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giving more air and exposing to a little 

 direct sunshine each day. 



When they are ready to be repotted, they 

 may be put in three and one half- or four- 

 inch pots, placing the ball of roots about two 

 inches below the rim of the pot. If given 

 some liquid feeding, these plants will pro- 

 duce five- to six-inch blooms. They may 

 also be planted direct from the sand into 

 shallow pans, or in five- and six-inch pots, as 

 many plants as are desired. Good plants 

 may be made up in this manner from late 

 June cuttings, putting three to six plants in 

 six or eight-inch pots and stopping them once 

 or twice. 



ITS GREAT DECORATIVE VALUE 



It is safe to say, without detracting from 

 the beauty and value of any other species of 

 flower, that, during its season of bloom, there 

 is nothing that can compete with the chrys- 

 anthemum in rich, massive, gorgeous, 

 decorative value. It can be used anywhere 

 that flowers are required, and for any purpose; 

 and the florist or gardener who has decora- 

 tive work of any kind to do during the 

 chrysanthemum season is not doing himself 



