CFLTUKE FOR EXHIBITION 



be encouraged to start vigorously, by giving them a 

 light, airy position, and, if bench space can be spared, 

 it would pay to plant them out in a light, open com- 

 post. Even plants that have been kept in pots are 

 greatly iftnefited by being thus planted, as the old soil 

 about the roots is exhausted or sour, and the little 



Fig. 2 A CUTTING READY FOR INSERTION 



fresh soil will be found a great stimulus to the pro- 

 duction of a healthy growth of shoots for cuttings. 

 Chrysanthemums may be propagated from Jan- 

 uary to June according to the purposes for which they 

 are to be grown, but plants that are to be grown solely 

 for exhibition blooms should be propagated during 

 March or early in April. If the old plants have been. 



