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iT'Ciuiroments until towards Fibruarv. wlieu thcy 

 inay again be brought into wannth, the shoots cut 

 bs^ck, and any re-potting noedful done. 



These two old-time favourites arc worthy of 

 -pecializinLT by those \\ ho have small greenhouses. 

 W. LiNDi:i;s Lf,\. 



Chrysanthemums. Summer Quarters 



Thb Exhibitor uf Chrysanthemums is fully alive to 

 ''he importanci- of reservinL' <pace in liis irarth'ii 



aimed at, it cannot l)e denied that the plants which 

 are al)le to be placed w here the sun will reacli. them 

 most of the day, are more likely to yield the finest 

 llowers, whether they are produced from the crown 

 or terminal buds. Garden paths are possibly the only 

 places an amateur can make use of; yet, however 

 small the collectiou, having in view the value of the 

 Ijlooms in the dreaiy season, every effort should be 

 made to Iniild the plants uj) l)y feeding and atten- 

 linn, and to giv(^ tliem m plac- in the sim while oui 

 of door.s. 



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H.\BERLE.4 RHODOPENSrS 



growing in a shaded wall at Glasnevin. 



during the summer months where liis plants are able 

 to obtain the maximum amount of sun and air, so 

 • essential to the perfecting of gi-owth and wood ripen- 

 ing- He arranges, if at all possible, for them to 

 occupy positions — sometimes encroaching on his 

 vegetable domain — where they can be located in 

 f^ingle rows, so as to ensure these desirable results, 

 as he knows from past exjjerience that, with many 

 varieties at all events, ripening of wood is all 

 Jmi)ortant. With the amateur, who possibly grows 

 mainly for home decoration, the case is somewhat 

 different, as, not infrequently, he is handicapped 

 ior room and has to make the best of his ground. 

 Notwithstanding this, if blooms of ^ood quality are 



Sweet Peas. Mid^season Duties. 



Viiiiv much may br done in keeping up the quality 

 standai'd of Sweet Peas, as well as increasing their 

 output, by timely attention at mid-.season — the half- 

 way stage. It is possible that up to now they have 

 .flowered exceptionally well and need only a little 

 help to ensure a continuaixce of cdiarming blossoms. 

 Where several rows are grown this is not at all 

 difficult of accomplishing. It maj- be summed up in 

 two words— rest, recuperation. Where plants have 

 l)een blooming for weeks it is to their best interests 

 in order that they may recuperate, to pick off every 

 t!(j\\<r and bud to denude them for, say, a week. 



