United States they unfortunately are not hardy. 



"Light of a thousand nights," as one Japanese chrys- 

 anthemum is romantically called, will therefore not 

 lend to the seaside garden the enduring pleasure and 

 rugged beauty of its small pungently scented relatives. 



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