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Pompon or Baby Chrysanthemums 
Price, 15c each; any six for 75c; 12 for $1.25 
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HINTS ON CHRYSANTHEMUM CROWINC 
WHEN TO PLANT This depends on the section, but usually 
any time that the ground can be worked 
from the first of March up to the first of July. 
SOIL Any soil that will grow other flowers or crops will grow 
chrysanthemums, preferably a sandy clay loam with a 
mixture of well-rotted cow manure. 
FEEDING Chrysanthemums are gross feeders but there is no set 
rule for the amount of fertilizer to use. as this will 
depend on the richness of the soil in the beginning. Liquid manure 
water may be applied every three weeks during the growing season 
up to the time the buds show color. Do not fertilize after the flow¬ 
ers are opening. 
TRAINING A strong outdoor plant can support four strong 
shoots and produce large blossoms. When the plants 
are 8 inches high pinch out the tops, and after the new shoots appear 
select the four strongest to produce the blossoms. Remove all the 
rest of the shoots except these four. When the shoots have grown 
enough to need staking, tie them to a stake, but not too tight. 
Every 5 or ft,'days the plants should be examined, and with the 
thumb and forefinger remove all the lateral buds that come out at 
the axil of the leaves, but always leave the main terminal bud 
undisturbed. In case the main shoot gets broken off, select the next 
strongest lateral bud just below and carry on as before. 
Sometimes chrysanthemum plants that are propagated in the 
greenhouse early in the Winter, before the plants have had a suffi¬ 
cient rest, will form flower buds in early Spring and Summer. 
These will in no way effect the blooming qualities of the plants in 
the Fall. Remove these immature flower buds as soon as noticed, 
and if they persist in forming, keep on removing them by pinching 
out the tops until a strong growth shoot appears for the lower part 
of the plant. 
ENEMIES Green and Black Aphis are the most destructive insect 
pests, but one or two applications of Nicotine Sulphate 
applied at the rate of one teaspoonful to a quart of water and 
sprayed on the plants will completely destroy these insects. 
GOLDEN FEATHER One of the handsomest of tawny yellows. 
Brilliant old gold describes it. 
CAPTAIN COOK The color is a lovely shade of rose-pink, very 
brilliant and free from lavender tones. 
CHRISTMAS GOLD “Baby ’Mum.” Golden yellow. Flowers in 
December. 
FIRE BIRD While not extra early, this is the best early red we 
have seen. Color very bright; strong upright growth. 
COLD COIN A large bright yellow flowering pompon. 
GOLDEN CLIMAX A very pleasing shade of bright yellow; 
medium. 
GOLDEN SCEPTRE Belongs to the intermediate sections, being 
one and three quarters to two inches in diam¬ 
eter ; color very bright yellow. Matures November 25. 
HILDA CANNING A very attractive bronze of the small flowered 
section. Very striking and desirable. 
ILLONA R^y lavender, much the same color as Western Beauty 
but produces larger sprays. 
LILLIAN DOTY One of the best pinks of the larger flowered 
pompons. 
MARY ANN Large flowered and bright pink on long, stiff 
stems. 
MRS. H. HARRISON Very early, light daybreak pink; when 
matured, pearl white. 
MRS. NELLIE KLERIS A fine sturdy grower. Very fine shade 
of clear pink. 
NUGGETS Best large button type yellow for early November. 
Fine for pot culture. 
SAVANNAH One of the very best yellows. 
SILVER BALL Very pure white and exceedingly perfect in form. 
It is much earlier than White Doty, being fully 
matured by October 12. 
UNALCA An intense yellow, even brighter than Christmas Gold. 
Three and one quarter inches when disbudded. May 
also be grown naturally to sprays to advantage, producing eight 
to ten flowers 2% inches in diameter. 
VARSITY A greatly improved Golden Baby, larger size; quite 
round; comes in just before Christmas. 
VASCO This variety is very serviceable grown either in sprays 
or disbudded. Its color is bright, glowing yellow. 
VERA VICTORIA One of our very best yellows for mid-Novem¬ 
ber. Makes a strong growth and gives a heavy 
cut from the space occupied. The sprays are fine, and the color 
is a clear deep yellow. 
WESTERN BEAUTY Flower large, deep rose-pink; stiff up¬ 
right growth. 
WHITE GEM A worthy companion for Little Gem, being of the 
same general character except in color, which is 
pure white. Strong, vigorous growth, maturing mid-season. 
