New Mode of cultivating Qhrysantliemum mdicum. 97 



in others they are suffered to grow till beauty and utility are 

 sacrificed, and the standard trees of the wood much injured. 

 When cut over, every shoot which springs up is suffered to 

 remain on the stools till the next period of cutting, unless, 

 indeed, when near a market town, a few young shoots are cut 

 and sold for basket rods, &c. When beauty and cover for game 

 form the sole object, with regard both to holly and hazel, the 

 principal matter to attend to is to keep the bushes of a mode- 

 rate height, and to lop off any straggling branches which have 

 a tendency to produce nakedness at bottom. When profit only 

 is considered, a different course is to be pursued. In young 

 copses, the chief thing is to invigorate the roots, and to suffer 

 no more shoots than are absolutely necessary, to remain in the 

 stools till they have acquired sufficient strength. After cut- 

 ting over, should the stools push strongly, the superfluous 

 shoots ought to be occasionally displaced, leaving only what 

 the stools can fully support \ and those intended to remain for 

 hoops and poles may be much forwarded by rubbing off all 

 unnecessary buds as they appear. This work 1 have readily 

 performed with children. When profit and ornament are 

 jointly considered, which is uniformly the case in demesnes, 

 &c., the copses in the interior of the wood or plantation, if of 

 any extent, may be treated in' the manner suggested for profit, 

 and those along the margins, by the sides of the roads, 

 walks, &C-, managed, as hinted at, for game covers and beauty. 



I am, dear Sir, yours, &c. 

 Dartfield) Loughrea. J. Fraser. 



Art. X. A successfid Method qf cultivating the Chrysanthemum 

 indiciim. By Mr. W. Mitchinson, Courtlands, near Ex- 

 mouth. 



Sir, 



The following method of treating the chrysanthemum is, I 

 believe, new ; and, as it answers successfully, I think it may 

 be acceptable to some of your readers. 



In the plan of cultivation to be described, I propose to my- 

 self to obtain all the advantages of different heights, large 

 flowers, and the best disposition of the whole plant during its 

 flowering season. 



To procure the highest growth, I detach from the old 

 plants the most promising suckers, about the first of March. 

 These I place singly in small pots, and set them in a cold 

 frame, giving them the usual attention, and shifting them three 

 times in the course of the summer. 



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