New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-05

only ten years ago that the first show was held
in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Horticultural
Society Since then the interest has grown rap
idly and great has become the demand TOT the
plants and flowers that horticuurists have been
encouraged to import many new varieties direct
from Japan and also spent time and money In
raising thousands OF seedlings To-day there are
over 5000 varieties in cultivation. Chrysanthemums
are divided into five principal classes the pompons
already described the single having always yell
low centre the leaves being of any color; the anem-
ones which are also single but with centre OF
the same color as the leaves. the Chinese. which
have a regular globular form and evenly imbr-
cated petals OF medium width: and the Japanese.
which include the majority of the large-howered
varieties.
one great point In chrysanthemums IS tnat by
far the greater number of varieties can be grown
ont of doors in the garden. and these varieties IN
clude numbers of the large Towering plants. me
plants should be put out in May. in good garden
loan TO which, II heavy. a little sand should De
added After blossoming the plants must be taken
,ip and kept indoors and given all the sun they
can get glass house is, of course best. but Is
by no means a necessity to success. There are
however many OF the hardest species that can DE
left ont all winter and will sprout out vigorously
as 500, as spring arrives. The best way for the
amateur who wants to have the chrysanthemums
blossomlng In pots about his rooms Is to take up
the plants he has put ont in the garden about the
o
DAYS these plants should be kept in the shade I'M
III the roots have recovered from the moving. In
short time they can be placed out In the sun ana
taken In at night. BY this means the grower can
have bossomng plants all through the autumn
and even into early winter. The magniiceht speci-
mems that are seen at every snow nave spent All
their lives in pots starting from the smallest and
gradually being promoted they grow in size.
Each of these plants requires great deal OF atteh
,,on and In fact a man must give up his entire
time to them II he wishes to be successful eN-
hbltor Each chrysanthemum plant, ii ieit 10 IL
self will produce n large number OF MOVERS anu
owing to their number the flowers VIII be small.
ia nreycnt this the gardener pnches OF the nrst
bud that appears on the top OF the stem. The
,,on, will then send out two branches on the end
of each will soon develop bld these are again
ninched off until there are fourteen or sixteen
buds These are allowed to develop ana all out
growths and side shoots are removed as soon as
seen SO that all the strength OF the Tree Is con-
centrated in the branches bearing the buds; AMI
these IN the fall become the grand flowers that
one aces in every florists window. This pinching
oupht 10 be udicously used OH every chrysanthe-
mum plant not even forgetting those in the
ground The result always Is that the flowers are
greatly improved in shape and size
All the choice flowers that are seen at snow
,rd many others that remained at home In the
greonhouses are as soon the show is over.
placed In greenhouses whose windows are wide
omen They are shorn of every petal, and then
the work OF propa ,aton Is LEFT to the bees who
swarm In 10 get their last supply of honey Tor the
ve,.r FLYING fron one ghorr flower 10 another,
,bev carry the noIcn everywhere. their legs
which. r,.bbing against the sticky stigma of an
other flower. leaves the foundation for cross
From these flowers the seed IL carefully collected
and sown in February. and the thousands of young
plants are taken care of untii they blossom In
the fall II is then that the horIculturist watches
III t.1anef trnl Ia yCi
derns vha, cart Of flower Will burst forth. Az II
IT, the disappontmsnts are as h''y to one Fifty
pants are pulled ~ and thrown away where one
Is deemed worthy Of giving 1t another years trial
". A. Manda, in speaking OF this. said: I'm is,c
we had $500 Seeding plants; when they came
into flower we celectcd few hundred plants
worthy OF trial for another year. This Is done
because often u plant fats to realize the promise