PIPER'S CASCADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
CULTURAL NOTES 
The Cascade Chrysanthemums are becoming the favored queen of Autumn flowers. A few words on 
the culture of these beautiful flowers, which may be obtained from seeds. 
It is very easily grown, and makes a wonderful subject for cutting and pot work, either as a bush- 
plant or, as the name suggests, for decorating, falling as it does in cascades of beautiful flowers. 
In preparing the soil for seeds, which should be sown in February or March, equal parts of garden 
soil, leafmold, and sharp sand makes an admirable mixture. It is sufficiently porous, so that the seedlings 
will grow freely. 
Fill pans or pots within three-quarters of an inch of the top, using broken crocks or ashes to insure 
correct drainage, sifting the soil to make an even surface for sowing the seed. Water the receptacles, and 
allow to stand for one day, then sow the seeds and cover lightly. 
When seedlings show the fourth leaf, prick out into small pots, using any good fresh soil, the 
following mixture preferable: one part loam, one-quarter part rotted manure, one-sixteenth part sand. As 
plants continue to grow, increase the size of the pots, and also add to the above mixture one-fiftieth part of 
bone meal. 
To obtain upright specimen pot plants, the young plants (when about four inches tall) should be 
pinched back until the second week in July, to furnish a well-shaped plant. 
For the cascade specimens, the young plants must be kept tied down to a stick placed in the pot at 
an angle of 45 degrees, and the point of the stick to point to the North until the middle of August. All 
laterals are kept pinched back, and when the buds are perfectly formed the stick is removed and the plant 
allowed to hang over the side of the pot. After this time the growths are faced to the South. This will 
insure perfect raceme of flowers. 
CASCADE VARIETIES 
Anna Pure White Single............November I 
Brown Button Bronze Pompon........November 10 
Jane Harte Yellow Single.....November I 
Shooting Star Yellow Anemone Small......November 10 
Bronze Single .........November I 
Pink Single ...........November I 
Red Single .......November I 
#2.50 per dozen, #15.00 per 100. 
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