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THE PLOEAL WOELD AND OARDEN aUIDE. 



tory, a perfect busb, -without twisting or 

 pegging down, will be best ; if for an ex- 

 hibition, a flat head of bloom has the 

 greatest effect; and so on. It is very 

 certain they can be grown in any shape' 

 required, from a walking-stick to an um- 

 brella. Liquid manures of a cooling nature 

 should be used through the heat of 

 summer, viz., cow and sheep's dung in 

 equal parts, one gallon to four gallons of 

 water, letting it stand for a few days, and 

 ?tii'riug it at intervals ; and then pouring 

 it oflj or straining it, which is better. To 



every gallon add two of plain water, and 



use it every other time of watering. 



Should black or green-fly make its ap- 

 pearance at any stage of growth, and if 

 not convenient to fumigate, syringe them 

 with the following mixture : — Put half an 

 ounce of tobacco into a muslin bag, letting 

 it soak for a few hours in a pail of water. 

 Mildew is often very troublesome, but 

 may be easily kept under by syringing the 

 plants overhead, and dust \vith sulpliur at 

 night, taking care to wash it off next 

 morning. 



STANDARD CHEYSAXTHEMUMS. 



At a recent meeting of the South Metro- 

 politan ehrysantheinuna Society, Mr. Mills 

 in the chair, Mr. Morgan, gardener, of 

 Lincoln's Inn Fields, gave a lecture ou 

 the culture of the Chrysanthemum as a 

 standard. He said the idea originated 

 ^vith hiin of having a quantity jjlauted 

 out for the purpose of taking up to pot, 

 and tluit his attention was directed to a 

 plant of Ccdo Nulli, which had a fine 

 large head upon a single stem, somewhat 

 iibout seventeen or eighteen inches high. 

 lie took it up, potted it, and the shoots 

 being tied down it formed a very compact 

 top, producing about sixty or seventy 

 good blooms. This took place in August, 

 ijoiieviiig that he could materially improve 

 upon this in tlie following November, he 

 tuok oil a lot of cuttings, taking the eyes 

 carefully out, and potted them singly in a 

 cold frame until April. He then prepared 

 a piece of ground by dressing fully two 

 spades deep, supplying a quantity of stone 

 and brick rubbish to the bottom, and 

 covering the whole over to the depth of 

 two feet, the compost used being a mix- 

 ture of loam, road sweepings, and a small 

 quantity of sand ; then planting out two 

 feet asunder. As they grew he took the 

 eyes out as soon as they appeared, letting 

 the leaves remain upon the stem from the 

 very bottom, watering the foliage generally 

 twice every day, and the roots as ofteu as 

 in his opinion they required it. Ey the 

 middle of June they were nearly three feet 

 high, and the nature of the plant being to 

 branch oif at a certain height, care must 



be taken to secure eyes suflieient to send 

 out shoots to form the head beJbre it 

 does so. He informed the meeting that 

 he left from five to six of the above, then 

 carefully taking off the top of his plant, 

 the shoots soon made their appearance, 

 and when about five or six inches long 

 were stopped; and that he then com- 

 menced forming the head by placing a little 

 bast matting round tlie stem, bringing 

 down the shoots. This process was prac- 

 tised — namely, stopping and tying — till 

 tlic end of July, when he began to study 

 the best means of getting them into pots, 

 lie took his spade, cut straight down- 

 about half-way round the plant a little 

 less than the size of the pot intended for 

 its reception, keeping it well watered. In 

 about nine or ten days after, he cut round 

 the part remaining, taking it up, carefully 

 potting, and abstaining from injuring the 

 roots. It was kept in the shade for a few 

 days, when, judging that it was going on 

 well, he took off all the foliage from the 

 stem, and removed it to a brighter aspect, 

 still regularly watering, and attending, and 

 watching, and supplying liquid manure 

 twice a-d:iy. By management such as this 

 he had plants three feet high, with heads 

 pcrfecily flat, five feet in circumference, 

 with fifty shoots full of buds, and hand- 

 some green foliage. He then gave a list 

 of some of the best sorts for growing as 

 standards, among -which may be men- 

 tioned Ccdo Kulli, Modele, Bob, Mus- 

 taplia, Ilelene, Drin Drin, General Cauro- 

 bert, Durufflet, and Argentine. 



