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CHRYSANTHEMUMS* 



From the Catalogue of W, Prince fy Sons, Flushing, L. L 



The gold bordered red; 

 the petals are red, 

 striped with golden 

 yellow 



White quilled 



Pale buif, or orange 



Changeable, red and 

 orange on sameplant 



Lilac quilled. 



Rose-coloured, or pink 



Lilac and white, chan- 

 geable; the fioiccrs 

 vary to lilac, to tchite 

 with a purple centre, 

 and to pure white 



Dark crimson, or Span- 

 ish brown 



Straw colonred quilled 



Golden yellow 



Tasselled White 



Semi-donble quilled do 

 Paper white 

 Quilled light purpk 

 Expanded do do 

 Quilled yellow 

 Double Indian yellow 

 Double Indian white 

 Dark purple 

 Early blush 

 Golden lotus 

 Quilled purple 

 Starry purple 

 Park's small yeWowftne 

 Quilled salmon 

 Semidouble quilled 

 Pale orange 

 Two-coloured red 

 Curled buff, orsalmon 

 Large lilac 

 Late pale purple 



Quilled fine yellow 



Sulphur do 



Superb clustered do 



Small do 



Single flame yellow 



Quilled pink 



Quilled Orange 



Early crimson 



Curled lilac 



Two coloured incurv' 



Blush ranunculus 



Late quilled purple 



Tasselled lilac 



Tasselled yellow 



Yellow waratah 



Pale lilac 



Large buff, superb 



Barclay's 



Alton's 



Sabine's. 



Chrysanthemums may be propagated from seed and cut- 

 tings, and each plant will produce several suckers which 

 may be separated every Spring. As the flowers are liable to 

 be injured by the rain in Autumn, it is advisable to take up 

 a few plants, and place them in a light room or greenhouse 

 which will preserve them for some time. 



Many people keep their late blooming plants in the house 

 through the Winter ; this is a bad practice, as the heat and 

 want of air will exhaust or destroy the plants altogether. 

 If the flowers fade before hard frost prevails, it is best either 

 to plunge the pots, into the ground with the plants, or to turn 

 them out of the pots, and plant them, with the balls of earth 

 entire, into the borders of the flower garden. 



Early in May, such as may be intended for potting the 

 ensuing season, should be divided at the roots, if not potted 

 and planted, each kind separate. One single stem is suffi- 

 cient for a moderate sized pot, if the object be to have bushy 

 plants ; but if showy plants are desired, one of each of the 

 varied colours may be selected for each pot,.which should be 



