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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Some growers do not hesitate to plant the old stools in 
soil that has been used previously for growing chrysan- 
themums, and results sometimes fully justify their so 
doing. But, to be absolutely sure, it is better to prepare 
a special heap of compost, of new and fresh ingredients, 
and this should be of a light and open kind. A good 
mixture should comprise three parts nice light loam, two 
parts flaky leaf-mould, and one part coarse silver sand or 
clean road grit. This well broken up and passed through 
a coarse sieve, and subsequently well mixed, will make an 
ideal compost for the purpose. The compost on the 
benches should be of sufficient depth to properly embed 
the old stools to their crown, and the soil should be drawn 
lightly over the latter. It is astonishing what a number 
of stock plants may be arranged in beds prepared in this 
way, and the results are extremely satisfactory. After a 
day or two has elapsed since the planting, the whole bed 
should be watered with clear water from a fine-rosed can, 
and the temperature of the water made as near to that of 
the glass structure as possible. In a comparatively short 
time the plants will be seen simply bristling with innumer- 
able shoots of recent development, and immediately below 
the surface soil there will be found many others in embryo. 
The claims of those growers who do not possess a 
glass house, and who are, or desire to be, enthusiastic 
devotees of the “ golden flower,” must not be forgotten. 
There are few gardens that are without a cold frame or a 
series of them, and with this adjunct of the garden, they 
may raise quite a large number of plants for the 
embellishment of their homes by the aid of a temporary 
structure to flower them in. With a frame-light or two, 
and canvas strained between stout upright posts, tem- 
f>orary structures, in which to flower the decorative chry- 
santhemums may easily be made. For such growers, the 
cold frame in the early days of the year will afford ample 
protection for a limited number of plants. They may be 
planted in prepared soil in the frames, and will succeed 
without a doubt. If left in their flowering pots, or the 
