The Cultivation of tlie Clirysanthemum 



Is exceedingly simple ; if wanted to flower only in the open ground, all that is necessary is to plant them in the open border in any good 

 ground, well enriched with manure. If possible plant them in a warm sheltered spot, particularly in any section north of Baltimore, as, 

 being the latest of all flowers of autumn, a better development will be had if planted in a place sheltered by a fence, hill or shrubbery. 

 As they are all sold grown in pots, they can be planted out any time from April to July, though preference may be given to May. They 

 form an average width by October of two feet in diameter, if the tops are pinched off so as to make them bushy ; they should be set out 

 at about two feet apart each way. The "topping " or " pinching " back, as it is called, should not be done later than 1st of August ; if 

 much later it might destroy the flowering to some extent. 



FOR HOUSE CUI.XURE. 



When wanted to be grown for Green-house or house culture the best plan for amateurs is to put each plant when received in a flower 

 pot 6, 7 or 8 inches wide and deep ; plunge these pots to the rims in the open ground, level with the soil, treating exactly the same as 

 recommended for planting in the open border, by pinching, etc. Care should, however, be taken to turn the flower pots round every 8 

 or 10 days, so as to prevent the roots getting through the bottom of the pot, the object being to confine the whole roots within the pot. 

 This same plan is the best for amateurs who cultivate any kind of plant to grow in the house or green-house in winter. 



LARGE CHRYSANTHEMUM FLO^WERS 



Which are seen at the exhibitions are obtained by pinching off all the buds but one on each shoot, just as soon as the buds can be seen ; 

 "disbudded," as it is called, in this way, many kinds of Chrysanthemum flowers can be obtained six to nine inches in diameter. This 

 Is the method used to obtain all the fine flowers seen at the Exhibitions. It is deceiving, however, to those unacquainted with the plan, 

 because a flower so obtained showing six or seven inches in diameter, if grown with half a dozen flowers on the same spray, would not 

 be half the size. Hence amateurs, who have selected special kinds from the cut flower tables at Exhibitions, must not be disappointed 

 at finding them half the size when they flower, unless they use the same process of disbudding to obtain large flowers. 



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