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themselves with fall snnliglit, plenty of air, using netting over 

 the ventilators with a dry atmosphere, giving only water enough 

 at the root to prevent the plants from flagging, success will surely 

 reward your efforts. 



The Chrysanthemum supplies a long felt want ; it comes at a 

 time when there is a dearth of flowers ; the summer flowers are 

 past, and the winter forcing plants are not yet in bloom ; — 

 it is easily and quickly grown, and may be so grown as to satis- 

 factorily meet all occasions for decoration. For house decora- 

 tion with plants, the cuttings taken in May and grown in the open 

 ground until 1st September, and potted in seven inch pots, make 

 fine bush plants and for many places are more desirable than 

 the large plants, from the earlier struck cuttings, and if kept 

 properly watered and not subjected to too great heat, they will 

 keep two or three weeks in good condition. But the cut blooms 

 are more generally used than plants and with proper care they 

 may be kept two weeks in good condition if placed in vases of 

 water, and the water changed every morning, and a small piece 

 of the lower part of the stem cut ofi'just enough to leave a fresh 

 cut when changing the water and placed in a cool room during 

 the night. With the prestige already attained and with favor- 

 able opportunities for still further improvements, we may reason- 

 ably expect the Chrysanthemum to hold its rank as the favorite 

 flowering autumn plant. 



