ELMER D. SMITH & CO. 
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FRONT 
FRONT 
WINTER PROTECTION 
The protection of hardy or garden varieties of Chrysanthemums is a subject 
that interests many of our customers. The preceding year’s growth dies and the 
underground stems or rhizomes are really what should be protected so as to 
survive and make new growth for the following year. It is not so much the 
severity of the winter that causes the plants to perish as the continued freezing 
and thawing. With this in mind it is best to use some form of light protection 
which will shade the ground and prevent thawing after it has frozen. Leaves 
are satisfactory if not used too heavily so as to smother out the plants. If 
used with some brush on top to keep them in position they will be practical. 
Those having evergreen boughs or cornstalks will find them very serviceable 
for this purpose as they will admit the air and shade the ground. When the 
plants are situated near a building that affords some warmth they very often 
survive the winter without a covering of any kind. 
