Encyclopaedia of Gardening 



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VARIETY. 

 Walter Jinks 

 W. Beadle 



Incurved 

 A. H. Hall 

 Baron Hirsch 

 Buttercup 

 Charles H. Curtis 

 Embleme Poitevine 

 lalene 

 Lady Isabel 



Madame Edmond Roger 

 Madame Ferlat 

 Mrs. Barnard Hankey 

 Mrs. F. Ashworth 

 Mrs. G. Denyer 

 Mrs. Robert H. Hall 

 Souvenir de W. Clibran 

 Topaze Orientale 

 W. Biddle 

 W. Pascoe 



WHEN TO STOP. 

 3rd week in April 

 end of March 



natural break 

 natural break 

 3rd week in May 

 3rd week in May 

 3rd week in May 

 3rd week in May 

 3rd week in May 

 3rd week in March 

 middle of March 

 3rd week in March 

 end of April 

 3rd week in April 

 3rd week in March 

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 natural break 

 early in May 



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" Stopping " is nipping off the top of the plant. The result is that 

 the plants break into three shoots. Any side shoots which form on 

 these throughout the summer should be picked out at once. Flower 

 buds with leaf shoots round them will form in summer. These are 

 called crown buds. In the column for crown buds it will be seen 

 that some are marked ist and some 2nd. With those marked ist 

 the first crown buds which form should be kept, and the leaf shoots 

 round them picked out; with those marked 2nd the first crown 

 buds, with all but one of the leaf shoots round them, should be 

 removed; the shoots left will then grow on and form a second 

 crown bud, with leaf shoots as before; in this case the bud should 

 be kept and the leaf shoots rubbed out. This procedure, varied as- 

 to time of first stopping according to the peculiarity of each variety, 

 must be adopted with all prize Chrysanthemums. Without it, it 

 would be impossible to get all the varieties at their best together. 

 The peculiarities of every variety grown must be learned by con- 

 sultation with experts. Speaking generally, prize flowers require 

 from 12 to 13 weeks to arrive at perfection from the time of bud 

 formation. (3) Transfer the plants to 8-in. or 9-111. pots about 

 the middle of June, using some such compost as the following, and 

 ramming it in well: 4 parts fibrous loam, i part decayed manure, 

 i part leaf mould and enough sand to make it gritty. A quart of 

 bone meal may be well mixed in each bushel of soil. The pots- 

 should be drained by laying some overlapping crocks in the bottom 

 and covering with rough flakes of soil. Stand the pots on a bed of 

 cinders in the open air. (4) Support the shoots as they grow 

 throughout the summer, and water regularly several times a day 

 if necessary. If the soil gets so dry as to shrink from the side of 

 the pot, success will be jeopardised very seriously. Give liquid 

 manure when the buds show colour. (5) Put the plants under 



