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case Germania to some extent, is yet much 
dwarfer in growth, the average height 15 to 18 
inches, 21 a Wr ee standing 9 
Leander promis opular, because 
8 colour, fine shell hoot no e, Ke * ‘opening. 
Mr. F. Gifford, of Tottenham, states t stands 
ted with, Lady 
ng yellow or 
the first of a soft Apricot-yellow colour; the latte 
clear soft yellow, dwarf, and very free of bloom. Mrs, 
chroma 
low he is acquain 
Sutton and Marjorie are two pleasi 
Mr. Q. Reynolds uses it in- this 
; it is an excellent 
of b . Then there is Will Threlfall, a clear 
— — of vigorous habit; this variety has stood 
DEVONPORT PARK IMPROVEMENT. 
PLAN. 
SCALE 
300 err 
very well in my moist, heavy loam at Bedfont, while 
laced and other Pinks growing by its 
killed outright. 
winter, testing to the very utmost the hardihood of 
a large number of plants of what he is growing 
under the name of Pride of Penshurst, but of a 
and not 20 > prone to split its calyx, Whatever iti is, 
Mr, Stevens hae most useful yellow market Carna- 
tion, derfully tres and continuous in flower. R. D. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 
By the term employed in your enquiry (p. 558)— 
“early autumn-flowering varieties —I p e 
sorts flo ng the month of Se and 
are specially meant. For in- 
stance, the — — of the Desgranges group, 
Lady Selborne, Mrs. G. Rundle, its sports, and 
M. W. Holmes. All of these, and several 
commence to ee i 
advance of the 
ars flowers, re 
“taking the bud.“ 
ches to — or six on each 
he Desgranges group should be “taken quite by 
-h first week in August ; some even will show their 
buds carta — last week in July. 
What r section of early autumn 
of bra 
Holmes, should be taken by the fi d week 
in August, to allow them to fi ually and 
strong before the petals develop thoroughly. Plants 
Fie, 88. (sex p. 616.) 
cultivated to produce a quantity of blooms, the 
plants being topped once, and in some instances 
2 when 4 inches high, and again when 5 inches 
e growth has been made, do not require their 
da “taking” so early. The smaller flowers do not 
take so long to expand their florets as do the larger 
lossoms. Toward end of August is early 
enough for the formation of the buds, these being 
“taken” directly they are large enough to handle, 
Much necessarily depends 8 how the plants have 
been managed previous to this stage. ming 
that the cuttings are inserted towards 
November, and grown steadily on a un 
proper conditions no trouble will be . ond gpa in 
best late winter - g variety wit 
white flowers is se: aE L Canning. ka 
other variety will — flowers equal to it during 
Instead of layering the 
the end of 
to grow the plants that flowered the year previous, 
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Plants raised from cuttings in January of 1894, 
and flowered in January and February the 
present year, should be planted in the open ground 
in April, they will then give an abunda 
of bloom in 1896. Plants one year older should 
be divided into two, and treated a similar way. 
Canning does 
the firat year to give large returns. By 
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raising a few plants yearly, and by putting out some 
of them 2 the middle of April, having previously 
kept them wth is obtained, 
and better — 
rames, a sturdy gr 
This variety is impatient of ered 
Emay a 
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way in well dug soil, and in an open position, and 
made tolerably firm, satisfactory growth — 
follow. The plants should be lifted in Septembe 
and placed in pots or boxes, where they should we 
syringed occasionally and shaded to prevent flagging 
8 roots are — — The 
buds form in ber and oop! in November, and 
should 8 thinned . one on Léon Frache 
and M. E. A. nh pink, changing to white; 
Mrs, G. Hill and W. H. Lincoln, yellow, are aleo 
owering varietier, coming in nicely about 
cuttings 
Angust; afterwards al 
made Den For — 9- inch 
are large enough, two plants succeed in one — 
po well, 
the crown-bud which forms at the 
— — August, a number of growths 
