JOS. W. VESTAL & SON • Box 871 • LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 
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Vestal's Chrysanthemums 
T HE Chrysanthemum is one of the world’s oldest cultivated flowers. Originating in China, 
“The Mother of Gardens,” as tiny pink and yellow daisies, less than an inch in diameter, it 
was taken into their gardens by both the Chinese and Japanese, and, through centuries of 
breeding and selection by those painstaking plant-lovers, has been developed into the glorious ex¬ 
hibition and garden varieties we have today. 
There are several distinct types in cultivation today, the most important of which we offer below. 
The so-called Japanese or Exhibition type, grown under glass in the North and in gardens in the 
South, requires care and good culture to produce the mammoth flowers so desired. 
The Hardy Garden Chrysanthemums, the Pompons, Buttons, and Singles are truly everybody’s 
flower, blooming in splendid sprays. They are easy to grow and furnish quantities of long-lasting 
cut-flowers, or brighten the garden for many weeks. 
HINTS ON CHRYSANTHEMUM-GROWING 
Young plants may be set out any time the ground can be worked, from early spring until the first of 
July. Chrysanthemums prefer sandy clay soil with a mixture of well-rotted cow-manure. They are gross 
feeders and will use great quantities of liquid manure at the time the buds are developing. For largest 
flowers, strong outdoor plants can support four stiff stems, one flower to each. Do not allow more than tour 
shoots to grow, and examine the plants carefully to remove all lateral buds, leaving the main terminal bud 
untouched. If the flower-buds form in early summer or spring, remove them. They will not interfere with 
autumn bloom. 
The finest garden display is obtained from growing the Pompon or Button varieties in the garden without 
disbudding, allowing them to bloom naturally in clusters. 
Plant-lice or aphis are about the only insect pests. A spray of Nicotine Sulphate or Pyrethrum extract 
will kill them. 
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