For perfect blooms of the large flowered chrysanthemums, only one stem is allowed to The hardy chrysanthemums that grace our gardens in late fall are most 

 a plant and a greenhouse is essential effective when grown with a profusion of flowers 



The Golden Flower for Everybody's Garden — By s. b. Mitchell 



THE REMARKABLE ADAPTABILITY OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AS A FLOWER FOR EVERYBODY'S 

 GARDEN — WHAT TO DO WITH THE OLD PLANTS THIS FALL TO HAVE SUCCESS NEXT YEAR 



NO WONDER the golden flower of 

 Japan is a universal favorite, for 

 its region of successful cultivation seems 

 to know no bounds. From the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific it reigns at this season as 

 the one effective successful flower of both 

 our gardens and greenhouses. In the East- 

 ern states its greater magnificence is seen in 

 the "large flowering" kinds 

 that need the protection of a 

 house to develop in perfection, 

 but at the same time there 

 are the hardy garden types 

 equally diverse in form and 

 color. In all the warmer 

 regions of the country the 

 large-flowered type can be 

 easily grown as a garden plant. 

 East or West the cultural in- 

 structions are the same — they 

 are interchangeable — only the 

 kind of plant changes, as the 

 following remarks, written in 

 California will show. The 

 author has in mind the large 

 flowered type such as graces 

 the exhibition boards of the 

 East, but the Eastern amateur 

 can apply all the lessons, as 

 they appertain equally to the 

 smaller flowered hardier kinds 

 of his border: — The Editors. 



Of all fall flowers from New England 

 to California the chrysanthemum is the 

 most grown, and gives the best returns 

 in cut flowers and even in garden decora- 

 tion, yet it is very often neglected, and the 

 old plants left to drag out a miserable 

 existence from year to year. Even when 

 they are properly separated the single 



cut flowers they are best arranged loosely — as they grow 

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stems are often allowed to grow many 

 feet high, with a tight bunch of flowers at 

 the top. The following practice will enable 

 even the beginner to do very well. 



After the plants have finished blooming 

 in the fall, if you require the place for 

 something else, dig up the clumps, cut 

 the old stems to the ground, and replant in 

 some inconspicuous part of the 

 garden. By late March or 

 April, which is quite as early 

 as it is desirable to start new 

 plants not intended for ex- 

 hibition, these old roots will 

 be a mass of young growths, 

 each of which is available to 

 make a new plant. A very 

 simple way which has given 

 quite good results is to take 

 off each of these new shoots 

 with a few roots attached, 

 cut off the top so as to leave 

 only half a dozen leaves, and 

 plant at once where it is to 

 bloom. This method, how- 

 ever, is not well adapted to 

 the East. A more approved 

 method is to get rejuvenated 

 plants by making cuttings of 

 three inches from the tops of 

 the new shoots, severing them 

 just below a joint in the 



