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eral years after they are bought before they flower at all ; 

 but, once started, they seern to flower each year. I have 

 a Crinum Moorei out of doors which makes its leaves 

 every year, but has not yet flowered. 



I try to arrange the plants in groups in this conser- 

 vatory. Whether there are ten plants of one kind, or 

 only two, they are placed together ; and if there are dif- 

 ferent plants more or less of one colour, they, too, are 

 massed together. I think this makes the most immense 

 difference in the pleasure to be got out of a greenhouse, 

 and increases the colour -value of everything grown in 

 it, as the power of one plant to kill or injure the colour 

 of another is far more felt in a greenhouse than even in 

 the open border. I have, now flowering, my usual num- 

 ber of the protected Chrysanthemums. They are less 

 good than last year, the wet June and dry August not 

 having suited them. Last year the hardy early outdoor 

 Chrysanthemums were very good indeed ; this year the 

 season has been even harder on them than on the pot- 

 plants. All the same, they should be very much grown 

 in all gardens. They transplant quite easily from the 

 reserve garden at any time from August onwards. I 

 have yellow, orange, pink, white, dark red, and a very 

 dark yellow, which seems to last the longest and be the 

 hardiest. Some few cottage gardens have better varie- 

 ties than I can boast. The great secret for the late-flow- 

 ering hardy Chrysanthemums is to get them against 

 walls, and, still better, under the protection of shrubs. 

 Many of the greenhouse Chrysanthemums will also 

 flower perfectly out of doors, if only planted late in the 

 summer under shrubs, as I have just said. In this ~yay 

 they get a natural protection on cold nights. The last 

 two years I have grown for the greenhouse, in pots, a 

 Michaelmas Daisy that is new to me, called Aster gran- 

 diflora. It has a stiff, pretty growth, and is quite hardy; 



