NOVEMBER: THIRD WEEK 307 



be kept quite far north, and the hardy cUmbers up into 

 Canada. 



The tender hydrangeas and the old-fashioned century 

 plants should be carried over winter in a cool greenhouse, 

 or a partially hghted cellar or cold room, where the temper- 

 ature will average between thirty and forty degrees. Give 

 only enough water to keep the soil from getting completely 

 dried out. 



Select Chrysanthemums Now for Stock Plants 



If you grow or would hke to grow chrysanthemums, 

 now is the time to select stock for next fall's blooms. If 

 you have some of your own carefully tag a plant or two of 

 the best sorts before the blooms are cut. Try to take in 

 one of the flower shows, and note some of the newer sorts 

 that appeal to you. At any rate make up your mind to try 

 a few next year. You may grow the big single blossoms, the 

 medium-sized flowers, or the small blooms in sprays, as 

 you fancy. 



If you haven't a greenhouse the chrysanthemums may 

 be grown in pots during the summer and brought in at the 

 approach of cold weather, flowering indoors at the very 

 season when other plants, after their shift from the outside 

 garden, are recuperating and barren of bloom. In sections 

 where the falls are late and mild the chrysanthemums may 

 be brought to bloom under a protection of plant cloth. 



It is an easy matter to get plants for stock, as there is 

 always a surplus as the cutting season draws to a close. 

 Pack the old roots into a box or flat, which may be kept 

 in any cool Hghf place, with an occasional watering to keep 

 the soil from drying out, until January or February, when 

 more water and a higher temperature should be given to 

 start them into active growth. 



Materials for Spring Work Indoors 



This is the last chance to make preparations for starting 

 seedlings and cuttings in the spring. Secure at once a 



