The sun., 1890-03-30

the Chinese sorts, as rule are Of moro re-
strlcted habit and a little more liable to the
ravaRes OF mildew than the other, and the pom:
with as hardy perennlals in old gardens.
such as the i Asa Gray, Ora America, j. Y MSrEisnd,
and Mrs. uubbins, were very popular. and cor
tainly many Of them were very beautiful, but
| Of all the chrysanthemums raised from seed
have single or at most semi-doublo howers
very pretty there is a commences about them
that Is distasteful to connoissours.
WHY CALLED ARrEMEsIAs2
! In rural districts chrysanthemums are often
| called ar' 'emesias. but why Is not very clear.
Aitemesias is tho botanical generic name for
wOrmwood, suuthernwood,, ,muCwort, aud tar
COMPOSITE n family Of PLANTS, the artemesias AZ
not very closely related TO tho chrysanthe-
NUNS nos, do, they look, like them. but there
tasted foliage. Nor do the old authors refer
the crysaqthcmum to the genus Artemesia'
! Matricarn, or Pyrethrum.
| FRAGRANCE IN CHRYsANTHEMuMs.
Chrysanthemum leaves smell like chamo-
mile, but their flowers are, generally almost
markable for having fragrant blossoms still it
! must be admitted the perfume Is rather faint.
Among The The sorts bearing ,I sweet scented e aow-
| DR.. Sharp, Faust, and CullingfordiL
HOW TO PROPAGATE cHRYsANTHEMUMs.
A fresh stock OF plants should be gotten up
every year. for young plants. as rule. are
ono-. The common way is to lift. divide and
replace the old roots In early spring. or take
the old plant nnd set them out. Gai deners and
florists who have greenhouse or hutbed az
stoeE sEu0 from GuttnWs Of the young shoots and and
this method may DO practised by any one after
the 1t Of Aprii when the eS, snttinEs R1 maS be In
material and kept moderately moist shaded,
andwarm In the window frame, or out OF d ors,
Girysanthemums are as. easily raised from
seed rs are China asters. feverfus. or Indian
ioi hi with light soil and stand il in the window
ot a warm room or in . hotbed or greenhouse.
as ono would tomato, plants. II the seeds are
lngs after they come up "A little are pricked
oil singy into other, pots or boxes then grad
garden early in Nav, all, or, at least most Of
them will bloom tho next fall.
sprouts and cuttings continue to be Identical
in kind with their parents. but in seedlings we
fnmy % % likeness. or IAN any two two % aiiks. Indeed. from
seed saved from any one plant We may raise
flowers OF the various classes and all the colors
seedlings generally have an excellent consti-
tuition aud when In bloom make u fine display.
Raising seedlings Is interesting work-wait-
ing. waite ling. and hoping for something
varieties Mrs. Carnegie. Ada Spaulding and
ii. X Widener for instance-have been raised
VI. Dernet OF France in 1880 saved seed and
grew therofrom the first Seeding chrysanthe-
NUNS ever raised in Europe In 1886 an ANA
seedlings. But I was not till 1S49, when NJ
Salter Of Versailles began to save seed and
began to increase rapidly. AS chrysanthe-
NUNS do not readily ripen seed in England.
very little had been done here till within tho
last six or seven years in the way OF increasing
varieties from seed.
didly in this country. and now from hero all
the markets of Europe are largely supplied
with seed, and to considerable extent with
seedlings. The first attempt at raising seed or
seedlings in this country, 80 far as We can
learn, was made by Dr., Henry p. Walcott Of
Boston in 1876. and Dr. W. has ever since con-
John rhorre. v. X Harris +. NJ. Allen, Edwin
fcwkes. Sranlding, HallocK. hill. Benedict.
same direction.
SUMNER TREATMENT.
If the plants have been wiutered In the open
garden. Int. divide and replant them in early
lar. d!ride and rep!ant them early in April: II
they have been wintered in the house or green
crntcly dry and nice and mellow. Better delay
hrior" they have been thoroughly well hard
ensst off and the ground is in good order.
To gvo them tho best justice. plant them in
rich looamy ground. in an oIen but sheltered
part Of the garden and give them plenty room,
Sa V, Manure
ground hro4hcaEt rathST than in the bIII. and
there is thing better than well-rotted barn
yard no mavnrr nuinE anE the the sunni sumner mouths
well Stirred with the cutivator or hoe. and In
very dry weather they should get now and
or moderate waterings, although oft repeated
are not As good as one thorough wettng. And
every son toSt seke two ol to onr
ieet ie long above Gropnd, according to
hes sakss e the plants searey but dna
tightly n they advance in growth. aud in this |
way from the very first get shapey. handsome |
any shortening but, If handsome, plants as
should be shortened back a little in early sum
mer to Hron"te bi Dad. Ntocky specimens 1t is |
after he middle OF July. the Chinese sorts after
the, end Of July, or the pompones after the
In September disbudding. In order to obtain |
large flowers b gins. BY the time these all
summer long grown plants come into bloom
size. too large, indeed, to render them ayaia- |
hle for wi9doTT plants lts should they be lifted
come, however. by raising a lot OF young plants |
from cuttings taken In May. June or July. For |
c cuttings us use a. tho O. ends a Of vigorous succulent
Those young plants. may be grown along In
rots. plunged out Of doors, or, after boing prop
tember or october. and then lifted and potted.
HOW TO GET LARGE FLowERs
BY disbudding and liberal feeding. Just as
soon hs the young flower buds can be seen
well thin them out. leaving oniy one to three
OF the pumpest and most perfect ones on each
shoot. Tor there is more pleasure inl one large
ilnoly formed flower than In n whole bunch Of
indifferent blossoms. We often see flowers OF
Chinese varieties that are four to five inches In
aud tour inches high In the middle,
and although six to seven inches across is a
good SIZE Tor japanese sorts, some varieties.
when well grown measure eight 10 nine inches
across. and In 1883 blooms OF Mrs. Frank
Thompson measuring lOja inches across were
eXhibi cd NJ Orange, n. j.. aud last November
at Indianapolis. blooms OF cyclone measuring
eleven inches across were exhibited. But large
as these blossoms may appear unto US. they
sink Into insignillcance when compared with
the flowers grown in the imperial gardens in
Japan. whore each bloom measures fifteen to
sixteen inches in diameter In order to obtain
such large flowers each plant Is restricted to
one blossom.
INSECT PESTS AND MILDEw.