I 1 6 THE CULTURE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM . 



CHAPTER XXII. 



HINTS ON WHAT TO DO. 



I have given advice on what to avoid, and it may be 

 appropriate to emphasise several thing's it is essential to 

 remember. Therefore I have jotted down the following 

 hints : 



Take your cuttings from healthy, unforced plants. 



See that your pots, if new, are soaked well in water 

 before you pot; if old, that they are well washed and dry 

 before you begin, or you will lose a mass of fiibry roots, 

 when the plants come to be turned out of these pots, from 

 the small roots sticking to the sides. 



Remember that the more roots you have to your plant 

 the better it will be. To secure abundance of roots pot 

 up .gradually from small to full-sized pots, by various sizes. 

 Every time the root reaches the side of the pot it branches 

 and runs round. When this is effected it is time for a 

 further shift. 



Keep cuttings close, either covered with a glass or shut 

 up in a 'Case. This maintains the moisture all round the 

 cutting and prevents evaporation of the juices of the cut- 

 ting, which would otherwise wither and die. 



Use long clean labels, upon which place name, date, 

 number, etc., leaving room for further remarks during the 

 summer. 



Keep all your dates for future guidance. 



Use preventives against disease at intervals rather than 

 delay till appearance of malady. 



There is a place for everything, and everything should 

 be in its place. 



When receiving new plants from the nurserymen it is 

 best to keep them close for two or three days, in case they 

 have been taken from a warm house. 



Always be punctual as regards the time announced for 

 the completion of the staging of your flowers at shows 



