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the soil be very light and porous or, on the contrary, very 

 heavy, a good dressing of leaf mould or manure from a 

 spent mushroom bed or hotbed will tend to make the 

 heavy soil more workable, and light soil more capable of 

 retaining moisture. Should the soil be deficient in lime, 

 a light sprinkling of lime should be applied as digging 

 proceeds. 



Planting should be done when the soil is in a fairly 

 dry condition, and heavy soil may have to be lightly forked 

 over to break down the lumps, a fine tilth being necessary 

 for planting, and less likely to harbour slugs. If the 

 plants are a fair size and have been well hardened! 

 there is not much likelihood of damage from slugs, but 

 a sprinkling of soot immediately after planting may be 

 given as a preventive measure. 



Where border Chrysanthemums are cultivated in large 

 numbers for cut blooms they should be planted in beds, 

 each bed having three rows of plants from 18 inches to 

 2 feet apart and about the same distance between the 

 plants in the rows. This should allow them plenty of 

 room, and if a small path about 18 inches wide is allowed 

 between the beds, this will provide plenty of room for 

 attending to the necessary hoeing, tying, staking, and 

 watering. 



Beds such as these can be easily covered in the autumn 

 with tiffany stretched on light uprights well above the plants. 



Borders under a fruit wall are often utilised for early- 

 flowering Chrysanthemums, and if due consideration is 

 paid in selecting the heights of the varieties, such borders 

 are very effective. 



Plants for transferring to the flower borders or beds 

 should be cultivated according to the manner already 



