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there are hardy Chrysanthemums that have been grow- 

 ing there for half a century, and, in November, tossing 

 their vari-colored garlands in the breeze in rich pro- 

 fusion, gay floral tributes to all other vegetation - now 

 passed into its long winter sleep. A few degrees of 

 frost do them no harm and they rise superior to the 

 seasonal storms of wind and rain that pertain to their 

 blooming period. The same infinite variability of form 

 and color nthat adds so much to the charm of their 

 greenhouse relatives is found in the hardy types. 

 Great size is eliminated, but all else that is precious and 

 beautiful in flowers, they possess to the fullest extent. 

 Several types of hardy varieties are shown in Fig. 26. 



Chrysanthemums are steadily coming more and 

 more into popular favor. In the fall, when our gardens 

 put on their somber coat of winter, comes the hardy 

 Chrysanthemum to cheer and beautify the grounds, 

 trying, as it were, to extend "the good old summer 

 time." It is then that the happy suburbanite, or 

 Chrysanthemum amateur, can look with pride at the 

 Pompons that he has grown, equally as good as those 

 of the practical florist, and that right out in his garden 

 or window box. 



How well do we remember the old-fashioned Pom- 

 pon the pride of our grandmother's garden. They 

 were dull white, pale pink, a kind of a peculiar bronze 

 maroon, but not like those we have today. Great strides 

 have been made in the last few years in improving 

 this type, and they have well kept pace with their giant 

 relatives in wonderful combinations of color and 

 different style of flower, from the tiny close-quilled 

 variety, not larger than the tip of one's finger, to the 

 exquisitely beautiful Aster type and those as single as 

 a Daisy in the most delicate tints and shades and form 

 of flower. Some have broad petals, others sharp; some 



