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C. paludo'sum (marsh). l. White. June 

 Barbary. 1810. 



perpuni'llum (very small). 1. White. June 



France. 1825. 



pinnati'fidum (leafletcd). 3. White. July 



Madeira. 1777. 

 ' pu'milum (dwarf). . White. August. 1806 



ra'dicans (rooting- branched). 1. White 



July. Spain. 1818. 



rotundifo 1 Hum (round-leaved). l. White 



June. Hungary. 1817 



Rutheni'acum (Russian). $. Pink. June. 



Russia. 1827. 



se'getum (corn). 1$. Yellow. July, I 



tain. 



Sine'nse (Chinese). 3. Variegated. October. 



China. 1764. 



sylve'stre (wood). 2. White. June. 1804. 



tanacetifo'lium (tansy-leaved). 1. White. 



Asia Minor. 1818. 



triparti'tum (three-lobed-feawerf). 3. Yellow. 



October. E. Ind. 1800. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM as a Florist's Floiver. 

 This is the C. Sine'nse and its varieties. 



Propagation by Cuttings. The best 

 time is the first week in February. Take 

 off the young shoots three inches long, 

 and, with a sharp knife, cut off the lower 

 leaves; insert the cuttings round the 

 edge of a five-inch pot, numbering each 

 kind as they are put in, to prevent mis- 

 takes. Use a light, sandy loam, with a 

 thin layer of pure sand on the surface. 

 Give a gentle watering, to settle the 

 earth closely to the cuttings. Place 

 them upon a heated surface of either 

 coal-ashes or river-sand. Cover them 

 with a hand-glass, and they will soon 

 emit roots. When rooted, pot them im- 

 mediately into small pots, and replace 

 them under the hand-glasses. As soon 

 as the roots reach the sides of the pots, 

 re-pot them immediately. Cramping the 

 roots in small pots is very injurious. 

 Then place them either on a shelf near 

 the glass of a good greenhouse, or, which 

 is better, place them in a cold frame, well 

 protected from frost and damp. 



By Layers. To procure very dwarf 

 plants, as soon as the frosts are fairly 

 passed for the season, plant out in the 

 open air a few old plants in a row, in an 

 open situation. Peg down some of the 

 branches, and, as soon as the flower-buds 

 appear, plunge as many small pots round 

 the plants, filled with light, rich earth, as 

 may be required ; place a branch into 

 each pot, and give it a gentle twist ; put 

 a short, hooked peg into each pot, catch- 

 ing the branch with the hook ; then cover 

 it with half an inch of soil, and in a 

 month it will be rooted. Then cut it off 

 from the parent plant, take up the pots, 

 and keep them in the shade till fairly; 



established. They may then have ano- 

 ther and final potting, and will be neat 

 dwarf-plants to place in front of the 

 taller ones. 



By Seeds. The seed must be saved as 

 soon as it is ripe, and only from such as 

 are of a fine shape, and bright, clear co- 

 lour. Sow the seeds in February, very 

 slightly covered with soil, finely sifted, 

 in shallow, wide pots. Place them in a 

 gentle heat, giving very gentle waterings, 

 when dry, with a fine-rosed watering-pot. 

 As soon as the seedlings have two or 

 three leaves each, transplant them singly 

 into small pots, keeping them in a tem- 

 perature of 55 to 60; re-pot when re- 

 quired. Some of them may flower, if 

 well grown, the same season. Treat them 

 exactly like the old varieties, and they 

 will all flower the second year. 



Soil. As these plants are gross feed- 

 ers, they require a very rich compost. 

 Half light loam, half decayed dung, with 

 a fourth of peat added, will grow them 

 strong, and flower them well. 



Summer Culture commences in April. 

 Such as are intended to bloom in pots 

 should now have large shifts out of their 

 small pots into three sizes larger. For 

 cuttings struck the same season, the 

 blooming-pots should be at least nine 

 inches' diameter, but for plants a year 

 older, they should be twelve inches. At 

 every potting stop all the shoots, to cause 

 them to branch early, and form dwarf, 

 compact bushes. Give up stopping at the 

 last shift, which should not be done later 

 than the middle of June. Tie the branches 

 out, so as to give as much room and air 

 to each as possible, consistent with form- 

 ing a handsome plant. Thin the buds of 

 such as are intended for exhibition, to 

 ause large flowers. During the whole 

 season of growth give abundance of water. 

 Every week give them one watering with 

 iquid-manure. Never allow them to flay 

 from the first re-potting tip to the finishing 

 bloom. Water them over head, in hot 

 weather, at least twice a day. The proper 

 ituation to place them at this season 

 from May till they bloom), is on a bed 

 of ashes or gravel, in an open situation. 

 As soon as the buds begin to open, re- 

 move them into the greenhouse, giving 

 ;hem as much space as possible, or the 

 ower leaves will drop off. Continue an 

 abundant supply of water till the bloom- 

 "ng season is over. 



Winter Culture. When the flowers are 



