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two feet apart; when they come into flower weed out such as are not 

 desirable to keep. Another reason for close planting is that the 

 plants do not attain in their first season as large growth as if from tubers. 

 This does not apply to the single forms, which reach their limit of size 

 the first season. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The word Chrysanthemum has been derived from the Greek 

 chrysos, gold, and anthemon, flower. 



It is very interesting to see just how many plants are really 

 Chrysanthemums. The wild Ox-Eye Daisy, the Shasta Daisy, the 

 Pyrethrum (from which insect powder is made), the Feverfew of our 

 grandmother's garden, the Marguerite or Paris Daisy of the florist, 

 as well as the monster decorative blooms of the expert culturist in- 

 doors, are all Chrysanthemums. 



Some of the Chrysanthemums, or 'Mums, as the gardener affec- 

 tionately calls them, are annuals,* In the case of most of the annual 

 species the blooms resemble huge Daisies. They are white or some 

 shade of yellow, and often, as hi the case of Chrysanthemum carina- 

 tum, they have a maroon or red ring of color at the center. The an- 

 nual types can all be sown in April, in the open ground, where they 

 should be thinned to eight inches, or, if large plants are wanted, pinch 

 them back when .several leaves tall, and place twelve inches apart. 

 A rich, sandy loam suits them best and they surely love the sun. 



They bloom profusely throughout the Summer and early Fall. 

 The species known as Golden Feather (Chrysanthemum prsealtum var. 

 aureum) should be sown indoors in Marclvand though really a peren- 

 nial, it is treated as an annual. It is used as a yellow border plant. 



An excellent characteristic of some perennial Chrysanthemums 

 is that they reproduce themselves so nicely by the production of 

 suckers or underground stems. One of the species which multiplies 

 itself in this manner is the Feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium). 

 It is a very old plant, but it certainly bears an interesting little tufted 

 white and yellow flower in clusters which, coming in June, is well 

 worthy of a place in the garden. It self-sows its seed, but rarely be- 

 comes a nuisance. 



Two white, Daisy-like species are well worthy of a place in your 

 garden. The first is the Shasta Daisy (Chrysanthemum maximum), 

 a gigantic white field Daisy of very vigorous growth and producing 

 flowers from June throughout the Summer. They have very good 

 keeping qualities and are effective in the border or as a cut flower. 

 Another species, a shrubby Daisy (Chrysanthemum nipponicum), 



