THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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CIIETSANTHEM1JMS FOE THE CONSEEYATOET. 
BY ADAM fOBSYTII, F.ll.n.S., 
Bruns-wick Nursery, Stoke Newington, and 128, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 
the Elobal World for January, 1868, 1 had the honour 
of offering a few hints on the cultivation of the Chrys- 
anthemum for the decoration of the conservatory, and I 
now return to the subject ; for with increased experience 
we gain increased knowledge, and I hope that the sug- 
gestions that will be offered will be of as great a service as those 
which appeared in the communication above referred to. After being 
before the world as a chrysanthemum-grower for so many years past, 
it is quite unnecessary that I should speak of the interest I take in 
that flower ; but it is satisfactory to me to note tlie fact that its cul- 
tivation is rapidly extending, and wliere one amateur grew chrysan- 
themums in a satisfactory manner five years ago, there are at least 
twenty who produce a fine display in their conservatories during the 
month of November. It would take up too much space to mention 
all the fine displays I have seen during the past season, but in the 
gardens of that veteran grower and raiser, and highly-respected 
gentleman. Dr. Sharpe, at Waltham Cross, occurred such a sump- 
tuous display, that some mention must be made of it. The plants 
were grown in the natural style, and well furnished with magnificent 
flowers, and arranged in two banks, with a path between them, in a 
roomy structure seventy feet in length. A more glorious display of 
flowers could not possibly be produced during the autumn, and no 
word painting can convey a proper idea of it. It is not to be ex- 
pected that many amateurs can produce a display equal to his, yet it 
is a comparatively easy matter to produce one which will be in every 
way satisfactory, and I should much like this class of cultivators to 
show their friends that the conservatory can be made to present a 
bright and cheerful appearance during the most dull and dreary 
season of the year. 
In the gloomy months of November and December, when the 
chrysanthemum is in its prime, gaslight entertainments begin to 
assume increased importance, and many of these might be consider- 
ably enriched by the aid of these noble flowers. The poinsettia and 
the solanum are charming things for gaslight decoration, but the 
chrysanthemum afi'ords endless variety at an extravagantly cheap 
rate ; and in a private entrance-hall, a concert-room, a bazaar, or the 
covered approaches to any place of public resort, a bank of chrysan- 
themums affords a brilliant welcome and a grand accompaniment to 
any kind of festivity, because every known variety appears to advan- 
tage under gaslight. 
The employment of chrysanthemums in decoration of the green- 
house and conservatory is most important, and I have endeavoured 
to exemplify the value of the plant for this purpose at my nurseries 
at Shacklewell and Stoke Newington, during many years past, and 
in that time I have seen many a garden made gloriously gay by the 
January, 
