VARIOUS SEPTEMBER 
: Botanical Height : 
Color English Name and Description and Time of 
Name Synonyms Situation Bloom 
vars. are:—* Boston; (effect color nos. 
10 to 13 redder, centre 4), yellowish 
orange. Constance; (sulphur-white 
with centre color no. 4), yellowish 
white with dull yellow centre. *Mzss 
Rhoe; (color no. 6 lightly suffused 
with 13), rich yellow tinged with 
orange. *Sir Walter Raleigh; (color 
nos. 10 to 14), yellow merging into 
terra cotta. *Northumberland: (ef- 
fect 19 deep, centre 4), vermilion with 
yellow centre. 
Anemone-flowered Pompon Chrys- 
anthemums. Pretty single flowers 
resembling Japanese Anemones, less 
hardy than the Button Pompons, but 
grown in open air successfully. Pro- 
tect in winter. Prop. by seed and 
cuttings. Rich mellow soil. Hort. 
Some good vars. are:—Antonicus, 
bright yellow. Clara Owen, pale 
straw color. Descartes, crimson-red. 
*Emily Rowbottom; (white with cen- 
tre color no. 2), white with pale yellow 
centre. *Reine des Anemones, (white 
tinged with color no. 36 pale, centre 
4 dull), pinkish white with large yel- 
low centre. Rose Marguerite; (color 
bet. nos. 40 & 41, centre dull 4), dull 
magenta with large yellow centre. 
Aster or Large-flowering Pompon 
Chrysanthemums. Brilliantly beauti- 
ful_large double flowers, larger and 
looser petaled than the old-fashioned 
button-shaped Pompons and not as 
hardy. Effective in rows or masses in 
border or edge of shrubbery. Prop. 
by seed and cuttings. Any good gar- 
den soil. Hort. See Plate, page 442. The 
following are some of the best kinds: 
White vars.: Ashbury, sulphur- 
white. Hester, pearl-white. ** Prince 
of Wales, pure white. *Queen of the 
Whites, pure white. *Saeur Mélanie, 
pure white, rather ragged petals. St. 
Anselm, pure white. 
Yellow vars.: *Allen Town; (color 
no. bet. 6 pale & 7), semi-double. 
Bohemia; (color no. 3), clear yellow. 
Petals rather large and semi-double. 
* Douckelaori; (color no. 3), clear yel- 
low. Fred J.; (color no. 6 very light), 
warm light yellow. *Globe d’Or; 
(color no. 3 light), clear yellow. A 
standard var. Sir Michael; (color 
no. 3), lemon-yellow. Sunshine; 
(color no. 3), clear yellow. Petals 
somewhat ragged. Zenobia; (color 
no. 3). rather large and loose petals. 
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