THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Oct. may be placed in a frame. The cuttings should be 

 I~I5 made quite firm. 



Housing Chrysanthemums. — Chrysanthemums love the 

 cool, dewy nights of October, and seem so fresh and 

 happy in the open air that there is a real reluctance to 

 disturbing them. But a sharp frost may come at any 

 time now, and if it caught the grower of prize-bloom 

 plants unawares, it might spoil all his season's work in 

 a night. To be on the safe 

 side the plants must be 

 housed, and as the work 

 involves some amount of 

 preparation, a beginning 

 should be made as early as 

 possible in October. Are; 

 the plants to be arranged 

 in a group in the conserva- 

 tory or vinery ? Then get 

 any stages which may exist 

 there taken down and packed 

 away. Clear up all rubbish. 

 If there is any damp, or if 

 there has been any trouble 

 from insects, give the walls 

 a coating of whitewash and 

 the woodwork a scrubbing. 

 Place a few clean, empty boxes and large flower pots 

 handy, because it may be necessary to mount some of 

 the plants to display them to the best advantage. Take 

 care that the growths of the plants are not blown about 

 and injured while being detached from their supports 

 in the garden and transported to the house. Cleanse 

 the pots. It is probable that the plants vary a great 

 deal in height, in which case they may be arranged in 

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Fig, 76.— Grouping Chrys- 

 anthemums. 



Pathway in a lean-to greenhouse. 



Dwarf plants near the pathway. 



The back of the group. (The 

 arrangement should result in 

 a nice undulating surface.) 



