
CULTURAL SUGGESTIONS 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Plant in average, well-drained garden soil dug to a depth of 15 to 18 inches. Well decomposed cow manure is best fertilizer 
to use but a balanced chemical fertilizer, of which there are many on the market, can be used with successful results. Plant 
about May 15th to June 15th from 2% inch pots about 15 to 18 inches apart. Pinch out tips until mid-July. This prevents straggly 
growth. Keep well cultivated and feed occasionally. About every three weeks apply a handful of bone meal to a plant and 
water in well. Spray with Bordeaux mixture once a month to prevent foliage disease, or Black Leaf 40 if bothered with Aphis 
or Caterpillars. A slight protection of cheese cloth or even newspaper thrown over the plants the first frosty nights in fall will 
prevent frost settling in the open flower and buds and prolong the fiowering season. Chrysanthemums are not killed by cold 
but frost settling on the flowers and buds, with bright sunshine the following day, melts the petals causing them to appear rotted 
and unsightly. A little effort on the part of the grower covering the plants once or twice in the early fall will be well repaid by 
weeks of perfect flowers. 
ROSES 
Can be planted most successfully either spring or fall. Spring planting of dormant Roses is usually done after April Ist in this 
vicinity. Fall planting after heavy frosts have defoliated the plants about November 15th onwards. 
Plant in a sunny location, not too near the roots of trees or shrubs. Dig bed about 2 to 3 feet deep; place drainage at bottom 
—coal ashes, broken plaster or stones are suitable. Soil should be 1/3 clay, 1/3 loam, 1/3 well rotted cow manure. Be sure 
bed is prepared well in advance of planting so fertilizer does not come in contact with young feeding roots and burn them 
off. When preparing a new bed, and same is completed it should be about five inches higher than surrounding surface. It will 
eventually settle down to proper depth. When planting dormant stock, spread roots and plant about 2 inches below where 
plant is budded on the understock. 
Plant Hybrid Tea Roses about 15 to 18 inches apart; Climbing Roses 4 to 6 feet apart. Water well in dry weather always in 
early morning so the foliage is thoroughly dry by nightfall. Cultivate well throughout the growing season to prevent drying out. 
If spraying is started in early spring and continued every ten days thereafter, it will keep your plants in good condition. We 
recommend Triogen as a good all-purpose spray. 
In the spring after April 1st prune plants down to about four or six eyes always having an outpointing eye at the top and cutting 
within a 4 inch of this eye. Cut out all twiggy growth and allow not more than four canes to remain. With Climbing Roses it is 
only necessary to cut out dead wood and keep them thinned out to within bounds. The long new canes are the blooming wood 
in the succeeding spring. 
In the fall after ground has frozen solid, hill up the plants with soil for several inches, removing after all danger of frost has 
passed the following spring. 
PERENNIALS 
Have no hard and fast rule as to culture. Same do best in full sun, others require semi or full shade depending on the type of 
plants selected for growing in your particular section. 
Perennials should be divided every second or third year because the crowns that give the flowers in most varieties, flower only 
two or three seasons and then die; but the plant is continually spreading and making new growth which furnish the flowers and 
unless lifted and divided they spread out to such an extent they are scattering and unattractive. Most Perennials being strong 
rooted plants deplete the soil rapidly so when they are lifted every few years they are likely to be set out in a new location 
which naturally improves their growth. 
The exceptions to this method would be such Perennials as Peonies and Fraxinella which can remain in one location almost 
indefinitely without deteriorating. 
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