Culture of Chrysanthemums 
Garden culture of Chrysanthe- 
mums ean be about the last word in 
simplicity. The more important 
needs of Chrysanthemums are giv- 
en here: Good average soil, such as 
required by any vegetable crop— 
well rotted barnyard manure, plus 
20 per cent superphosphate, leaf- 
mold, or peat moss, supplemented 
by a well balanced chemical fertil- 
izer. Soil should be prepared to a 
th of 15 or 18 inches, incorpor- 
g all fertilizers thoroughly. 
-lanting should be done with 
, watered well, and loose soil 
ed around base of plant. 
~~ avoid old overgrown clumps. 
Healthy divisions or pieces taken 
from an old clump give best results. 
Do not overcrowd—18 inches 
apart or 18 inches from any other 
plant is close enough. 
: To avoid lanky or spindly plant 
rowth, pinch the plants once, when 
ants are six or eight inches high. 
Under no circumstances use 
chemical fertilizers when the soil is 
dry. Liquid manure is safe at any 
time. Late August. or early Sep- 
tember a complete fertilizer such 
as Vigero or 5-10-5 is in order. 
To grow large flowering Mums, 
keep all side shoots rubbed off and 
when buds form pinch out all the 
buds except the large terminal or 
crown bud; grow one to four blooms 
to a plant. 
_ The large Pompoms may be dis- 
budded; the blooms then form a 
lovely large ball. 
To control leaf spot, spray with 
Bordeaux mixture, or dust or spray 











with dusting sulphur, or liver of 
sulphur. Protexall is mighty good, 
and can be purchased from Vaugh- 
an’s, Chicago, IIl. 
Hardy Chrysanthemums can well 
be used as accent points in a mixed 
hardy flowering border. The tough 
varieties of hardy Mums are well 
adapted to planting in locations 
where many garden flowers will 
not do well. 
The cushion type and other dwarf 
sorts for use as low edging for tall- 
er growing plants or for the hardy 
border. 
For smaller gardens, where space 
for solid masses of color is not 
available dramatic effects can be 
obtained with groups of three to 
six plants at intervals in a long 
border. 
Planting groups of hardy Mums 
where shrubbery plantings or ever- 
greens will make a background. 
Along walls. the foliage makes 
an attractive ground cover until 
the plants come into full bloom. 
To form a line between vegetable 
plot and flower garden. 
It is no trick at all to transplant 
Chrysanthemums in full growth or 
showing color, to pots and window 
boxes, or to any part of the garden 
or grounds where earlier blooming 
flowers have left undesirable gaps 
in your planting scheme. They may 
be grown in your vegetable gar- 
den or some. out of the way corner 
and then moved. oor 
By combining aed. medium- 
height and tall growing varieties it 
-is possible to get a sloping bank of 
color glory in the late garden. 

Farnam’s Chrysanthemum Farm 
New Blaine, Arkansas 
