ON THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



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a spare bed somewhere, and, cutting back the early 

 blooming plants when their beauty is past, plant the 

 Chrysanthemums near the clumps. The Chrysanthe- 

 mums will "shift" quite safely in showery weather in 

 August and September. 



Let us now make a selection of double garden 

 Chrysanthemums, with their colours and usual month 

 of flowering : 



The six marked with an asterisk would form a good 

 half-dozen, giving, as they do, different colours and 

 seasons of blooming. 



Truly, when one thinks of the beauty of Chrysanthe- 

 mums, of their tough constitution, and of their obliging 

 disposition, one's heart warms to them. They have 

 nothing in common with plants which demand that 



