THE POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUM 169 



earlier and harder than my near neighbours. 

 It is a particular satisfaction, therefore, to 

 have my chrysanthemums come into bloom 

 about the time that everything else is killed. 

 My sneeze weed and sweet alyssum were the 

 only flowers left to me, except some very 

 feeble stocks, when the chrysanthemums 

 were large enough to pick last year, and even 

 those were soon gone. Last fall the first 

 killing frost came September 27th; the frosts 

 came almost nightly after the first week in 

 October; the flowers were in bloom, large 

 enough to pick, on October 12th, and 

 gave a constant supply from that time on. 

 The last picking was on November 12th, the 

 plants having twice gone through frosts of 

 eighteen degrees; but for some time longer 

 the flowers were effective when seen from a 

 distance, although too much injured to look 

 well at close quarters in the house. 



"As cut flowers some of the bunches lasted 

 three weeks; but after they had suff'ered 

 from many frosts they lasted less than a week. 



HOW TO GET MORE FLOWERS 



"The pompon chrysanthemums are easily 

 increased by division of the roots. Each 



