THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Fir 27/10 Chrysanthemum as first potted into 

 ' ^ ■ three-inch pots. 



Fig. 2741. 



"Mum" in four-inch pot ready 

 for first heading back. 



2. As headed back. 



be done carefully, with as little injury to the 

 roots as possible. After potting they should 

 be well watered, and shaded during the hot- 

 test part of the day for a week or so until 

 the roots become established in the pots. 

 They may then be kept out of doors and al- 

 lowed to get all the sunshine possible, taken 

 into the house as the nights become colder, 

 and placed in bright sunny windows where 

 their blossoms will look out and smile in 

 contentment upon the blustering storms of 

 November and December. 



Kix, Season Pot Culture;. — This is the 

 method by which the best results are ob- 

 tained, and as it is practiced altogether in the 

 production ©f exhibition plants, and fre- 

 quently also by amateurs in their home col- 

 lections, I shall speak of it more fully and in 

 detail. 



Propagation. — When the plants have 

 done flowering they should be cut down to 

 within a few inches of the soil. A forest of 

 little shoots will spring up which may be 

 used to start new plants. These cuttings 

 may be taken any time from January to 



May, but as a rule those taken in February 

 or March give the best results. The cut- 

 ting should be about three inches long, made 

 with a smooth cut at the bottom just below 

 a joint, and the lower leaves should be re- 

 moved. The roots may be started by in- 

 serting the cuttings in clear, sharp, gritty 

 sand. If but a limited number of plants are 

 wanted they may be started singly or other- 

 wise in small flower pots. An old bread 

 pan with a perforated bottom and filled with 

 about three inches of clear sand makes an 

 excellent propagating bed for the use of the 

 amateur. It goes without saying that the 

 sand should be kept moist, and for a few 

 days after the cuttings are inserted they 

 should be shaded from the midday sun by 

 placing over them a sheet of newspaper, but 

 as soon as established in their new quarters 

 the more sun they get the better. 



Potting. — As soon as it is well rooted 

 and a few new leaves have formed, the 

 young plant should be potted into a three- 

 inch pot. When the roots have filled this, 

 as may readily be seen by straddling the 



