

Books 
Write us your book problems. We are in position to fur- 
nish almost any horticultural book in print. We list here only 
those dealing exclusively with the Chrysanthemum. 
“HARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS” BY ALEX CUMMING. 
$2.50 POSTPAID. (SEE REVIEW ON THIS BOOK BY 
SOUTHERN FLORIST & NURSERYMAN.)—REPRINT BE- 
LOW.) 
“Hardy Chrysanthemums,” by Alex Cumming; the Am- 
erican Garden Guild, 202 pages, many illustrations; price $2.50. 
This is a revised edition of this popular book, first issued 
in 1939. Of it J. T. Thompson, commercial mum man at 
Ellerson, Va., who is himself advertising the book, says, ‘Here 
is a book you must have if you grow chrysanthemums. It tells 
you everything you need to know about handling chrysanthe- 
mums.” 
Contributing a foreword, Richardson Wright, after com- 
menting on the author’s achievements as a geneticist, goes 
on to say: 
“This would seem to be work enough for one man. Now 
he has written about it. Here is an entire book devoted to the 
hybridizing, raising, and care of hardy chrysanthemums. In 
the words of the scientific world, it is a monograph, the first 
monograph on this subject. Unlike the general run of scien- 
tific monographs, it is brilliantly written, packed full of 
easily digested gardening information, and is guaranteed to 
open new worlds of hardy chrysanthemum beauty to all who 
read it.” 
The chapter headings will give an idea of the book’s scope: 
“Hardy Mums in the Garden”: History of the Garden Chry- 
santhemum”; “Species, Types and Varieties”; “Culture”: “Di- 
seases and Insects’; “Propagation”; ‘Chrysanthemum Breed- 
ing’; “Reminiscing”; ‘Recommended Varieties.” The chapter 
on culture is perhaps the longest, and takes up various phases 
of growing. One of the subheadings is ‘Garden Chrysanthe- 
mums in the South and Southwest.’ 
“GARDEN & GREENHOUSE CHRYSANTHEMUMS” BY 
PROF. ALEX LAURIE AND D. C. KIPLINGER—$2.00 
POSTPAID (SEE REVIEW BELOW) 
REVISED BOOK BRINGS MUM CULTURE UP TO DATE 
“Chrysanthemums,” by Alex Laurie and D. C. Kiplinger, 
123 pages, illustrated; A. T. De La Mare Co., Inc., $2. 
This revision of the book of 15 years ago brings the in- 
formation up to date, taking account of various cultural prac- 
tices which were little known when the original book was 
written. Among these are soil-sterilization, shading, and ex- 
tending the hours of daylight artifically. Late discoveries of 
effects of temperature on flowering, the use of disease-free cut- 
tings, and the production of quality by specific methods of 
pinching, come in for attention. The hardy chrysanthemum 
and its greater popularity as a result of the improvements 
made by present-day breeders is given a chapter. 
The aim of the authors has been to present the up-to- 
date information which enable the grower to produce mums 
of top quality—something, they say, which the keen compe- 
tion of the postwar era is going to demand. 
Chapters are devoted to the history of chrysanthemums; 
the different classes; soils, fertilizers and gravel culture; 
greenhouse culture, insect and diseases, potted mums, growing 
in cloth houses, mum breeding and the uses of mums. 
“CHRYSANTHEMUMS—How we grow them outdoors 
$1.50 POSTPAID 

