C H RVS A N'l" H K M V M C LJ LTU RE, 



AS PRACTICED 1!\- AN AMATEUR. 



Fig. io6o" Mrs. H. C.^nnei., Judge Hoitt, 



Phil.\delphi.\, 



Gl.\dys, Sf.\lding, Mrs. Geo. Glenry, 



.Enf.^nt des Deu-k Mondes, 

 \\R.\, Louis Boehmer, 

 Joey Hill. 



THE chrysanthemum will live and do 

 something almost without care, but 

 perhaps no other plant will better 

 appreciate proper conditions and atten- 

 tion, and repay more for them than 

 it will ; and even in our short, dry sea- 

 sons the amateur can, with a reasonable 

 amount of care, reap a rich reward in 

 its cultivation. 



My own experience is not very exten- 

 sive, but I will try to tell, as briefly as 

 possible, what I have learned about 

 their culture. 



In the fall or winter, when the old 

 plants are through blossoming, they may 

 be stood in a light cellar or anywhere 

 out of the way where they will not freeze 

 and will have some air and light until 



rThis engraving is from ; 



engraving 



photograph of chrysanthemur 



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