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superseded by varieties of more recent introduction. This leaves a list to select 
from that must meet the approbation of all. as all are dropped that are not up to 
the standard of requirement of the present time and none are added but what lias 
superior qualities to the older varieties in cultivation. The price is also within 
reach of all: we have only two lists of different prices, a ten and a twenty-five cent 
list, except a few novelties. We only offer this year what novelties we know to be 
good, as we visited the different shows of the North so we might see them and 
know what we were offering to our customers. 
Cultural Notes. 
WHEN TO PLANT. 
The Chrysanthemum may be planted any time in the Spring ns soon as frost 
is gone, and the ground can be worked, even up to the middle of June, and they 
will give good blooming plants in the Fall. The size of the plants is of little im- 
portance providing they are established, with good roots, and in a fresh and vigor- 
ous condition. 
SOIE. 
The Chrysanthemum thrives best in a compost composed of three parts of 
fibrous loam, one part well rotted cow manure, with the addition of about a six 
inch pot full of bone meal to a bushel of this compost, A handful or two of soot 
added to this will also keep it free from worms and add to the vigor of the plant. 
Dig the ground deep if cultivated in the open garden, and apply manure liberally. 
The Chrysanthemum is a gross feeder, and if well fed and properly thinned and 
pruned, the flowers will be large. 
DISBUDDING AND STOPPING. 
When your plant is six to eight inches high, cut back to a height of about four 
inches; allow four shoots to grow from this main trunk; when these four shoots 
are four inches high, pinch out the terminal bud, and save three or four of the 
branches that will spring from each of these limbs. Allow these last branches to 
attain a height of nine inches, then stop back for the last time. Allow one bud 
(flower) to a stem, and that a terminal hud. 
WHEN TO LIFT. 
In localities subject to heavy frosts in October and November, plants should 
be lifted into large pots or boxes by September 20th; after lifting them, drench 
thoroughly, and never allow them to suffer for water: give them manure water, if 
possible, once a week. If protected from frost by sheeting, they need not be 
brought into the house till well into October; and when brought in, place in a 
room without fire, and give plenty of air when not frosty. These instructions as 
to lifting apply chiefly to this State and further North. In all States South of this 
they do admirably in the open air. A covering of canvas is sometimes used to 
advantage when first Fall frosts appear. 
MILDEW. 
This is caused by cold nights succeeding sunny days, or two great extremes of 
temperature. Over crowding the plants and insufficient ventilation is another 
fertile cause of Mildew, Should Mildew actually appear, dusting the affected 
plants with powdered or flowers of sulphur is the best antidote, together with 
the maintenance of a dry atmosphere. 
BLACK FLY. 
The Black Fly or Aphis is the worst enemy the Chrysanthemum has to con- 
tend with ; it infests the little plants in the early Spring, and will stick to them all 
the Summer long if not destroyed. A good decoction of tobacco water applied 
by means of a syringe or wisk broom, will make the plant so distasteful to them 
that they will soon forsake it. Soap suds from the laundry, applied in the same 
way as the tobacco water, will also help to drive them away. In sections where 
tobacco stems can be procured cheaply, if they are kept sprinkled among the 
plants the insects will never molest them. 
