Chrysanthemums. 



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practically impossible. Some hints on the drainage and watering of 

 plants in general are given in Bulletin 136, and the rest is usually easy. 

 The growing of chrysanthemums out-of-doors all the year round for 

 the production of large flowers is too complicated and special a topic 

 for the present. Those Americans who are determined to succeed at 

 such work should read in Garden and Forest^ i • 522 (1888) and else- 



1 75. — A JJorisf s ideal. One large jlower on a long stem that will sell, and will bear 

 railway shipment, {Florists^ Exchange, December 5, 1 896.) See figure I'] ^. 



where, the experience of J. N. Gerard, of Elizabeth, N. J., an, experi- 

 ence that richly deserves separate publication. 



The amateur and the florist. — If we had to depend upon the com- 

 mercial florists for the preservation of all varieties, many of the finer 

 creations that appeal to the fancy would doubtless be lost to the 

 world. The florist cannot always grow what he likes. He must 

 follow the fashions ; be must keep what the people demand, and he 



