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takes, it is advisable to hand-fertilize the flowers, using a 
fine brush, and in the forenoon, and especially in bright, 
sunny weather. From the time of fertilizing the flowers 
till the seed is ripe, is generally six to eight weeks. 
PROPAGATION BY SEED. 
The seeds should be sown in pots or boxes in the win- 
dows or greenhouses early in Spring, se as to have good 
blooming plants next Fall. They germinate readily, and 
in a temperature of 60°, in seven to nine days. Soon after 
they come up, prick them off into other pots, pans, or 
boxes, to prevent them damping off, and when they 
begin to grow strong, shift them into other boxes or 
singly into pots, for, in order to have vigorous plants, it 
is necessary to keep them in thrifty growth till blooming 
time. When big enough, plant them out and afterwards 
treat them as you would plants raised from cuttings. 
THE PLEASURES OF RAISING SEEDLINGS, 
There isa particular charm in raising Chrysanthemums 
from seeds; every seed wili germinate; every seedling, if 
sown early in Spring, will become a blooming plant next 
Fall, and no matter what kind of flowers the seedlings 
may produce, we are sure of a clean, thrifty growth, and 
a profusion of blossoms never surpassed in any other way. 
And the enthusiast will be delighted to watch the pro- 
gress and development of the piants, for no two—no mat- 
ter how many there may be—are alike, even in foliage, 
and the same distinction shali be observable in the 
flowers. 
THE FLOWERS, 
Among these we shall get single, double, and semi- 
double; Japanese, Chinese, Anemone and Pompon, 
and other forms; white, yellow, chestnut, bronze, purple, 
