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THE CENTURY BOOk OF GARDENING, 



A CERASTWM EDGING. 



be about 2'1'n. long. Cut them just beneath a joint, 

 and remove the two bottom leaves to give a clear stem 

 for insertion in the soil. Use for soil for the pols one 

 part each of light loim and well-decayed leaf-mould, 

 mixed with sufficient sharp silver sand to make the 

 whole fairly porous. Put the cuttings singly into small 

 pots, usually known as "thumbs,"' the reason for this 

 being that the little plants can be potted on without 

 damaging the toots. If a large number of plants 

 must be raised, then put the cuttings into shallow boxes, 

 and when tooted pot them off singly. It is a wise plan 

 to put a layer of sharp silver sand upon the surface of 

 the soil, so that when the cutting is inserted the sand 

 may tun down and form a foundation for the little shoot 

 to rest upon ; the object of this is to prevent " damping 

 oft," a term used by gardeners when a cutting decays 

 thiough too much moisture. Tress the cutting firmly 

 at the base, and place in a frame or on the bench ot 

 the greenhouse. Four pieces of loaid, loin, broad, 

 nailed together in convenient lengths and covered with 

 2loz. glass, make a useful propagating frame lor 

 Chrysanthemums. 



Place the pots upon a layer of coal ashes or cocoa-nut 

 fibre refuse, and water with a fine rose watering-pot 

 alter a few days. Always remove decaving leaves and 

 wipe ofl superfluous moisture from the glass, and if the 

 cuttings are in a temperature of about 45deg. they will 

 toot within four or five weeks. When rooted pot on, 

 and by the third week in May the plants should be well 

 established in 5 n. pots. At this time make the border, 

 bed, or wherever the plants Ere to go quite ready. Am 

 soil well manured the previous season answers admirablv, 

 but if manure be used at the time of planting, let it be 

 well rotted. Plant firmly, and unless the weather be verv 

 hot. delay watering for a day or two, when a thorough 

 soaking is necessary. As soon as it is seen that support 

 is needed, tie up each plant carefully, inserting the 

 stake at some distance fiom the stem. When the buds 

 develop, do not pick them off, but leave them to expand. 



otheiwise by disbudding one loses those free, graceful 

 stems which make the outdoor Chrysanthemum so 

 charming. A lew kinds might want slight disbudding, 

 but the general rule is to leave them undisturbed. 



Selection of Varieties. — This is important, and a 

 selection is given that no one will be disappointed with. 

 It includes all the best and brightest of the outdoor 

 Chrysanthemums. Japanese : Mine. Marie Masse, lilac 

 mauve, 2ft. ; Harvest Home, crimson and gold, 3ft. ; 

 Edie Wright, pink lading to white, 3ft. ; George 

 Wermig, deep yellow, 3ft. ; Francois Vuillermet, rich 

 lilac rose, 2ft. 6in. ; Mine. Eulalie Morel, deep cerise, 

 golden centre, 2ft. ; Edith Syratt, purple, 2ft. 3m. ; 

 Ambroise Thomas, reddish bronze, 3ft. 6in. ; Mme. la 

 Comtesse Foucher de Cariel, orange yellow, 2ft. ; 

 Mychett While, pure white, I Sin. ; M. G. Grunerwald, 

 pink, 4ft. ; Notaire Groz, pink, 4ft. ; Roi des Precoces, 

 crimson, 3 ft . 6in. ; Vice-President Hardy, orange 

 scarlet, 4ft. ; Bronze Prince, old gold, 2 ft . Gin. ; and 

 Ryecroft Glory, orange yellow, 3ft. 



Pompons are the more formal flowers, like little 

 bills. The best are Alice Butcher, orange red, and 

 Lyon, rose purple, each 2ft. 6in. ; Blushing Bride, rose 

 pink, Bronze Bride, rose tipped with gold, Filberta, 

 canary yellow, and Little Bob, deep red, all 2ft. in 

 height; Canari, lemon yellow, l8in.; Flora, golden 

 yellow, 2oin. ; Mme. Jolivart, white shaded with pink, 

 1 Sin. ; Martinmas, silvery pink, 3ft. ; Miss Davis, soft 

 pink, and Mrs. Cullingford, blush white, each 3ft. 6in. ; 

 Mr. Selby, rose pink, l8in. ; Piercy's Seedling, bronze, 

 I Sin. : and Nanum, blush white, 20111. 



Although, of course, immense improvement has taken 

 place in the Chrysanthemum for the open garden, it is 

 not a flower to use recklessly, as often the colours are 

 by no means very bright. A very gay variety is the 

 old Cottage Pink, which one sees in cottage gardens, 

 hence its name. It is a wonderfully free and hardy 

 kind, burdened with purplish rose flowers far into the 

 autumn, and seems to resist rains and early frosts as 



