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(Continued from page 92) 
The hallway of a city house, when it 
opens directly from the street, should be 
given a formal treatment. That is the 
style chosen for the house in the next 
illustration. The walls are painted 
white. The floor is black and white 
tiles and the stair rail and door to a 
studio beyond of wrought iron. A red 
curtain hangs behind the fretting of the 
door. An accent of color is given the 
corner by a majolica Italian vase on a 
painted shelf. If marble tiling would 
seem too expensive one might substitute 
linoleum tiles or a black and white lino¬ 
leum made up to simulate tiles. 
An interesting decorative scheme for 
a card room is crystalized in the window 
shown next. The walls are finished in 
yellow lacquer with black and red out¬ 
lining the paneling while the over¬ 
mantel wall space as well as the pillar, 
which has been built in between the 
windows to cover the steam pipes, are 
decorated in the jolly little figures from 
the “Happy Chinaman” printed linen 
used for the window draperies. The 
window frames are [tainted in a Chinese 
design which fittingly frames this pic¬ 
torial chintz with its bright blue back¬ 
ground figured in black, white, red, 
purple and yellow. The little gate¬ 
legged table is painted in yellow and 
black lacquer and the lamp is blue. 
For the last illustration we find a 
dignified design for a built-in bookcase 
to fill a corner of a room. The detail 
of molding conforms with that used to 
panel the walls. A comfortable reading 
group, of deep chair, table and lamp, 
is placed nearby. 
Chrysanthemums for the Autumn Garden 
(Continued from page 62) 
been criticised for describing this as the 
best method of growing outdoor ’mums, 
but I am convinced it is the best for one 
who is looking for the largest flowers 
and most vigorous plants. If thinning 
out is not practiced it will result in a 
bad case of overcrowding, with the re¬ 
sult that the flowers and sprays will not 
be nearly as large as they otherwise 
might be. 
Plants can be set out 18" to 2' apart, 
according to variety. After they com¬ 
mence growing the tips may be pinched 
a few times to induce the plants to make 
a bushy growth. This is greatly to be 
preferred to one or two straggly shoots 
with the foliage all gone from the bot¬ 
tom, which is the kind of plant usually 
associated with the hardy chrysanthe¬ 
mum in the public mind. 
By the judicious pinching of chrysan¬ 
themums they can be made into ideal 
bush plants. This pinching can be prac¬ 
ticed until the middle of June, after 
which time the shoots should be per¬ 
mitted to grow up. Pinching eliminates 
the need of stakes on most varieties. 
The question of the best place to set 
out ’mums is of some importance. The 
ideal location for whole beds of them is 
a southern or eastern exposure protected 
from the northwest winds. It is from 
the northwest that most of the frosts 
come in the early fall, and if the plants 
are protected from that quarter the ex¬ 
pense of covering them on cold nights 
will be eliminated. 
In connection with the effects of frost, 
it is interesting to note that if the first 
cold night or two happens to nip the 
open flowers no great harm will be done, 
as these flowers can be picked off and 
other buds will continue to develop so 
that in another few days the plants will 
be as beautiful as ever. It often hap¬ 
pens that we have a few cold nights and 
then the beautiful Indian Summer 
weather comes on. Then the chrysan¬ 
themums are wonderful for many weeks, 
blending splendidly with the autumn’s 
scarlet, gold and bronze. 
Chrysanthemums prefer a well-drained 
location, not so much on account of the 
summer growth or fall blooming period 
as for carrying the plants over the win¬ 
ter. Chrysanthemums will die out if 
their roots stand in water during the 
winter months, since the thawing and 
freezing will cause the roots to rot out 
entirely. 
In July, when the weather is very hot 
and muggy on account of the thunder¬ 
storms, septoria or leaf-spot is likely to 
become troublesome to the plants. When 
this disease shows the foliage should be 
kept sprayed with a solution of sulphide 
of potassium in the proportion of half 
an ounce to a gallon of water. Another 
remedy that is usually efficacious in 
treating this disease is “Fungine,” which 
comes already prepared for use. Sep¬ 
toria should not be confused with the 
natural ripening of the leaves which 
takes place at the base of the plants. 
As the plants mature and acquire bark 
the bottom leaves, having fulfilled their 
mission, will turn yellow and drop off. 
However, septoria is easily distinguished 
from the natural ripening of the leaves 
by the dark spot which appears in the 
center of each leaf affected, the spores 
from this spreading readily over the 
whole plant if not checked. 
Among the insect pests, black and 
green fly must be combatted with nico¬ 
tine solutions sprayed on the plants in 
the evening. It often happens that the 
larvae of the common lady-bug dis¬ 
covers these aphides on ’mums, and a 
few of them will keep a batch of plants 
entirely free of the pests. The lady-bug 
is one of the gardener’s best friends. 
In some sections grasshoppers are 
troublesome pests and difficult to de¬ 
stroy, though if one gets up early in the 
morning before the sun has a chance to 
warm them they can be readily picked off. 
Caterpillars will appear to a greater 
or less extent all through the season. If 
they are not very numerous hand-pick¬ 
ing can be practiced, but if they are in 
large numbers the plants and foliage 
should be sprayed with a light solution 
of Paris Green and arsenate of lead. 
The caterpillar is an omnivorous feeder 
and easily poisoned, but care must be 
taken that while the solution is strong 
enough to kill the pest, it is not so 
strong as to injure the foliage. 
If chrysanthemums are set out in a 
good rich soil, they will carry through 
without any great proportion of addi¬ 
tional fertilizer, although when they 
commence to grow vigorously they are 
the grossest feeders we have among 
plants. A summer mulch of well de¬ 
composed cow manure is valuable. It 
conserves the moisture in the soil, and 
as the rain washes it in it carries the 
fertilizing element to the roots. Plants 
growing in greenhouses require a much 
greater amount of feeding than garden 
'mums, and will use up much of liquid 
manure when the buds are swelling. 
In conclusion, if you have not joined 
the ranks of chrysanthemum lovers, let 
me urge you to do so as soon as pos¬ 
sible. Make a careful note of the varie¬ 
ties that appeal to you in your friends’ 
gardens, visit the chrysanthemum exhi¬ 
bitions that will soon be taking place in 
all parts of the country, and next year 
plan your garden to give you flowers 
from April to Thanksgiving, instead of 
simply marking time when Jack Frost 
has swept through and deprived you of 
all your favorite summer flowers. The 
hardy ’mums will still bravely hold 
their own after all other flowers have 
passed on. 
