ROSE TIME 



may be raised in early summer and planted in June 

 autumn. ^"^5 



Planting Dahlias. — Early in June is not too late to 

 plant. With deep, well-worked, manured soil, and 

 sturdy plants, success will follow. The plants should 

 be made quite firm in the soil and given a good 

 watering. Put them at least a yard apart, and give 

 them their stakes at once. 



Potting Chrysanthemums. — Florists' Chrysanthemums, 

 raised from cuttings in winter, repotted, hardened in an 

 unheated frame, and deprived of their first buds, must 

 be placed in their flowering pots soon. Growers for 

 exhibition use large pots, and a compost the principal 

 component of which is fibrous loam. The pots should 

 not be smaller than eight inches across at the top, and 

 need not be larger than nine inches. A fourth of leaf 

 mould and a liberal dash of coarse sand should be added 

 to the loam, and the whole well mixed. The pots should 

 be well drained with crocks protected by moss or flakes 

 of leaf mould. The compost must be well rammed 

 round the ball, so as to be made quite hard. A space of 

 two inches should be left at the top for holding water. 

 The plants should be shaded for a few days, but after 

 they have started growing again they may stand on a 

 bed of cinders in the full sun. It is not a bad plan to 

 shade the pots, however, as if the sun is prevented from 

 striking directly on to them water will not be wanted so 

 often. Great attention should be devoted to watering 

 throughout the summer, as if the soil gets absolutely 

 dry, and breaks away from the side of the pot, the plants 

 are sure to suffer. 



Seedling Cinerarias and Primulas, raised by sowing 

 seed a few weeks previously, may be getting crowded 

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