DECORATIVE VARIETIES. 
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itself to many, and any surplus plants treated in this way 
will be much appreciated at the time mentioned. 
Single-flowered varieties answer well to this treatment, 
and there is no reason why all the different types, each of 
which has a charm of its own, should not be treated in 
like manner. Why confine our selection to the Japanese? 
All the types should be represented, and in this connec- 
tion, it may be well to refer to plants of the quaint and 
curious flowers of the Spidery chrysanthemums. When 
planted outdoors in the early summer, and lifted towards 
the end of October, the^v make a display for Christmas- 
time that growers seldom meet with. 
LATE-FLOWERING VARIETIES. 
These have a value that increases as the season 
advances. Those that come into flower during November 
are generally recognised as mid-season kinds, and of 
these, there is an immense number. But, as the Novem- 
ber kinds go out of flower, the display made by the late- 
flowering section, coming into flower as they do, in beau- 
tifully fresh condition in December, their value for deco- 
rative uses, is most pronounced. By makin,g a wi.se 
selection, late chrysanthemums may be had in flower from 
December until the end of January, and even later in 
some instances. At Christmas-tide, the late-flowering 
chrysanthemums have much to commend them. 
There is no other subject then in flower so well suited 
for making large and bold displays with disbudded 
blooms ; while those plants grown in a freer manner, in 
graceful sprays, serve the purpose of filling the smaller 
receptacles in the house admirably. As plants for green- 
house and conservatory decoration, the late sorts are 
much appreciated during the same period. They keep in 
a fresh condition so much longer than the early-flowering 
and mid-season kinds, and in a cut state in a cool room, 
the flowers last from three weeks to fully a month. Pro- 
