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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
less satisfactory. As a rule, the plants lift very well, and 
the whole root will be found intact. There may be in- 
stances in which the plants will break up more than the 
grower cares to see, and those with long, sucker-like, 
underground shoots, are more prone to behave in this way 
than others. 
The old stools should be constantly overlooked, that 
they do not suffer for want of water. A sprinkling over- 
head occasionally with clear water from a fine-rosed can 
has the effect of promoting growth when the atmospheric 
conditions are genial. The paths, too, should be slightly 
damped down, so that the conditions may be fairly humid, 
but on no account should the temperature exceed fifty 
degrees. This temperature is quite warm enough to raise 
satisfactory stock of the chrysanthemum, and warmer con- 
ditions are calculated to promote growths of a weak and 
elongated character. Varieties shy in producing cuttings, 
and those also that develop their growths chiefly on the 
old stem, are better when placed in the warmest corner 
of the greenhouse, and the old stems constantly mois- 
tened. This has the effect of inducing them to make new 
shoots. 
When to Propagate. — The early-flowering garden varie- 
ties are better served when they are propagated from the 
middle of January onwards. Each succeeding month, 
until the early days of June, cuttings may be inserted with 
the sure prospect of success. However, from January 
until the closing days of March may be regarded as 
distinctly the better period in which to carry out the pro- 
pagation of the hardy garden kinds. These plants are 
most accommodating, and cuttings of some of the more 
popular varieties inserted in June will develop into dainty 
plants by the middle of September, and during the latter 
month will make quite an interesting display. 
Methods of Propagation. — Several methods of propaga- 
tion suggest themselves, but for ordinary purposes, where 
