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PLANT CULTURE 



Chorizema cordata splendens 



perature of 65 to 70 degrees. Some growers prefer to root them in 

 pots in a mixture of sand and peat covering with a bell-jar or placing 

 in a propagating case. They may be rooted in the \\'inter or early 

 Spring. Rooted in sand they should be potted in 2-inch pots, using 

 two parts of loam, two parts of peat and one of sand. Place plants 

 in light house at temperature of 50 to 55 degrees. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. For nearly ten months out of the 

 twelve Chrysanthemums are so little seen that when the flowers 

 are in season they are eagerly welcomed by the flower buying public 

 as a change from the blossoms of Spring and Summer. There is a 

 gradual change in interest from the stiff and artificial looking flower, 

 which is grown on single stems, to the more natural looking spray 

 with smaller and singler flowers. Within the last twenty-five years 



