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in July, and not afterwards disturbed at the roots. Keep the pots plunged or 
sunk iu the ground up to the rim of the pot, as this keeps them from becoming 
dry so rapidly, and greatly adds to the health of the plant, as when grown in 
pots they are more liable to suffer from want of water, and consequently need 
more care than if they were planted in the open ground. When the plants are 
grown in the ground all the Summer and taken up and potted in the Fall for 
house or conservatory decoration, the transferring of them info pots isa critical 
period. This is best accomplished by the middle of September or October 1st 
if the weather is cloudy and favorable. Plants intended for potting should he 
cut around from eight to ten inches from the stem with a sharp spade or knife 
running theimplement into the ground to a depth of about fourteen inches all 
around the plant; this cuts off all the rambling roots and induces the ones 
inside the circle to grow more dense and make a complete mass of roots and if 
the above cutting is attended to about once a week for two or three weeks be- 
fore potting, when the time comes to pot your plants will lift up with a nice 
ball of roots and suffer little or no check in the operation. After potting have 
a tub of water at hand and stand them in it for about twenty minutes, with the 
water above the top of the top. After this remove to the shade and keep them 
there a few days, gradually inuring them to the sun. If they show a tendency 
to wilt, keep in shade a few days longer, and keep the foliage moist by frequent 
sprinklings. Standard Chrysanthemums is the trade name for plants »rown 
on a single stem to about the height of thirty or thirty-six inches, with a nice 
round head of bloom on pot. To grow them in this way needs more attention 
and skil 1 than in any of the other ways. A proper sclectioir’of varieties best 
adapted for this purpose is of all importance, which we give elsewhere. The 
directions before given apply to these in same manner, only instead of nippin«- 
the to)i otl at eighteen inches, the desired height of thirty or thirty-six inches] 
