82 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



greenhouse decorative Chrysanthemums are grown in 

 larger or smaller numbers, and, like other plants of easy 

 culture, they are not always accorded the time a'nd 

 attention necessary to get the best results. But let it be 

 recognised that decorative Chrysanthemums pay for good 

 cultivation, for with liberal treatment during the growing 

 season and a fair amount of light and air during the 

 period of opening, each plant will yield a large number 

 of flowers that will last a considerable time either on the 

 plants or when cut and placed in water. 



PROPAGATION OF DECORATIVE 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Propagation may be carried on at any time between 

 January and the end of March. If numbers of one variety 

 are required, the easiest method is to strike the cuttings 

 in boxes about 2 inches in depth. Potting off into 2^-inch 

 pots should be commenced as soon as the cuttings are 

 rooted, a further shift into 5-inch pots being given as soon 

 as the roots reach the sides of the pots, transferring them 

 later into the flowering pots in the early part of June. 

 The composts already described should be used in the 

 different stages of potting, this operation being done very 

 firmly each time. 



When once the plants are established in 3-inch pots, 

 they should be treated as hardy as possible, the aim being 

 to promote a sturdy growth from the outset and right 

 through the season. A fair amount of room must be 

 allowed between the plants when in the frames and also 

 in the open air, both before and after the final potting. 

 As with the Japanese and Incurveds, so the Decorative 



