■428 Flowering the Ch?ysa?ithemum indicum. 



the wonder of his neighbours. I have one which has stood 

 six winters with little or no protection. 



In the spring of last year, I planted out about fifty plants 

 of this rose : they grew and flowered tolerably well (Mr. 

 Young of Epsom saw them) ; and, although the last winter 

 was a severe one, every plant survived, and they are now 

 flowering and growing as freely as the common China rose. 

 In April, we lost three plants through excessively wet weather ; 

 the subsoil being a blue clay, and very retentive, the bed was 

 like a quagmire for weeks together. 



The following mode of propagation is easy and expedi- 

 tious : — Put a plant or two into the hot-house in January or 

 February, and there will soon be some young shoots : as soon 

 as they have three or four leaves, take them off, no mat- 

 ter how tender or succulent, but never remove or shorten a 

 leaf. Having prepared your cuttings, put them into sand, 

 with a glass over them, in the same heat as the plants, and in 

 three weeks they will be ready to be potted off. Thus continue 

 taking fresh cuttings, or topping the cuttings already struck, 

 till there are as many as you want. I propagated upwards of 

 100 plants in one season, from a small plant which only 

 afforded three cuttings at the commencement. 



I have little doubt that hundreds of gardeners are ac- 

 quainted with the above method, and, probably, have for 

 years grown this rose in the same manner as I have recom- 

 mended; but, as it has not been noticed in the Gardener's 

 Magazine, perhaps its beauty, fragrance, and easy culture are 

 not so generally known as it might be wished. 



I am, Sir, &c. 

 London, April, 1829. J. Elles. 



Art. XVI. On flowering the Chrysanthemum indicum. By 

 A constant Reader and Subscriber. 



Sir, 



The complaints of the last season on the flowering of the 

 Chrysanthemum indicum induce me to add to the number of 

 your correspondents by detailing the mode of treatment which 

 I have pursued with the greatest success for some years, and 

 which, if generally adopted, will insure their flowering in any 

 season, however unfavourable. 



Immediately after the plants have done flowering, I select 

 the best of the young shoots, and pot them, three in each pot, 

 in pots of 3 in. diameter, and place them in a cold pit or 

 frame protected from frost, where they remain until the begin- 



