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In the middle of June the plants should be shifted into 

 eight-inch pots, to give them a good chance in the height of 

 the growing season. Keep them freely watered even in rainy- 

 weather, for it often happens that, while the leaves are well 

 washed by rain, the roots get none of it. In dry weather 

 syringe them once a day at least, in very hot weather twice, 

 morning and evening being the best times. 



By the middle of July the first-class show kinds will be the 

 better for a shift into eleven-inch pots if large specimens are 

 required, but the reflexed and smaller kinds may be allowed to 

 flower in eight-inch pots, and be helped to the end of their 

 journey by liquid manure as soon as they have quite filled 

 their pots with roots. In any case, however, robust plants 

 that have quite filled their pots with roots, and that appear, 

 by their ample leafage aud walking-stick stems, to be capable 

 of growing considerably larger yet, should be shifted to give 

 them a chance of making a grand show when their day of 

 triumph arrives. But there must be no disturbance of the 

 roots after the middle of July or there will be very few flowers 

 in jN'ovember. And however strong the plants or propitious 

 the season, eleven-pots are the largest allowable for chrysan- 

 themums. If you put them into larger pots you may whistle 

 for flowers. 



The chrysanthemum is grown in a variety of forms according 

 to the fancy of the cultivator. The tall untrained bushes 

 suitable for the conservatory are the easiest to manage ; and 

 any one who has the least idea of gardening operations can 

 stake and train them, for all they need is sufficient support to 

 enable them to carry their flowers. But it is another matter 

 when specimens such as here figured are required. To pro- 

 duce any of these forms it is necessary to take cuttings in 

 November, and keep the young plants in the greenhouse 

 through the winter. 



Convex specimens are the most telling of all for exhibition 

 purposes. The large flowering kinds and the pompons are 

 equally adapted for this mode of management. The plants raised 

 from November cuttings must be stopped about the middle of 

 March. In the first week of April they should be shifted into 

 six-inch pots. It is usual to grow all kinds of chrysanthemums 

 in the same mixture ; but, when perfection is aimed at, the 

 large kinds will do better in a somewhat heavier soil than the 



