H. CANNELL & SONS’ LIST OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
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(ditto). Cut the flowers, and wire each separately, so that the blooms can be faced in any direction, 
bunching three together with a bit of moss between ; and so that they are a nice distance from bloom 
to bloom, and arranged to height, colour and size nicely, it will be necessary to have zinc tubes 1 J 
inches in diameter and about 4 inches long, with a flat foot stand to keep them erect, and place them 
in accordance with the height of the box, so that when all is done they show one continuous face, 
•every flower in its proper position ; one half-inch cut too high or too low will destroy its artistic 
arrangement. When carried out well, such an exhibit will be the pride of the show. A thick 
circular piece of cardboard at the back of the flowers of the Japanese, large Anemones, and incurved 
flowers to hold up their petals ; that is, cut a round the size required, and make a hole in the centre 
of the card for the stem, cut to the outside, and pin in the shape of a lamp shade, with a bit of raffia 
round the stem, which will hold it up in its place ; this, together with some nice stub moss, for the 
•surface of box, is all that is necessary ; the other few details can be seen to as it is being proceeded 
with. 
For Box, Tubes, Wire, and Scissors, send for particulars. 
HOW TO CROW FOR DECORATION. 
Cuttings must be taken off and rooted in a single pot in 
January and gradually grown on in a cold greenhouse or 
frame, and as they gain size so they must be shifted into 
larger pots and placed back in a frame with all the light 
and. air possible, but frost must not touch them. If for 
specimen plants they must have the extreme points taken 
out with the point of a knife when about 9 inches high so 
as to make side shoots and form a good bushy plant. The 
first fine weather in May place them out of doors. 
It now matters little what system of training may be 
pursued —whether the plants be trained to a single stem, 
formed into a bush, or be compressed into a pancake, as it was 
the fashion with Pompons with some, — the following general 
rules must be observed if the best results are to be secured. 
First, there must be no crowding the plants together ; but, 
on the contrary, each must stand clear and distinct, with 
the full light shining upon it, and without the branches of 
any touching each other. To effect this the best plan is 
to plunge the plants about half the depth of the pots in 
coal ashes, in rows a sufficient distance apart to admit a 
man passing between them without injuring the plants. 
Care should be taken that the plants do not root through 
the pots, for if they do the check they will sustain will be 
very injurious to the development of the flowers ; therefore, 
to prevent this, it will be necessary to move the pots once, 
if not twice a week, or to save time, place each pot on a piece 
of slate or tile. Secondly, the plants should be trained 
without delay ; that is, each branch must receive the sup- 
port ot a neat stake of sufficient length to answer the 
purpose when the plant is full grown. The arrangement 
of the branches must be systematically done, and the 
ligatures should be neat but not tight. Thirdly, water 
must be regularly supplied, so that the plants never know 
the want of it — that is, they must never flag — and manure 
water may be given once or twice a week without the 
slightest fear of injury. The Chrysanthemum is a most vo- 
racious feeder ; guano in the proportion of one ounce to each gallon of water, or cow manure and soot 
made into liquid will aid, but our “Real Manure” will be found much the best to bring up the 
colours and size, and should be used during October twice a week, this will assist in carrying all 
exhibitors to victory. Of course, as the plants make vigorous growth, from April to the 1st of July, 
the longest shoots must have their points taken out, to make them bushy ; and, in the course of time, 
all will begin to show their flower buds. 
To secure these of the finest quality, the conditions which we have laid down must be strictly 
observed — there must be perfect maturation of the wood ; for without ripe wood there can be no fine 
flowers. Nothing is more common than to hear people exclaim, “Dear me! what splendid flowers 
you have : my plants are much larger than yours, but the flowers are comparatively small.” This . 
arises out of that little word “maturation” during August — well-ripened wood and large leathery 
leaves — from this the flowers are built up. All Chrysanthemums, however, produce many more flower 
buds than they can bring to good form and proper size ; and hence it is necessary to reduce the number, 
so as to concentrate the energies of the plant in the few retained. To obtain fine blooms, strong growth 
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