The Jersey City news., 1902-11-08

do the old-fashioned buttons" or Chin
ese varieties, with overs only half an
inch across, For most people these are
''too small' or .'too easy On the other
hand. it is impracticable to raise huge ex-
hibition flowers in the home Window and
even if one could, it would not be worth
the while says Country Life in Amer
lea. A chrysanthemnm eight inches or
a foot across is too much like cabbage.
As rule, japanese chrysanthemum is
at its best when its flower measures six
inches across. Two inches either way
from this optimum. such distinct types
as Iora and Good Gracious tend to lose
their character They might as well be
any other variety of the same color,
because their individuality vanishes. A
FIVE inche flower is good ideal for the
amateur when he desires a few single
stemmed plants But for solid satisfac-
ton there is nothing like a group of
bushy little plants in siX-inch pots, each
plant having ten or a dozen flowers
averaging four inches in diameter How
they brighten the dining room ON dark
November days, and what a CHEEKY mes
sage they fling to the friendly passer-
BY
Now is the best time in the year to
select the varieties. Nobody's judg-
ment in such a matter is as good as
yours You know what colors you like
what sizes and shapes. Remember that
eleven blank months devoid of chrysan-
themums are coming, and do not trust to
others to prescribe for you. Look about
for some of the less common types, the
single forms-aAizpah. for instance
which make charming pot plants. covered
with hundred or more daisy-like flow
ers in various colors.
Try some of the three anemone types
the pemp0a-anemone, large-howered and
Japaaese--their high centres are always
quaint and full of interest. The large
Chinese and the japanese incurved sec
tions, with their compact globular bios
SONS. are rather tame for the window
garden compared with the wonderful and
irregular forms which one finds in the
Japanese section. like one or two i'll
the poodle dog style, myself. with some
of the 'cold slaw'' and few of the law
less types affected by the football devo-
tees.
Buy these plants now. if you like, and
enjoy them while they last. Or, if your
purse De meagre, make up your list of
varieties and give your order now for
young plants to be delivered by your
local florist aext May or June in three
inch pots. at a cost of ten or fifteen cents
each. If you keep some plants over the
winter, put them in the cellar and keep
them moderately dry. This is their rest
ing time; therefore, do not water them
too much, but, on the other hand. do not
let them get ''dust-dry" In the spring
when these plants start into lively
growth. you can propagate them freely
by taking slips" 1t will hardly be worth
while to set out the old plants in the
garden. The cuttings will give you bet
ter bloom as a rule.
Any one can raise good chrysanthe-
mum plants from cuttings at home
Chrysanthemum cuttings are almost as
easy to strike as geraniums. However.
You would better use clean sand than
soil. When the cuttings are rooted,
plant them in two-inch pots: later shift
them to three and then to fours. For
the best results two more shifts are desir-
able. You will probably get better re-
suits by keeping the plants in pots all
the time. instead of letting them grow
freely in the garden.
Milk and ermine are combined in an
all fur turban which is rather odd. The
ar.stG rim of the turban is of the mink
aad the crown has what appears to be
aii entire ermine SIX set in, or two Of
them. for there are two small white
inids which fall over the front Of the
mink in the centre. The brown and
white furs are combined in the back.
whore the en- fall over the hair
As the season becomes more decidedly
autumnal, says the London Graphic, -
SO fashions become more settled. For
the past few years there has been no
hard and fast line laid down as TO any
ese style of attire, and the latitute al
lowed makes fer more variety and suita-
bility Of toilet than would have been
possible of yore. So long as women vary
rs to height, width, complexion ana in
elination. so long viii each, given n
grain of good taste. select the color and
cut most suitable TO her individual style
of beauty and DlainncSs.
A pale rose faille petticoat, gosed to
fit the figure abont the hips as closely rs
hah't back dress skirt. has the lower
half made in an elaborate founce II is
laid iii lingerie tucl.s graduated to fo.m
deep points. tl.;ls throwing the fitness
out at intervals in immense inverted VS..
This founce ends in a band of insertion
heading Il rattle Of lace set over second
1uffle of silk The Insertion at the foot.
and another band that heads the iounce,
are run with satin ribbon that is formed
every few inches into rosettes with hang
ing ends.
The cotton tapestries are used fer dra-
peries N simply furnished dining rooms
and libraries sometimes, and perhaps also
for furniture coverings, and there are al
ways the woolen tapestries which are
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