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settle down and flower freely in their fresh 

 quarters. Chrysanthemums are very useful 

 for filling gaps in borders and beds, due to 

 the removal of Canterbury Bells and Sweet 

 Williams after flowering. 



Border Chrysanthemums will thrive in 

 most garden soils. Road scrapings and 

 leaf-mould should be liberally added to 

 heavy soils before planting. A dressing of 

 cow-manure in winter improves light sandy 

 soils, Avhile a mulching of manure, as soon 

 as the work is completed, is particularly 

 valuable to Chrysanthemums transplanted in 

 summer. As a rule no stopping of shoots 

 is desirable for border Chrysanthemums, 

 as it tends to cause the plants to flower 

 rather later. It is necessary to stake the 

 taller-growing sorts, as heavy showers of 



Moon Daisy (Chrysanthemum uliginosum) 



rain weigh down the growths when in bloom. 

 The varieties with large flowers are con- 

 siderably improved by disbudding, and as 

 the energy of the plants all goes to the 

 production of the first buds the plants then 

 flower earlier. 



As the number of varieties can be counted 

 by the hundred, readers wishing for a longer 

 list than is given here should consult a 

 grower's catalogue. 



A dozen sorts for disbudding, growing 

 2 to 3 feet high, are Cranford Yellow ; Cran- 

 ford Pink ; Cranfordia, yellow ; Dolores, 

 bronze terra-cotta ; Juliet, rosy-red ; Mrs. 

 J. B. Scott, pure white ; Hector, mauve- 

 pink, silvery reverse ; Pink Princess, mauve- 

 pink ; Almirante, chestnut-crimson, gold 

 reverse ; Goacher's Crimson ; Chatillon, sal- 

 mon, shaded with gold ; and 

 Phoebe, mauve. 



A dozen bushy sorts (not 

 to be disbudded), 1| to 2 

 feet high, are : Carrie, yel- 

 low ; Champ d'Or, golden 

 yellow; Harrie. orange; 

 Market White ; Kitty, shell- 

 pink ; Mrs. W. Sydenham, 

 crimson ; Leslie, buttercup 

 yellow ; Ralph Curtis, creamy- 

 white ; Madame Marie Massie, 

 lilac-mauve ; Jimmie, crim- 

 son-purple ; Wells' Scarlet ; 

 and Normandie, flesh-pink. 



Small - flowering Pompons , 

 1| to 2 feet high, are: 

 Canari, canary-yellow ; Flora, 

 yellow; Madame Lef ort, 

 orange-red ; Martinmas, sil- 

 very-pink ; Piercy's Seedling", 

 orange-bronze ; and White 

 St. Grouts. 



Early - flowering Singles, 

 2 to 3 feet high. These are 

 very attractive plants, and 

 quite distinct from the old 

 border sorts. Canada, sal- 

 mon ; Florence Gillham, pure 

 white ; Surrey, salmon-cerise ; 

 Kate Westlake, crimson ; 

 Nellie King, yellow ; and 

 Kitty Riches, pink. 



All those named above are 

 good varieties. 



