PREFACE 
A number of years ago I became enamored with the stately, large 
incurved types of chrysanthemums as grown by the florists, and began 
experimenting with growing these big-flowering varieties in the open garden 
here. This soon developed into quite a hobby, and finding it expensive to 
be constantly acquiring new (to me at least) varieties to try out, I found 
it not only expedient but necessary that I dispose of my surplus plants 
each Spring at popular prices, to help make my hobby self-supporting. 
This explains the little advertisement of mine which you perhaps have 
noticed. 
I found that I can grow them fully as large as the average hothouse 
grown mum, but with not quite the “finish” that is possible under glass. 
This I have done now for several years in my own garden here, right out 
in the open. I have grown prac.ically all of the better known varieties, and 
many of the newer ones, and lionestly believe I have as good a private 
collection of these varieties as can be found in the Southeast. I have had 
worlds of pleasure and satisfaction in producing these big blooms in the 
open garde'n, but found out that many new and highly recommended varieties 
did not always come up to expectations; thai it is hard to improve upon 
such grand old varieties as the Turners, Pocketts, Snow White, Pearsons, 
and many others, and still retain their size and other good points. This I 
believe is because this type of chrys'anthemum is much further along in 
its stage of evolution, and while all varieties have features that could be 
improved upon, the higher a variety is in the scale of its evolution the harder 
it is to obtain a better hybrid. For this reason additions to the truly “big” 
class will be small. 
On the other hand, however, the new pompons, buttons, singles and 
other hardies offer an almost endless field for the hybridizer, and in addition 
even to these, the anemone types add the possibility of marvelous color 
combinations due to their inclination to have the disc one color and the 
ray florets another. I will constantly add to these classes. 
Of course the latest and greatest advance in the chrysanthemum field 
is the Korean Hybrids. They combine considerable hardiness with new color 
possibilities, and will within the next few years become the favorites over the 
central portion of the United States for garden culture. From year to year 
I will add the best of these varieties to my collection. 
Two 3xars ago I obtained from Japan some of the mountain or cascade 
Upes and grew them the past two years. Thej^ are the last word in daint- 
ir^ess—the stems being long, slender and bend easily. They make ideal 
plants when grown in pots or boxes, and the foliage trained to hang down. 
To obtain the ibest results though, it is better to “assist” the plant a little 
to get the maximum “hanging” effect. I have prepared detailed directions 
on how to handle them so as to get the desired cascade effect, and will 
gladly mail a copy to any one requesting same and sending a stamp for 
postage. A copy of these instructions will be included in every order th.;at 
includes any cascade varieties. I might add, too, that without any special 
attention the}^ make a nice clump when several are planted close together 
in the garden and just given ordinary treatment. 
