Beautiful hardy Fall Chrysanthemums
October and November are the months which marshal in the Chrysanthemums and if these months be cold and showery , the flowers do not modernise well , but if the days are lovesome and the nighttime snappy , but not freezing , these blossom are in the height of their glory .
“ All through the budding Springtime , All through the Summer ’s heat , All through the Autumn ’s aureole , They obliterate their prime sweetened .
“ But when the earth is lonely , And the blistering north twist foul up , With a grin of cheerfulness for the dear sure-enough year , The adorable Christ peak botch . ”
The catalog are now listing certain assortment such as Cranfordia , Normandie , Ruth Cumrning , Mme . August Nonin and Eden , which are know as early flowering mixed bag . One is more apt to get blooms before block weather when these sort are mature . Some of the early Pompons of the florists are hardy but only bloom early enough in the most lucky long time . Such varieties as Lillian Doty , Garza , Golden Climax , Zenobia and Tiber belong to to this group . It is suggest that for the most northern garden in the main the former form be chosen , for it is a large disappointment to have the buds suspend just as they start to open up . However , the Pompon group will really suffer more real freezing than the early flowering varieties .
GENERAL . Chrysanthemums will develop in any garden soil that is ample enough , for they are gross tributary . Buy plants in former Spring or divide old plants and reset each Spring , otherwise , they will become too crowded and impoverish the land . Extra orotund blooms may be produced by feeding with fluid manure when the buds look . with child flowers may be ensure by pinching off most of the smaller buds on each prow . When the plants make too grade a growth early in the time of year they may be cut back to cause them to branch and become more compact . If the plants are thoroughly sop with piss once or double a calendar week during the hot Summer , they will please us by producing better buds and flowers .
Protect the plants during the Fall rains and from the frost with a canvas screening . Chrysanthemums have to be defend by tying to stakes or to wires stretched horizontally above the seam . get across with a light mulch during the Winter . The mulch should be more of the nature of a sun nuance rather than a ardent covering . It is well-heeled to choke the plants .
The plant are frequently upset with mildew which can be prevented from spreading by dusting with sulphur early in the morning when the dew is on the flora . Plants affected with lice should be spray every few years with pitch-dark leaf 40 or some other tobacco excerption until the bug are all wipe out .
PROPAGATION . The simple method of increasing the number of plants is to divide them in Spring . One can make cuttings , however , of the tops of the growing plants
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