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little trouble. The crowns should be obtained 

 at once. By purchasing what are known as 

 " retarded " crowns the date of flowering can be 

 judged to within a few days. As soon as these 

 retarded crowns are brought to the light they 

 commence to grow, so that all preparations for 

 potting should be ready on their arrival. About 

 ten crowns can be put in a 5-inch pot filled with 

 good potting material. The pots may then be 

 stood in a cold frame for a few days and eventually 

 removed to a warm house. The time the plants 

 take to come into bloom will depend upon the 

 temperature of the house. 



Chrysanthemums may be brought indoors and 

 stood in their flowering places. They should not 

 be put too close together, as this causes the foliage 

 to turn brown, and looks ugly. If placed a short 

 distance apart the foliage remains green for a 

 considerable time. The advantage of growing 

 decorative varieties instead of the large exhibition 

 blooms will soon be noticed when the plants 

 have to be used for room decoration. 



Marguerite Mrs. F. Sander. 



In 1910 Messrs.^ Sander & Son, of St. Albans, 

 received an Award of Merit for this new variety, 

 and yearly it increases in favour, for it forms a 

 delightful pot plant, and can be obtained in 

 flower, by successive batches of plants, through- 

 out the greater part of the year. As a bidding 

 subject this Marguerite will prove a great 

 favourite, so that a stock should be propagated 

 from cuttings for next season. 



Our illustration, from a photograph taken in 

 September, shows a bed which has been flowering 

 continuously through the summer months, and 

 the only attention given to it was just picking 

 off the dead flowers. The plants were bedded out 

 in May about 18 inches to 2 feet apart, after 

 Tulips had been lifted from the bed. An edging 

 plant like the dwarf Ageratum Princess Pauline 

 or blue Lobelia would give a good finish to 

 the bed. 



A Bed of Marguerite Mrs. P. Sandek, at Olasnevin. 



Cyclamen and Primulas will be the better for 

 a little heat, but Cinerarias will stand in a frost- 

 proof structure. 



The greenhouse and frames will be getting 

 pretty full, and care should be taken not to spill 

 much water about the floors, as owing to the 

 lateness of the season and the lack of strong 

 sunshine, drying will be slow. 



On the 22nd and 23rd of this month there will 

 be a fruit and flower show at Ballsbridge, and 

 as well as that there will be a conference on fruit, 

 insects and fungi, which will take place on 

 Wednesday, 22nd, afternoon and evening, so 

 there can be no excuse for those interested in 

 fruit culture to be able to hear something new on 

 this subject. At the show itself not [only will 

 there be fruit of all sorts, even bottled fruits, 

 but there will be vegetables, plants in pots, and 

 cut blooms of Chrysanthemums, Carnations, 

 hardy plants, and berried plants. Entries close 

 on the 8th inst., and schedules and entry forms 

 can be obtained from the Secretary, Royal 

 Horticultural Society, 5 Molesworth Street, 

 Dublin. 



Mrs. P. Sander is a variety of Chrysanthemum 

 frutescens, possessed with sturdy growth and 

 double white flowers]; these vary from 3 to ti 

 inches across, 'with long cay florets and a cushion- 

 like centre, the blooms suggesting very refined 

 examples of double Pyrethrums. The'flovvers are 

 carried on good stems, and last iwell for cut 

 bloom, and will probably be^useful for wreath 

 work. Forty or so years ago Chrysanthemum 

 frutescens, the common Marguerite, was rarely 

 seen until a market grower, Mr. Herbst, of 

 Richmond, Surrey, started to grow^the flowers 

 for market : now it is one of] the most popular 

 plants for window boxes and villa gardens. 



About ten years ago a variety, which was 

 named Coronation, showed a decided break from 

 the type, the flowers having petaloid segments, 

 making an Anemone-like centre. In a few years 

 this was followed by Queen Alexandra and its 

 pink form, then came Perfection and its pink 

 variety, but all of these were more or loss variable, 

 and did not give satisfaction in many cases, but 

 Mrs. F. Sander is keeping very constant, and is 

 liked by all who have grown it. 



