20 | SPRING. LLST 1947 

"MUMS FOR SHADING 
The purpose of shading is to force the plants to set buds earlier. 
*Mums are classed as a short day plant, thus by covering them with 
black cloth or paper, that light will not filter thru; about four or five 
o’clock in the afternoon and removing at seven o’clock in the morn- 
ing shortens the daylight several hours and considerably hastens 
their maturity. 
This treatment will generally bring them to bloom about one 
month earlier than their normal flowering season. To obtain these 
results planting and pinching should be advanced by one month to 
six weeks. Shading for earliest flowers from earliest varieties should 
start early in July. Successive plantings may be made every 10 days 
for continuous blooms until the early "Mums appear at their normal 
flowering period. 
The varieties listed below have been tried and found to respond 
well and produce good saleable flowers when grown under shade. 
LARGE FLOWERING VARIETIES 
Silver Sheen, white Mrs. H. E. Kidder, yellow 
Betsy Ross, white Sunglow, yellow 
Snow White Good News, yellow 
Marketeer, white Columbus Dispatch, yellow 
Pink Chief Blazing Gold 
Justrite, pink Detroit News, bronze 
Mrs. J. W. Prince, pink Hilda Bergen, bronze 
Indianapolis, pink --Golden Pearson, yellow 
Rosabella, pink Golden Oak, yellow 
POMPON VARIETIES 
White Jewell Yellow Fellow 
Irene, white Jemima, bronze 
Arcadia, white Adelaide, bronze 
Seagull, white Suntan, bronze 
Rev. Horace Bushnell, white Zoe, bronze 
Pink Jewell Princeton, bronze 
Pink Dot New York, bronze 
Persian Rose, pink Lighthouse, bronze single 
Bright Spot, pink Blanche, white anemone 
Sheila, pink : Norma, pink anemone 
Letitia, pink Freida, pink 
Improved Rodell, yellow Autumn Glints, yellow pompon 
Mary Lennon Hall, yellow Robin Hood, red 
Yellow Dot Mrs. Hooker, red 

