HOW TO GROW CHRYSANTHEMUMS 101 
Taking the Buds. 
—Amateurs who are be- 
ginners in the cultiva- 
tion of these plants for 
show purposes are often 
puzzled as to the right 
way to train the plants. 
The accompanying 
sketches will make this 
matter quite plain to 
them. 
At first glance there 
does not seem to be any 
distinction between the 
accompanying sketches. 
But there is a very big 
difference, and the results 
with plants trained in 
both ways will be quite 
dissimilar. 
1 shows the right way 
to train the plant, and 2 
the wrong way. The 
1,_THE RIGHT WAY TO TRAIN 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOOTS. 
difference will be noticed at A in both of the sketches here shown. 
First, I will briefly explain the meaning of 1. 
The first 
break bud is shown at A. If this natural break does not occur at 
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2.—THE WRONG WAY. 
the right time for each 
particular variety, the 
tip of the plant must 
be pinched off in order 
to cause a break. The 
bud A must be re- 
moved, and the three 
strongest shoots imme- 
diately below it grown 
on to B. Here a first 
crown bud forms, but 
as it occurs about mid- 
summer it is too early 
to retain such a bud, 
so we remove it and 
take on one strong 
shoot on each stem to 
C. The letter C shows 
second crown buds, and 
as these generally form 
during the last three 
weeks in August—the 
majority about the 
