l62 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



ture of cow manure and bone meal, suits 

 them better than light, sandy soil. The 

 plants are set out in beds, in rows one foot 

 apart, and six inches between the plants. 

 As we do not desire more than two flowers 

 per plant, this distance will allow the flowers 

 to attain a diameter of six inches without 

 rubbing each other. We allow three feet 

 between the beds, to permit free passage 

 and easy cultivation. After planting, give a 

 good watering. As the plants are set out 

 from pots they will need no shading. When 

 the plants are about one foot high we pinch 

 the tops off the strongest growing ones,which 

 causes them to make several shoots, of which 

 we allow the strongest two to grow. The 

 selection of these shoots must be made as 

 soon as they are an inch or two long, to avoid 

 a waste of growth in unnecessary shoots. 

 The weaker plants are never topped, develop- 

 ing but one flower apiece. The question 

 whether it pays to grow one large flower per 

 plant, or three or more smaller ones, depends 

 largely on the demand in different localities. 

 The only insect enemy that the chrysan- 

 themum has is the green and black aphis, 

 or fly, which can be kept down by a 



