How to Grow Chrysanthemums 
To have the best success in growing lovely Chrysan- 
themums, one must go by a few simple rules. First, 
have your ground prepared well in advance so it will 
have time to settle and absorb a lot of moisture. Chry- 
santhemums do well in any good garden soil, well en- 
riched with well rotted barnyard manure or a good com- — 
mereial fertilizer will do. It is essential that the ma- 
terial be thoroughly integrated with the soil to a depth 
of eighteen inches. 
To grow large flowered Mums, keep all side shoots 
rubbed off and when the buds form pinch out all the 
buds except the large terminal or crown bud. Pompons 
are lovely when disbuded as the blooms are perfect round 
balls. Never disbud Cushions, Koreans, Buttons, Spoons, 
balls. The size of bloom depends upon the number of 
stems allowed to a plant. 
Planting should be done with care, when the soil is 
moist but not wet. The distance between plants should 
not be less than 15 inches and for large varieties 18 to 
20 inches is better. Branching or bushy growth is pro- 
moted by systematic pinching or “stopping of. tips.” 
Making bushy plants—In pinching Chrysanthemum, 
only: the very tips of the growing shoots are removed. 
The: pinching is done when the plants have made three, 
or at most four leaves. In rooted cuttings this may be 
obtain while the plants are still in the flats. With di- 
visions it is done either a week before or a week after 
transplanting. Whatever the circumstances, pinching 
must be: done early: to induce low branching and thus 
produce symmetrical plants. If the first pinching is 
delayed until growth progresses, leggy plants will result 
that. will be in danger of tipping over in storms. 
The removal of the growing tips will stimulate the buds 
in the axils of the leaves and new shoots: (laterals) will 
appear. The laterals are likewise pinched when they 
have produced three or four leaves. Subsequent pinching 
will depend upon the rate of growth and the-variety: Ex- 
amine. the plants every ten days or so and pinch when 
necessary. All pinching should cease about mid-July. 
OUR PLANTS ARE STRONG, VIGOROUS FIELD 
GROWN PLANTS, HORMONE TREATED 
and you should experience no trouble at all in getting 
them started. Plant them about four inches: deep, water. 
well, and’ press soi] firmly around the roots; then pull 
loose soi] around plants to hold moisture. They will wilt 
a little, but will snap right out of it and grow very rap-. 
idly into large strong specimens. 
I also want to mention the fact that the most beau- 
tiful of Chrysanthemums are late flowering varieties. 
Regardless of what is written of the new very early 
blooming varieties. Chrysanthemums are cool weather 
plants and for bright, clear, crisp colors it takes short: 
days and cool night. 




