36 THE CULTURE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



them and scalding the flowers in the larger pots, which 

 are loaded with moisture from the evaporation of the larger 

 body of soil. These plants will not want any stimulants 

 until the pots are full of roots. Then treat them in the 

 same way as the larger plants. Many of my readers will 

 think these small pots would require too much attention 

 in watering, but such is not the case. The large plants 

 have to be gone over at least three, and in very hot 

 weather four, times daily; but twice a day is sufficient for 

 the smaller pots, because they do not get full of roots 

 until August, and then the days begin to shorten and the 

 nights to get more dewy. A very great advantage for 

 these dw 7 arfs is that you can grow three of them in the 

 same space as one large one, and so increase, for your 

 space, the number of varieties to be produced. 



There can be but one conclusion in regard to the 

 cultivation of dwarf chrysanthemums namely, that if you 

 do not try a few plants this way you ought to do so 

 forthwith, and if you once try them you will never give 

 them up. 



