1 68 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



and trouble than I have been able to give 

 to them. 



POMPONS AS A SCREEN 



"I use these hardy chrysanthemums to 

 screen my piazza lattice, which is never truly 

 handsome, and which, as the summer ad- 

 vances, they cover to perfection, even to the 

 height of four and a half feet. As they grow 

 they require support, for, although the red 

 ones are very stiff, they bend in wind or rain; 

 the yellows droop naturally. We support 

 them with light bamboos tied across the rows; 

 the uncompromising reds reveal their support, 

 but the yellows completely cover theirs. 



"As a low screen they are therefore 

 perfect, and give besides, a good background 

 for the flowers which stand in front of them. 

 I know of no plant which I would exchange 

 for them for this purpose. 



FLOWERS IN A FROST-DESOLATED 

 LANDSCAPE 



"The pompon chrysanthemums become 

 really valuable about the time when other 

 plants give up the fight. I have the ill- 

 fortune to live where my flowers get frost 



