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During tlic early part of May tliey take cuttings 

 of the plants about five inches in length, which they 

 plant in a shady situation, covering them with a 

 hand-glass until they have taken root, when air is 

 admitted to strengthen the plants ; and as soon as 

 they are well rooted they are planted separately 

 into small pots, and the pots plunged into a border 

 of earth in an open situation: here they require 

 frequent watering unless the weather is showery. 

 About the end of August or the beginning of Sep- 

 tember, the plants are shifted into larger pots, and 

 a rich mould given them. They arc continued in 

 the open air, but not plunged in the earth, and 

 have frequent nourishment given them by means of 

 a rich liquid manure, sueh as may be taken from 

 the drainage of a sewer, stable, or cow-house, 

 mixed soap-suds, and similar matters; and when 

 the frost or bad weather comes on, the pots arc 

 removed into the house, and placed where they 

 have light and free air, thinning the flower-buds 

 occasionally, in order to ensure large blossoms. This 

 mode of cultivating the Chinese Chrysanthemum 

 has been followed for several years with the greatest 

 success by Mr. Joseph Wells, gardener to William 

 Wells, Esq., of Redleaf, near Tonbridge. 



Mr. Wells says, " the plants, when treated in 

 this manner, are very different in their appearance 

 from the Chinese Chrysanthemums, as usually 



