Sash Houses of Lowe & Shawyer, Ltd. near London, England, in which Chrysanthemums are 
grown. These inexpensive houses should interest American Mum growers because of their econom¬ 
ical construction and the ideal condition they provide for cool temperature crops. 
For Pompons grown in the open we leave the rolled up cloth in position 
ready to roll over the bed for protection against a possible frost. We go still 
further in this by running a few 1 inch steam pipes down the walks. They 
are not often needed for late September Pompons, but they save the crop 
one year out of three or four, and generally the crop is valuable after a hard 
early freeze. In our latitude the more substantial protection of a glass roof 
as well as some artificial heat is necessary for clean finished, marketable 
flowers around October 10-15th. The choice November kind, such as Betty 
Watkins, Bobbie, Chicago Pearl, Dream, Mrs. Beu, Yellow New York and Mary 
Lennon Hall are flowered around the above dates by starting the shade 
August 15th. 
These varieties are, of course, superior to such as flower naturally in Oc¬ 
tober. On the other hand, the following, that flower naturally in that month, 
without shading are very excellent. Nuggets, Improved Rodell, lewell. White 
Jewell, Minong, Pink Dot and Yellow Dot. 
The Big Mums 
The large standard Mums are not so hard and therefore will not stand 
exposure to moisture as will the Pompons, yet we have noted in the latitude 
of New York City 6 ft. outdoor beds of October kind shaded into flower around 
the middle of September under the protection of nothing more than hot bed 
sash, and such sash most every grower has an ideal supply of during late 
summer and fall. In most locations such a plan would call for protection 
against insects which could be done with aster cloth for the sides of such 
a bed. With this plan the sash need not be put in place until perhaps mid¬ 
summer. At that time their protection with perhaps a slight shade, will tend 
to keep the growth soft and draw the stems some. Such a bed would have 
to be in a sheltered location and the cloth or paper for shading could be un¬ 
rolled across the top and down both sides in wide, 18 ft. sections, as sug- 
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