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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 214 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 hand- 
ful 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 
flowering 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 lst prune plants down to about four or six eyes always having an outpointing eye at the top 
and cutting within a 14 inch of this eye. Cut out all twiggy erowth 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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