Six Original Korean Hybrids 
These six varieties, which heralded a new race for out- 
gardens, are still very much worthwhile. They remain dis¬ 
tinct and full of charm. 
Appollo. Bronze, red and gold combination suffused glow¬ 
ing salmon. 
Ceres. Old gold blended with yellow and dusted cop¬ 
pery bronze. 
Daphne. Splendid pink with a sheen of lilac-rose. 
Diana. Triple ray petals of rose-pink suffused with lilac- 
rose and salmon. 
Mars. Deep amaranth red changing to wine red with vel¬ 
vety sheen. 
Mercury. Opens a bronze red, gradually changing to cop¬ 
pery bronze. 
Any of the above, 2-inch pots: $2.00 per dozen 
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Spoon Type Chrysanthemums 
The Spoon Chrysanthemums develop into symmetrical 
rounded bushes about two feet high and two feet across, 
and in the latter part of October are covered completely by 
the dainty flowers which average one and one-half inches 
across. They are perfectly hardy and add much to the 
beauty of the Rock Garden or perennial border during the 
Autumn months. The flowers are produced on straight 
wiry stems, thereby making them very desirable for cutting. 
They are charming for table decorations, excellent for pot 
culture, rock gardens and cascades. 
We offer the following varieties. 
Elf. Scarlet with terra cotta shadings. 
Charm. Orange-tipped yellow. 
Snowstar. Pure white. 
Dainty. A soft pleasing pink. 
Fairy. Rosy-crimson, very brilliant. 
Grace. Soft Canary yellow. 
Price, any of above 2 5c each; 2.5 0 doz. 
Complete list of Chrysanthemums, Carnations 
and Cultural directions sent upon request. 
Hardy Chrysanthemums 
The modern types of this Fall flower 
produce wonderful effects 
J. Fred Piper 
The Chrysanthemum is a lovable plant in that it amply 
repays the grower for all the time and care lavished on 
it. Culturally speaking, it gives less trouble than any other- 
flower. It is not particular as to soil, blooming profusely in 
sand, clay or prairie loam, the latter being the heavy black 
soil. 
In the Spring when the growth is commencing on the 
old plants, unless" the garde-ner particularly desires to have 
large clumps for any reason, the best thing to do is break 
up the clumps and re-plant the little shoots. This, 1 believe, 
is the best plan for one who is looking for the largest flow¬ 
ers and most vigorous plants. If thinning out is not prac¬ 
ticed, it will result in a bad case of overcrowding, with the 
result that the flowers and sprays will not be nearly as large 
as they otherwise might be. 
Plants can be set out eighteen inches to two feet apart, 
according to the varieties. After they commence growing, 
if the tips are pinched a few times, it will induce the plants 
to make a bushy growth. And this is greatly to be preferred 
to one or two straggly shoots with the foliage all gone 
from the bottom, which is usually the kind of plant associ¬ 
ated in the public mind with hardy Chrysanthemums. 
By the judicious pinching of Chrysanthemums, they can 
be made into ideal bush plants. This pinching can be 
practised until the middle of June, after which time the 
shoots should be permitted to grow up. By this pinching 
process the need of stakes on most varieties is entirely elim¬ 
inated, as the plants are bushy enough to stand erect. 
The question where to set out "Mums” is of some 
moment. Clumps in the herbaceous border are very fine 
and particularly useful and cheerful, after all other stock has 
been cut down by the frost. The ideal position to make 
whole beds of "Mums” is a southern or eastern exposure 
protected from the northwest winds. It is from the north¬ 
west that most of the early frosts come in the early Fall and, 
if the plants are protected from that quarter, it will elimin¬ 
ate the expense of covering the plants on cold nights. 
One point about "Mums” which might be mentioned 
PIPER'S 
is that in the Fall, if the lust cold night or two happens to 
nip the open flowers, there is no great harm done. These 
flowers can be picked ofl and the buds will continue to 
develop, and in an other few days the plants will be as 
beautiful as before the frost. Frequently there are cold 
nights and then the beautiful Indian Summer weathcr 
comes, and after that the plants are "a thing of beauty” 
for many weeks, blending with the Autumn foliage of scar¬ 
let, gold and bronze. 
Chrysanthemums prefer a well-drained situation to one- 
lying low or damp, not as much on account of the Summer 
growth of Fall-blooming period as to carry over the Winter. 
Chrysanthemums will die out, if their roots are standing in 
water during the Winter, since the thawing and freez¬ 
ing throughout the Winter months rots out the roots, which 
naturally causes the plants to die. 
In July when the weather is very hot and muggy on 
account of thunder storms, septoria, or leaf-spot, is apt 
to become trouble-some to the plants. When this appears, 
the foliage should be sprayed with a solution of sulphide 
of potassium, in the proportion of half an ounce to a gal¬ 
lon of water. Another remedy efficacious in this respect 
which comes already prepared, is Fungine. Septoria should 
not be confused with the natural ripening of the leaves 
which ensues at the base of the plant. As the plants ac¬ 
quire bark at this time, the bottom leaves have fulhlled their 
mission and naturally turn yellow and drop off. Septoria 
is easily differentiated from the natural ripening of the 
leaves by the dark spot which comes in the middle of the 
leaf, the spores of w-hich will rapidly spread all over the 
entire plant. 
The Chrysanthemum garden, should be planned at this 
time to secure the ideal position and outstanding varieties, 
giving the same careful consideration as to the Spring flower 
beds. 
If plants are set out in a rich soil, they will carry through 
without any great proportion of additional fertilizer, 
although when plants commence to grow virorously, they 
are the grossest feeders in the plant line. A mulch in the 
Summer of well-decomposed cow manure is valuable. It 
conserves the moisture in the soil and as the rain washes it 
down into the soil, it gives the fertilizing element to the 
plants. The plants grown in the greenhouse requires a much 
greater amount of feeding and take quantities of liquid 
manure when the buds are swelling. The average gardener 
is hardly in a position to apply fertilizer in this manner, so 
the light mulch suggested during the month of August, 
watered or hoed in, is all that is necessary to give him the 
very finest of flowers in the Fall. 
LIVINGSTON, NEW JERSEY 
