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age, will suit the plant just as well, and by covering the 

 box with cloth or paper the difference will not be noticed. 

 If cuttings are not to be had, young plants may be bought 

 of the florists and treated in the manner described. 

 Buy them in midsummer or earlier. 



It is best not to attempt to flower the same plant 

 two seasons. After the plant has bloomed, the top 

 may be cut down, and the box set in a cellar and 

 kept moderately dry. In February or March, 

 bring the plant to the sitting-room window 

 vase of small and let the shoots start from the root. These 

 Chrysanthemums s hoots are taken for cuttings to grow plants 

 for the fall bloom. 



There is a hardy race of Chrysanthemums, very 

 excellent for the border. Mulch in winter. The best Hardy 



Chrysanthemum 



bloom is usually given the first and second years. 



Cineraria. A tender greenhouse plant. It may 

 be grown as a house plant, although the conditions nec- 

 essary to the best results are hard to obtain outside of a 

 greenhouse. The conditions for their growing are a cool 

 temperature, frequent repotting and guarding against the 

 attacks of the greenfly. Perhaps the last is the most diffi- 

 cult, and with one having no facilities for fumigating, it 

 will be almost impossible to prevent the difficulty. A 

 living room usually has too dry air for Cinerarias. The 

 seed, which is very minute, should be sown in August or 

 September to have plants in bloom in January or Feb- 

 ruary. Sow the seed on the surface of fine soil and water 

 very lightly to settle the seeds into the soil. A piece of 

 glass or a damp cloth may be spread over the pot or box 

 in which the seeds are sown, to remain until the seeds are 

 up. Always keep the soil damp, but not wet. When the 

 seedlings are large enough to repot, they should be potted 

 singly in 2- or 3 -inch pots. Before the plants have be- 

 come pot-bound, they should again be repotted into larger 

 pots, until they are in at least a 6 -inch pot in which to 



