MY FAVORITE GARDEN CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
When every other flower has succumbed to the frost. Hardy Chrysanthemums 
hold full sway in the garden 
Farr’s Hardy Chrysanthemums 
W HEN a gardener plans for a collection of Hardy Chrysanthemums, 
and bases his selection on the blooms displayed at the various 
flower shows, he should remember that these specimen flowers are 
grown under glass, and that many times they include late varie¬ 
ties which will not bloom out-of-doors in our latitude. Therefore, it follows 
that the most desirable Chrysanthemums for garden culture are those 
included in the extra-early and the early-flowering sections. One can easily 
select those which begin to bloom early in the season, which never fail to 
supply a goodly number of flowers, and which continue in bloom until the 
plants are cut down by frost. 
With this thought in mind, we at once turn to that grand variety, 
Bohemia, which stands alone as the very earliest garden Chrysanthemum. 
It comes into flower almost a full month ahead of any other variety, and 
what is more remarkable is that its great masses of deep, golden yellow 
blooms are in full perfection when the late varieties arc just beginning to 
show color. 
Next to Bohemia in earliness is Zenobia, which never fails to give a 
profusion of blooms. The beautiful double flowers are a little deeper in 
color than Bohemia. Both of these varieties belong to the Pompon class. 
A good collection of I lardy Chrysanthemums will, of course, include one 
or more varieties of the dainty little Button-flowered sorts, of which Golden 
West, with its profusion of small blooms similar to Baby, may be considered 
one of the very best. 
Perhaps among the very large-flowering types, the most striking of all is 
Glory of Seven Oaks, whose double flowers arc almost on a par with the 
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