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.Airing- 23 



Shading- 23 



Scalding- 23 



Feeding- 23 



Chemical Fertilizers 24 



Liquid Manure 25 



Lime 26 



Iron 26 



Burning and Damping 26 



Top-Dressing- 26 



Removing- Stools 27 



Buds 27 



Early Varieties 28 



Late Varieties 29 



Height of Plants 29 



When to Cut 29 



Chapter VIII Exhibition Blooms. : 30 



.Bench System 31 



Soil . . . .- 31 



Planting- 31 



Firming 31 



Tying 31 



Buds and Disbudding 31 



Taking the Buds 33 



Stopping- 35 



Record of Operations 35 



.Feeding- 35 



Pot System 37 



Chapter IX Blooms Grown Out-of-Doors 38 



Australian-Method 39 



Shelter or Snug- Harbor 41 



Chapter X Insects 42 



Aphis 42 



Chrysanthemum Midge 42 



Red Spiders 46 



Thrips 46 



Leaf Tyer 47 



Mealy Bug 47 



Grasshoppers 48 



Tarnished Plant Bug 48 



Corythuca Gossypi 49 



Grub Worm 49 



'Cut Worm 49 



Lady Bird 49 



Lace-winged Fly 49 



Chrysanthemum Fly 50 



Chapter XI Diseases 51 



Rust 51 



Leaf Spot 52 



Mildew . . 52 



Chapter XII Seedlings and Sports 54 



;Seed Plants 54 



Fertilizing- 55 



