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Last year was characterized by
wonderful weather for Chrysanthe-
NUNS and as result this season viii
show many new types in local gar
dens.7 says Phoenix plant lover
whose garden is every year a VERT
able bower OF plant beauty.
The Singles We're particularly fav-
orites. Alongside of the Singles old
fashioned little Pompons are simply
lost as they are 50 modest in growth
aud While one gets the same colOrs the
ideal varieties fer the hardy garden
arg he sorts that flower from Septem-
prs to November Is giving an aver
age of six or seven weeks OF bloom.
This condition is found in the modern
Early Towering strains. These are
not so hardy as Pompons, however.
The ideal way Of course, is to have a
bed embracing all the types-Early
Towering, Singles and Pompons; then
when the Early Towering are cut
away the Singles are coming into their
own: and when these are past and gone
the .Pompons remain to succeed them.
The Early Flowering type this year
is enriched by three additions, al seen
at the last seasons fall show. (To.ty)
Mrs. Harrison Craig, in which the rays
are brilliant orange with q dust-iike
crimson shading over this yellow color.
MIS- Dean Emery is another novel
color, clamOis- pink. Last-but not the
least-is Secretary Reagan, a milk
White: SO distinct as TO petalage as to
be sometimes mistaken for a Show
Dahlia.
Some of the novelty Singles (Totty)
are Carlotta, massicot7yellow; dwarf
H. Marie TOtty, brilliant crimson with
scarlet shadings and yellow around its
green censer disc; wonderful color but
cannot be recommended for garden
growing, but any one who has a cold
house can grow it with splendid re-
suits. Henrietta Taylor, pale Lavender
and white. MiIlicent Piper. pure white,
Towering carly in October. Rose
Walker. bronzy orange tipped blood
red with petals twisted on the end
like a cactus-dahlia. Mrs. Albert Phil
lips, deep lavender and cream. Veron-
ice pale pink and snOw-white combi-
nation. Vivian Cook. magnificent yell
low. Miss Ruth 5. Bergen, bright
aInaranth with stra WICKLOW zone in
center. Charlotte waite. marvellous
rose pink in color. Mr.. Bergen of Sum
init, y. j., VINO gave US Mrs. Francis
a. Bergen, this year has another fine
variety, Miss Ruth S. Bergen.
Among other Singles that were fay
Orably received last fall, arc the three
Pierson novelties: Jane ingalls, u seed
ing Of q peculiar shade of reddish
bronze. lakewood clear, even shade
. Of pink, spoken Of as among the best
pink singles for middle Of November
cutting Pink Simplicity is = flesh
pink, for exhibition use or for general
cutting.
There are d great many Pompon
varieties that bloom early enough TO
give The grower much satisfaction and
viii flower until they are buried by the
SNOW but when they bloom so late that
tho, foliage is disfigured by the frost
tAe1 are not so pleasing to the grower
as Varieties he can pick with good
foliage, flowers, etc. Lillian Doty, a
variety that nearly everyone knows is
one of the finest pink Pompons today;
and this years novelty White Doty
fScott, Totty and others) will be as
popular as the pink variety. New
sorts in Pompons are not as numer-
Gus as in the other types. The little
miniature Powered yellow Pompon
Baby" especially popular under glass
gives us two promising seedlings
Little Gem SMITH lavender pink, a
little larger than its its parent about
one inch in diameter. This was the
highest scored seedlings at Cleveland
Chrysanthemum Society of America
1915. Hilda Canning tPierson) is the
other seeding from the same parent OF
which it is a bronze counterpart