CHR YSANTHEMUM CULTURE. 



February or March, then bring them to 

 a sunny window for a few days, and you 

 will have plenty of shoots sufficiently 

 hardened for slips, or the young plants 

 may be taken up with some root. This 

 latter plan I prefer, as they are less 

 trouble to get started. They should be 



when turned out, they should be shifted 

 to four or five inch pots. 



Sometime from the middle of May to 

 the first of June they may be transferred 

 to the open ground. In the selection 

 of a suitable place for them in the gar- 

 den it should be remembered that the 



Fig. lOGl.— CiiRY.s.iNTUEMUMS A.s Window 1'lants (i-k(im Gariilmnc)- 



placed in quite small pots with good 

 drainage, and be kept in a healthy con- 

 dition, but not pushed. 



As soon as these small pots begin to 

 fill with roots so they are seen upon the 

 bottom and sides of the ball of earth, 



chrysanthemum is a sun loving plant 

 and must have a good exposure to the 

 sun for at least six or eight hours every 

 day that the sun shines. And yet, if 

 possible, they should be protected from 

 strong winds. The plants should be set 



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