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Mr. Fewkes replied that the variety seemed to be a naturally 

 late one ; the buds were small when others were in flower. He 

 had never practised taking off cuttings in summer to any extent ; 

 but so far as he had they flowered later. 



Mr. Ilovey said in regard to retarding blooms that he once 

 placed some old plants under the stage to take cuttings from, but 

 they bloomed in February and March. He thought this early 

 flowering on new growth the only way to get them out of season. 



W. A. Manda advised to strike chrj'santhemum cuttings about 

 New Year's day, and keep potting them on until a six-inch pot is 

 used. He would pinch them until the middle of August. Plants 

 thus treated furnished as good blooms as those not pinched. 



They like sandy soil ; the soil at the Botanic Garden in Cam- 

 bridge where he is gardener is rather heavy, and they never did 

 well until he mixed sand with it. When planted out he mulches 

 them with straw or hay. When taken to the greenhouse they do 

 best in the full sun and the house should be airy ; then they do 

 not lose any leaves. 



Joseph H. Woodford spoke of the progress of chrysanthemum 

 culture. When in Europe in 1866 he made note of the best 

 growers. Adam Forsyth then took most prizes. He saw photo- 

 graphs of plants five feet high ; and brought home rooted cuttings, 

 which he gave to Mr. Edwin Fewkes, but there was then so little 

 demand for the flowers that Mr. Fewkes only saved a dozen out 

 of a hundred plants which he raised. People were not then edu- 

 cated up to the chrysanthemum, but now all commercial growers 

 are doing their utmost to promote the growth of this flower. 

 Plants must not be pinched down to the hard wood ; if this is. 

 done the}' will not break. 



Mr. Fewkes said that the}' saved only the White Trevenna and 

 Gloria Mundi. The former was the only one that would sell. 

 Last year they got only a hundred good plants out of seven hun- 

 dred [)lantod out. These were all treated alike, except that the 

 good plants were grown in new soil and the others in soil that had 

 had chrysanthemums grown in it for several years. He thought 

 cold nights injured tliem ; they were nearly all potted at the same 

 time, but the hundred good plants were taken in earlier. 



Mr. Hovey spoke of the magnificent display of chrysanthe- 

 mums at the Crystal Palace, London, in 1879. 



Mr. Fewkes remarked that he thought President Parkman, one 



