THE OPENING YEAR 



Chrysanthemum came ever so many years ago. Perhaps Jan. 

 in November, probably in December, certainly not later 16-31 

 than January, they will strike cuttings for the next 

 display. These cuttings should be short and thick, and 

 should be pressed firmly 

 into sandy soil in small 

 pots. If they can be kept 

 under a cloche, or in a pro- 

 pagating box, they will root 

 the quicker. Young plants 

 that have grown from cut- 

 tings put in earlier should 

 be exposed to air in January, 

 and encouraged to grow 

 with warmth, ventilation, 

 and watering. When the 

 cutting pots are filled with 

 roots (and one can always 



judge of this by noting b. Basal leaves to be cut off. 



, ,, , , , c. Clean growth without flower buds. 



whether roots protrude 



from the drainage hole or not) the plants should be 



transferred to larger ones. 



New Lawns. — Makers of lawns should never hesitate 

 between turves and seeds so long as they can get the 

 former free from weeds. When you have laid your 

 turves the lawn is made — that is, if the soil has been 

 properly levelled, and the turf is well beaten. And you 

 can lay turves, in most districts, in eight months of 

 the year. The four excluded are May, June, July, 

 and August. Even these are not tabu if there is 

 sufficient water available. The ground men at Lord's, 

 the Oval, and that most delightful of all cricketing 

 centres, the St. Lawrence ground at Canterbury, 

 do not stand on the order of laying turves, They 



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LiBRAFlY. 



DiDiaion of Horticulture, 



Fig. 22. — Cutting of 

 Chrysanthemum. 



a. Where the stem should be severed. 



