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Syriacus). 10-12 ft. A straggling bush that needs the pruning knife 
to keep it in shape. Flowers very large in white, pink, red, and purple, 
or rather a raw magenta. In proper color a very beautiful shrub. 
Give a deep rich soil, sheltered position and mulch about the root as it 
is not always hardy in the far North, 
SEPTEMBER 
PINK PERENNIALS 
ANEMONE (A. Japonica, var. elegantissima and Mont Rose). 2-3 ft. 
Two very beautiful pink varieties of this charming flower. They should 
have a well-drained location, which may be secured by digging a deep 
bed, with six inches of loose stones or broken rock at the bottom, then 
cover with eight inches of rich loam in which the roots are planted with 
sand about them, two inches deep with the bud-end up, then over the 
loam place three inches of cow manure, raking it smooth. Plant very 
early and water once or twice a day until they flower. This method of 
culture is said to produce plants of extraordinary vigor and enormous 
flowers. Do not let any manure come within two inches of the roots. 
See A. White Per., September. 
Aster. New England (A. Nove-Anglia, var. rosea). 2 ft. A rose- 
colored variety of a native aster of great beauty under cultivation. 
Spreads at the root. 
Bortonta (B. levigata). 4 ft. A large rose-colored variety of a 
plant resembling the Aster, bearing large much-branched terminal heads 
of small rayed flowers; also a lavender variety, B. latisquima. For cul- 
ture, see B. asteroides, White Per., September. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. Pompon (C. Indicum, var. roseum). 3 ft. A 
very hardy form of C. with handsome foliage that turns a rich sap green 
and purplish red underneath and bears terminal clusters of old-rose- 
colored flowers. The general advice is to nip off the tips of stems in 
July or August to induce branching and more bloom; but it also retards 
the bloom somewhat, and where frosts come early and cut down a 
plant before it is in perfection of bloom, it may be better to let the plant 
develop naturally, depending upon a rich moist:soil and full sun to de- 
velop fine blooms. Cheese-cloth covering is sufficient to protect the 
plants from the early light frosts. Propagate by suckers, division of the 
root in spring and by cuttings. See Yellow and Red Per., October. 
