THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT THE " GORE." 



inches of soil. There is no surer cover- 

 ing for safety than this, not only for 

 roses, but for every kind of deciduous 

 shrub as well. 



Everblooming roses, which embrace 

 such as the Tea, Noisette, Bourbon, 

 China, and their hybrids, must have 

 some protection, but not nearly so much 

 as many suppose. These roses do not 

 bloom from the shoots of the previous 

 season, as hybrids do, but from fresh 

 ones of the same season. Nothing is 

 gained by preserving all the length of 



the shoots. In fact, were they not in- 

 jured, they should be pruned away to 

 within a few inches of the last season's 

 growth, as better flowers succeed such a 

 cutting back. This being the case, all 

 that is required is the covering of the 

 plants. This is easily done by placing 

 manure, leaves or soil about them, to 

 about a foot in depth, doing it after the 

 ground has frozen solid, and ren-.oving 

 it when spring has certainly come for 

 good. — Joseph Meehan, in R. N. V. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT THE "GORE," 



N giving you the methods employed 

 in getting up the above exhibition 

 of Chrysanthemums, I am not going 

 to write as a man who holds secrets 

 or methods of growing, unknown to 

 others, or to give pointers to other grow- 

 ers, whereby they may excel beyond 

 their fellows. I for one do not believe 

 in secrets, so called ; but I do believe 

 that any intelligent gardener, or in fact 

 anyone who, having a love for good 

 flowers, can at little expense get up a 

 display such as was seen in the green- 

 house at the "Gore" last autumn, by 

 simply paying attention to the details 

 which are necessary for the successful 

 cultivation of this plant. 



This collection was grown in 4 in., 

 5 in , 6 in., 8 in., 10 in. and 12 in. pots, 

 in single stem, two stem, three stem, 

 and bush plants. 



The cuttings for the larger specimens 

 were rooted in March. Some were 

 grown on in pots, some were planted 

 out, from these. Cuttings were struck 

 as required in June and August, and 

 grown on into 4 in., 5 in. and 6 in. pots ; 

 the plants planted out were lifted early 

 in August and taken under glass to 



save them from the Chrysanthemum 

 bug ; those in 4 in., 5 in. and 6 in. pots 

 were grown entirely under glass, getting 

 plenty of air and a good syringing at 

 least once a day. Whenever the plants 

 showed signs of having filled their flow- 

 ing pots with roots, they were fed with 

 liquid manure ; horse and cow manure 

 being used alternately, about a bushel 

 to 50 gallons of water. 



The potting material used was the 

 ordinary material in use for all [ otting, 

 viz., good rotted friable loam, mixed 

 with decayed manure. 



A few of the principal points to be 

 observed in growing this plant are : use 

 no cuttings but what are in good healthy 

 growing condition. See that from the 

 time the cutting is started, the plant 

 never gets a check, either from a want 

 of water, or by getting too much. Plenty 

 of drainage when potting. Never let 

 your plants become pot-bound, until 

 they are in their flowering pots. Timely 

 attention to disbudding. The secret of 

 getting good flowers is getting well 

 ripened wood. 



Ai.Kx. Veitch. 



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