JANUARY 



leisure moment, to point out some of the peculiari- 

 ties of their culture. Of the Chrysanthemum, we 

 have on our list upwards of fifty distinct varieties 

 at present, most of which have been originally intro- 

 duced from Japan and China, and chiefly by the 

 London Horticultural Society, every attempt to 

 raise them from seed having failed, through the un- 

 seasonable time of their appearance, until lately ; 

 but it is said that recently some indefatigable gar- 

 dener in England has succeeded in effecting it. In 

 China it is a flower in high request, and the Chinese 

 pay great attention to its culture, vying which shall 

 produce the largest, and making it an ordinary deco- 

 ration of the table at their entertainments. They 

 may be propagated with great facility by separating 

 the rooted suckers from the old stock, in the months 

 of April or May, putting two or three of these into 

 penny pots, separating them afterwards as they fill 

 the pots, and reserving the best, if there be a redun- 

 dancy, for repotting singly in the same sized pot. 

 When the plants are again filled with roots, they 

 should be shifted into other pots about eight or nine 

 inches diameter, for flowering, taking care, should 

 they show early signs of spindling up with single 

 shoots, to pinch them into bushes : on each shoot 

 only one or two flowers should be suffered to re- 

 main, and the rest should be trimmed off, to give 

 vigor and beauty to the remainder. The Chrysan- 

 themum being a voracious plant, requires to be fed 

 with the richest soil, and liquid manure abundantly, 

 to bring it to its greatest perfection. Many prefer 

 increasing this by planting the tops as cuttings, in 

 April and May, which renders them dwarfish, and 

 less rambling, and where that is desirable, this 

 method answers the purpose very well. When 

 planted against warm walls, or paling, they come 



