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THE CULTURE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



The cuttings will require to be sprayed occasionally, at 

 about ten or eleven o'clock, so that they may get tolerably 

 dry by evening. They will not require watering otherwise 

 till they are rooted, which will be in three or four weeks. 

 The temperature should be from 45 degrees by night to 

 50 degrees by day. It is advisable to be a little below than 

 above this temperature, and the less fire-heat employed the 

 better. At one time I used to root cuttings in cold frames, 

 but long experience has taught me that it is not always 



A Good Cutting:. 



safe on account of severe frosts. Some growers become 

 very anxious if certain sorts of cuttings canno>c be had at 

 a given date, but this need not be, as I will show by the 

 method of stopping (see Chapter III. on " Stopping "). As 

 soon as the cuttings show the least sign of growth, the 

 glass should be tilted for a day or two in order to harden 

 them, and then taken off altogether. They should then be 

 removed from the box or frame, and given plenty of light 

 and air, so as to keep them from growing too fast and 

 becoming drawn. 



