Showing method of applying black-cloth shade. This shading plan requires 
two men, a half-hour to let down the cloth, and the same time to put up. John L. 
Lunsted of Clifton, N. J., does this more efficiently by running a shaft down 
center, inside of house, to which are attached the controlling ropes. With a crank 
on shaft, all the cloth is rolled up and down at once with ease. 
are: Nuggets, Pink Dot, Dream, Chi¬ 
cago Pearl, New York, Irene, Betty 
Watkins, Mrs. Wilcox and Silver Ball 
disbudded. And there are plenty of 
others, for any variety will do except 
such as are soft. 
I should qualify this by stating that 
excessive heat and strong sun in late 
September will fade some life out of 
most pink and bronze varieties. No¬ 
vember varieties in these colors come 
well with us flowered around October 
1, or with cooler weather. 
Our spacing of pompons is 8x8 inches, 
except New York, which does not seem 
to break so freely, so that the spacing 
should be closer, 6 or 7x8 inches, ac¬ 
cording to the strength of the plants. 
We top all pompons for black-cloth 
shading around June 10—not much 
later. Our spacing for nearly all stand¬ 
ards is 6x8 inches, one flower to a 
plant. Most retail growers carry some 
three to five to a plant, producing 
medium-size flowers to good advantage, 
but where one depends on a highly 
competitive wholesale market the cul¬ 
ture must be different. 
Hardness. 
Among the big standards, too, there 
is considerable difference in hardness 
of flowers, and when losses occur 
through rot, it hurts. Much loss 
through spotting or rot of even good, 
hard varieties is caused by running 
houses too cold and damp. It is all 
right to carry them quite cool, but do 
so with plenty of ventilation day and 
night. 
Give the choice of varieties close 
consideration, using untried ones in a 
tentative way. A trial lot of Tom 
Browne was a total loss this season 
with us. Ambassador we find soft when 
flowered late in September, but fine in 
early October. In fact, size in most 
flowers seems to be attained at the cost 
of hardness. A classical example is the 
Turners. Under favoring conditions, 
these big fellows will finish splendidly. 
But summer conditions frequently set¬ 
tle on our latitude the last half of Sep¬ 
tember, and only the hard ones will 
stand it. 
Silver Sheen we find as nearly per¬ 
fect as it can be. It is a good size, 
too, when well grown, and white is 
always wanted. Mrs. Kidder is our 
favorite yellow, and Friendly Rival is 
the same golden yellow in September 
as in November. Late September 
weather will fade Gladys Pearson to 
nearly a clear yellow; the variety is 
unusually good, though. So is Citro- 
nella. This variety is rather short¬ 
stemmed and must have an early start. 
Most of our mums are grown in cold, 
or sash houses, with well drained 
ground beds. For reasons we cannot ex- 
"Enclose Your Mum With Your Seed Order" 
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