GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
We grow only the best varieties and 
take great pride and care in their culti- 
‘vation, always adding the best of the 
new introductions as soon as proved 
worthy. We are prepared to supply the 
popular early varieties generally used 
for All Saints’ Day in quantities 
Such as Mrs. H. Robinson, Mrs. Bassett, 
Honesty, H. Cannell, Monrovia and Col. 
Appleton. When ordering state whether 
you wish early or late flowering kinds. 
If selection is left to us will give you a 
good assortment of various colors. 
Cultural Directions for Chrysanthemums. 
When to Plant—Any time after the 
ground can be worked up to July 1st will 
give you good blooming plants in the 
fall. 
Soil—Dig the ground deep, mix a quan- 
tity of well rotted manure or bone meal 
with the soil, as the Chrysanthemum is 
a gross feeder, if fed well the flowers 
will be large and the plant strong. 
Disbudding, Stopping and Tying.— 
When your plant is 8 inches high cut 
back to 6 inches, allow your shoots to 
grow from the main trunk. Repeat this 
operation if you want many flowers, but 
if you desire to grow large blooms let 
only two or three shoots grow, removing 
all others. As the shoots lengthen tie 
each one separately to a stake to insure 
straight stems. Disbudding means to re- 
move all the buds save one. With most 
varieties it is safer to remove the first 
bud, which usually appears during June 
or July, the next shoot developing will 
produce what is called a terminal bud, 
and it gives as a rule with few excep- 
Plant Sunflower for Chicken Feed, and Steckler’s Grass Seed Mixture. 
