CHRYSANTHEMUM TIME 



ones, but if desired they can be kept. A simple plan is 

 to crop the branches and roots to mere stumps, and 

 hang the plants in bundles in a cool, dry, frost-proof 

 outhouse, store, or cellar. Pot plants raised from 

 cuttings in spring, repotted, pinched as required, and 

 disbudded in summer, may now come into bloom, and 

 will greatly enliven the stages of the greenhouse. With 

 care in watering, and picking off fading trusses, they will 

 remain in bloom for a long time. 



Herbaceous Borders. — There are not likely to be many 

 flowers, although in a mild autumn Stenactis speciosa, 

 a few late Michaelmas 

 Daisies, Chrysanthemums, 

 and Dahlias may still be 

 in beauty. As long as a 

 border remains fresh it may 

 be left, because it gives 

 something cheerful to the 

 eye, and the shock of loss 

 and blankness which fol- 

 lows a clearance should be 

 deferred as long as possible. 

 But when the foliage be- 

 comes discoloured and the 

 stems leafless, the plants 

 should be cut down to the 

 ground, the prunings taken 

 to the rubbish corner, and 

 burnt. The border can be 

 dug then, such fresh plant- 

 ing as is desired carried 

 out (see earlier chapter for 

 notes on suitable plants and attractive colour schemes), 

 bulbs put in, and all left neat for the winter. 

 377 



Nov. 

 1-15 



Fig. 88.— Hyacinths in Glasses 

 (p. 378). 



a. Bulb just touching water. 



b. Lumps of charcoal. 



c. Bulb growing. 



d. Spike showing. 



e. Roots growing in the water. 



