1 66 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



not tender to frost, but hardy; not soon fad- 

 ing in the house, but usually keeping more 

 than a fortnight; regular in shape, beautiful 

 in colour, requiring no skill to grow, no 

 investment, and no great care. 



"lam ready to admit that there is beauty 

 in many of the large-flowering chrysanthe- 

 mums, but when I think of the care needed 

 in growing them, as well as in keeping them 

 after they are cut, and consider how 

 little time the average home-gardener and 

 house-keeper can give to both these, I 

 make my decision in favor of the less 

 showy but more cheaply and more easily 

 grown kinds. 



THE INCREASE OF SEVEN YEARS 



"I started seven years ago with perhaps a 

 dozen small plants of two varieties, red and 

 yellow. The yellow kind has done better 

 than the red, and it now makes a row 

 about twenty-two feet long, while the red 

 ones fill only sixteen feet. Yet that is doing 

 very well, considering three complete trans- 

 plantings, the many roots given away, and 

 the fact that not until recently have the 

 plants had really good earth. Having been 



