September, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XV 



seen covered with snow, bearing aloft their 

 wealth of crimson, of silver and of gold. 



Unlike the florists chrysanthemums they 

 show no great size of bloom, but depend upon 

 the quantity of blooms in a spray for effect, 

 and in this way are most lavish. The flowers 

 vary in size from the inch in diameter of the 

 smallest pompon varieties to two and three 

 inches of the larger sorts. Almost every 

 shade of crimson, rosy-pink and of yellow are 

 shown, and a generous amount of white is 

 always possible, so that while but one flower 

 the color scheme may be so varied and ex- 

 tended as to make a whole garden of 

 chrysanthemums by no means monotonous, 

 and where they are to be a feature of the fall 

 garden they should be planted by the dozens, 

 or, if possible, by the hundreds, massing the 

 colors as much as possible. The culture is 

 simplicity itself, it 6nly being necessary to 

 give a good, rich soil — good garden loam en- 

 riched with old, well-rotted manure — and 

 liberal cultivation to reap a rich harvest of 

 bloom year after year, for they are perfectly 

 hardy, requiring only slight protection dur- 

 ing winter. In the spring they send up num- 

 erous shoots from the roots and a portion 

 of these may be removed to start other plants, 

 or the plants may be increased by root di- 

 vision, or cuttings may be taken from the new 

 growth and rooted in wet sand or moist 

 earth, or any preferred way. 



They should not be allowed to suffer for 

 water, especially when setting their buds, and 

 at this time an occasional drink of liquid 

 manure will be helpful. 



Then there are the hardy asters or 

 Michaelmas daisies, which are almost as late 

 blooming as the chrysanthemums, and add 

 their blue and mauve and heliotrope to the 

 chrysanthemums' crimson and gold. Some of 

 these extend the blooming period well into 

 November, as the Trinervusa, rich violet- 

 purple, and Datschi, a pure white, and 

 Grandiflorus, said to be the latest flowering 

 of all. 



To this already fine list may be added the 

 moonpenny daisies which bloom late in Oc- 

 tober. Among these may be noted the so 

 popular Shasta daisy and its improved form, 

 Alaska, with bloom four and a half and five 

 inches across. 



The hardy sunflowers add their glow to 

 the late fall garden, and give a wealth of 

 bloom in October, Maximiliana perfecting 

 its double flowers during this month, and 

 Miss Mellish gives quantities of single golden 

 flowers on stems six or seven feet high, and 

 furnishes a superb background for the lower 

 growing chrysanthemums. 



But the tale of the late fall garden does not 

 end with the chrysanthemum family by any 

 means, there is still that finest of all plants, 

 the hardy anemone, or windflowers. It is 

 doubtful if the whole garden's calendar pro- 

 duces anything finer than these pants; for 

 beauty of form and color they are unique. 

 Pure white, rose-pink and shades of crimson 

 in single, semi-double and double forms are 

 produced, and all with lovely centers of 

 golden stamens, like a wichuraiana rose, the 

 flowers borne well above the foliage on stiff 

 stems admirable for cutting. These, like the 

 chrysanthemums, are of the simplest culture, 

 and may be grown in almost any soil, but has 

 a preference for leaf mold and deep, well- 

 worked soil well drained. It is increased by 

 root division, and as the root forms rhizomes 

 which spread rapidly, throwing up new 

 plants at every joint, the stock of plants 

 grows rapidly, and once planted a consider- 

 able colony is an assured fact in the near 

 future. 



The finest of the various white varieties 

 is undoubtedly the Whirlwind — a large, 



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