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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Cuttings rooted in this way seem to quickly assume the 
position of plants when the slightest indication of the 
rooting process is given by the more healthy and natural 
appearance of the leaves in the point of the shoot. Keep 
the glass of the frame wiped free of excessive condensed 
moisture, or many of the cuttings may damp off. 
What to do with Rooted Cuttings. — Assuming the 
cuttings were inserted in pots, as previously described. 
A small frame constructed over hot-water pipes in the preenhouse. A. are the 
pipes ; B, brickbats used as drainape ; C. a laj^er of cinders ; D, a layer of fibre refuse 
or sawdust ; E, pot plunped to its rim in the fibre. The frame is covered with 
moveable panes of plass. 
they should be, when rooted, either potted up singly into 
small pots, but in this case more space must be allowed to 
each one. It would be fatal to the best interests of the 
plants, were cuttings, when first rooted, allowed to 
remain any length of time without doing something with 
them. It is astonishing how quickly the roots get 
matted together, and when this is so, much damage to 
the tender young roots must follow as a consequence 
when dividing them. If the plants are to make the pro- 
gress that one might reasonably expect them to do. 
