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HOW TO SUCCEED WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



HE wonderfully increased demand for 

 this now justly popular flower has 

 been attended by a corresponding 

 enquiry for information regarding its 

 cultivation and treatment. And, as 

 may be easily understood, we are 

 often unable from lack of time to 

 reply to enquiries upon this subject 

 as fully as we would wish to. 



Propagation. 



Chrysanthemums are perhaps the 

 easiest of all flowering plants to propa- 

 gate ; while there are several methods 

 of increasing them, propagation by 

 rooted cuttings is the method gen- 

 erally practised. In order to have 

 healthy plants that will produce fine 

 bloom, the cuttings must be taken 

 from healthy plants, and be stocky 

 and short jointed, the joints of the 

 shoots make the best cuttings. A number of cuttings may be placed around 

 the side of a well drained pot, filled with clean sand and kept constantly moist, 

 where they will root in about two weeks. As soon as they are rooted, remove 

 and place separately in two and one-half inch pots filled with fairly rich soil. 

 Never allow them to suffer for want of water. 



Large Specimen Plants 



May be produced in several different ways ; the method most favored by 

 growers for exhibition requires a greenhouse to insure the best results. The 

 cutting should be rooted not later than February, and should be a vigorous 

 cutting to begin with. As soon as rooted, place in about a three inch pot, and 

 a few days later pinch out the point to induce a side growth, which in turn 

 must be pinched ag?in, by this means the plant is made to produce many 

 branches. Give a larger pot as soon as the first is nicely filled with roots, thus 

 using four or even five sizes, until the blooming pot is reached, which will be 

 lo or even 12 inches in diameter. A number of stakes will be required to 

 spread the branches, and give the plant the desired form. Another plan is to 

 group three or more plants in a large pot ; this plan is. however, usually dis- 

 countenanced at exhibitions. Last year's plants, if well wintered, are some- 



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