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be wired aud the plants tied to the wires. Many of the tall 

 large-flowering kinds will grow 5 feet or 6 feet high in a good 

 border well su}3plied with water in dry weather, and when well fed 

 and sheltered the flowers are large in size and the coloiu's beauti- 

 fidly clear. Besides, it is very easy to shelter the flowers against 

 a wall by suspending some thin woven material, such as scrim or 

 tiftany, over them on frosty nights. Thus treated they are per- 

 fectly safe. 



I shall refer to the Chrysanthemum as a jDot plant later on. 

 I am now only thinking of it as a hardy border plant. Its hardi- 

 ness in a well-drained soil is undoubted, but in consequence of its 

 late-blooming habit the flowers are frequently discoloured and in- 

 jm'ed by the late autumn frosts. Even when regarded as a hardy 

 border plant, the Chrysanthemums should have liberal treatment, 

 or the bottom leaves will fall, aud naked stems anywhere are 

 objectionable. Tiufy loam and old cow manure in a mellow 

 condition will grow them to perfection ; but they dissipate a good 

 deal of moisture, and a liberal supply of water will be neces- 

 sary, with occasional doses of liquid manure. The propagation 

 is very easy ; cuttings may be rooted at any time in spring and 

 summer, or the roots will throw up a niimber of offsets in spring, 

 which may be separated from the parent stool with a piece of root 

 attached and planted elsewhere. The plant should be divided and 

 replanted annually to obtain the best results. Being gross feeders, 

 they consume most of the food wnthin their reach in one season, 

 hence the value of annual removal. To obtain small dwarf 

 plants to fill in a bed in some prominent position, the points of 

 the shoots may be layered towards the end of July or beginning 

 of August by pegging them into the soil ; they may be layered 

 into pots or boxes, or be laid down and pegged into the earth 

 which surroimds the plants in the ordinary way, to be severed from 

 the parent plant as soon as well rooted 



Tall large-floivering Varieties for Covering low Walls. — Alfred 

 Salter, Aurea-multiflora, Christine, Empress of India, Eve, George 

 Glenny, Golden Beverley, Hero of Stoke Newington, John Salter, 

 Lady Talfoiu-d, Mrs. G. Bundle, Progne, Queen of England, aud 

 Elaine. 



Pompone Varieties for Borders. — Andromeda rosea. Bijou de 

 Horticulture, Bob, Brown Cedo Nulli, General Canrobert, James 

 Forsyth, La Vogue, Lilac Cedo Nulli, Model of Perfection, Presi- 

 dent, Princess Maria, Salomon, Soeur Melauie, Virginale, and 

 Fanny. 



Anemone.-floivered Varieties for Borders. — Astrea, Calliope, Fleur 

 de Marie, Marie Stuart, Mr. Astier, Rose Marguerite. The above 



