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three or four of the best that surround it. Before frosts, 

 remove the plants to an airy greenhouse. As several 

 weeks, often of dull weather, intervene between the 

 removal and the flowering time, they should not be 

 crowded. Chrysanthemums are ever useful for cutting, 

 the flowers retaining their freshness when in water for 

 a week or more. The following are some very suitable 

 late-flowering varieties. All, or at least most, should be 

 tried, as a variety prevents monotony. 



White. — Florence Davis, L. Canning, Mrs W. H. 

 Weeks, Guy Hamilton, Mile. Therese Pankouche, 

 Nivens, Princess Victoria (creamy when freshly open). 

 Snowdrop (a dainty pompon). 



Yellow. — Golden Gate, Allman's Yellow, Glory, W. 

 H. Lincoln, King of Plumes, Golden Princess, Market 

 Gold. 



Pink. — Mme. Felix Perrin (Framefield Pink), A. J. 

 Balfour, Pink Princess Victoria, Duchess of Edinburgh 

 (bluish-pink Japanese anemone), Ralph Hatton (lilac). 



Crimson — Cullingfordi. 



Bronze — Etoile de Feu, Tancrede Basket, Tuxedo. 



Red — Matthieu Hudson. 



Cinerarias 



Treat as Chinese primroses. Decidedly surpassed as 

 luinter Jlowers by these and other plants, as begonias, etc. 



The Blue-Flowered Coleus 



(C. thyrsoideus). — This is recommended for its blue 

 flowers, and is beautiful in large groups. They are of 

 little use for cutting, as the leaves fade quickly. By 

 pinching June struck cuttings above the second pair of 

 leaves, plants in 6-inch pots, with three or four flower- 

 ing shoots, may be had for January and February bloom. 

 Frame or greenhouse in summer. An early-flowering 



