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mence rooting: repotting them in a mixture of peat, loam, and 
leaf soil, and placing them in a comfortable situation. Indeed 
our nurserymen treat many of these tribes as the Crocus ; and 
they may be purchased from their shelves in a dry state, as other 
bulbs. 
It is well for the amateur to remember, that many of what are 
termed Cape bulbs, may be grown out of doors, in well-drained 
and snugly-situated borders; but all the larger kinds, as the 
Brunsvigias and the stronger Amaryllids, must be planted six 
or eight inches below the surface ; it being understood that this 
is congenial to their habit, and is assuredly a protective plan. 
Good cultivators generally re-pot them when they have some 
fresh green leaves, well expanded, and are advancing towards 
luxuriant growth; and, when in full vigour, they enjoy liquid 
manure. 
312 The Chrysanthemum. We come now to a flower of so 
popular a character, that no person possessing a greenhouse, 
frame, or pit, should think it complete without at least a few 
varieties of these harbingers of winter. Chrysanthemums are 
much increased in value and interest from the circumstance of 
their coming in to fill up the gap occasioned by the loss of the 
Dahlias ; for these generally fall the victims of a single night’s 
frost in October; which comes, as it were, in advance of the 
great enemy, that lingers in ambush till later in the year. The 
latter plant, in gorgeous show, has delighted us in our out-of- 
door walks ; and now, in autumn, when we are seeking the com- 
forts of the house, the other attends us within doors, and com- 
pensates for the loss we have sustained. 
The Chrysanthemum is grown by a variety of methods, occa- 
sionally not unmixed with whim ; some persons endeavouring 
to grow them as gigantic as possible; others, with Chinese pro- 
pensity, aim at dwarfing them; and a third party, regardless 
of size, seek only a prominent display of their beautiful flowers. 
Those who possess conservatories, or other such structures, 
generally follow out the first practice; whilst those who pos- 
sess but a small house, or pits, resort to the dwarfing system; 
which indeed is in part practised for the conservatory, as small 
plants are required for front situations, as also for furnishing 
baskets, stands, or vases, in the drawing room, or balconies. As 
the dwarfing system offers many conveniencies, and for which 
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