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pots, the feeders would not perish, as they often do, affecting 

 the foliage and laying the foundation for fungoid diseases. 



A very few suggestions will aid the amateur. Assuming 

 that you have a healthy plant, in the fall, as soon as the flowers 

 are gone, cut the wood off down close to the ball of earth. Sink 

 the crock in the ground in some sheltered place. Cover to keep 

 from hard freezing. In the spring lift the crock and place it 

 where it will start to grow, (the kitchen window is a good place.) 

 The young growth will start as thick as grass. Pull off a few of 

 the strongest and put them in moist sand. They "root" in a 

 short time. Place them first into two-inch pots. "Shift" every 

 two weeks, from two to three-inch pots, three to four, four to 

 five, five to six, six to eight. Keep them "plunged" all the while 

 either in the ground or a box of sand. Toward fall stand them 

 in an organ box with top and front off, ("plunged" of course.) 

 On cold nights throw canvass or old carpet over, and you will 

 have "Mums" till nearly Christmas. 



Photo 157 

 Chrysanthemum measuring Twenty-three Inches. 



