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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
some varieties blossoms are developed in the axil of each 
leaf. 
Culture. — These plants are not difficult to grow, and 
if the varieties mentioned in the selections given else- 
where be taken in hand, we have little concern for the 
result. Try just a few as an experiment, but grow them 
in bush form, so that a good crop of blossoms may be 
ensured. Commence in good time, if possible, preferably 
in the early spring, and grow on the plants to the ter- 
minal buds, thinning these out sufficiently to ensure each 
flower opening without being crowded by its neighbour. 
The instructions given in Chapter II. for Decorative sorts 
apply also to the .A.nemone-flowered types. 
CHAPTER VII. 
BORDER VARIETIES. 
In this chapter we propose to deal with the hardy free- 
flowering Japanese and single-flowered varieties that have 
become so popular for growing in beds and borders, and 
producing a wealth of gay flowers from early August to 
late October. They are indispensable plants for yielding 
flowers for cutting for indoor decoration, and are, more- 
over, of easy cultivation. 
PROPAGATION. 
The first question to consider is the provision of stock 
plants for affording a supply of cuttings. 
The early-flowering and semi-early or late October 
flowering garden chrysanthemums are not infrequently 
described as “ hardy,” and such an appellation may justly 
