CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
TO YOUR AUTUMN THIS YEAR 
CHRYSANTHEMUM CULTURE 
Fertilize the soil if it needs it; keep the weeds fewer and smaller than 
the Mums (they will soon be able to help by shading the ground and 
taking all the space for themselves.) For bushy, sturdy plants, pinch out 
the top growth occasionally until early July to make more side branches 
develop. Then in the fall, just thoroughly enjoy them. Invite your friends 
to see and share your pleasure. You can pick them, give them away 
and still have them because they bloom and bloom. 
This is one flower that is most effective planted in wide 
variety, using many different colors, types and blooming 
dates to give you the maximum pleasure for the longest time. 
One kind accents and supplements another; the more, the 
better. 
King Midas. See illustration, which does not do it justice. 
This is one of the best yellows, a much brighter, clearer 
yellow than indicated by the picture. The petals are 
broad and it is fully double, densely petaled. Very hardy 
and rugged, it makes a real display. 2}/2 feet. Sept. 
Lavender Lady. See illustration. Probably one of the 
most popular garden Chrysanthemums ever introduced, 
with its popularity well deserved. It is a faultless plant 
with large, double, lavender flowers, fresh and clear in 
color. 23^2 feet. Late Sept. on. 
Mrs. Pierre S. du Pont III. See illustration. The general 
color effect of this fine variety is soft peach, much more^ 
of a peach tint than shows in the picture. The bright 
gold tipping the center petals is delightfully accurate, 
however. The outer petals become a very light fawn. 
A glorious, pastel cut-flower. 2}4 feet. Early Oct. 
Rapture. A blend of orange-bronze and carmine-red, with 
the accent on the carmine. The very fine-petaled center 
remains incurved almost indefinitely. 2 34-inch blooms. 
Strong, bushy plants 23^ feet tall. Early Oct. 
Red Velvet. Velvety crimson. Holds its color well. 
Shapely, fully double flowers on erect, clean-growing 
plants. Perhaps the best of all the hardy crimson garden 
Mums. Fine in every way. 2}^ feet. Early Oct. 
The Chief. See illustration. Brilliant, clear 
scarlet and gold in a richly beautiful combin- 
ation. The gold-backed petals curve artfully to 
display their golden tips and give it an un- 
usually interesting form, like a burst of fire- 
works from a rocket. 2^ feet. Oct. 
$4.65 
for 
12 
Indian Summer 
