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CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM. 
summer, and produce good roots by the autumn. The 
frost will kill the stems, which should then be cut off, 
and the roots dug up, and placed in a flower pot or 
box, with some earth about them, and put under the 
stage of the Greenhouse, or in a cellar. They should 
be kept in a moist state, and to secure them in this 
condition be sprinkled occasionally, from the nose of 
a water pot, if they are not damp enough without it. 
Their nature is so succulent that they will, if kept 
dry, shrivel and become exhausted, and if suffered to 
remain in a half dried state, they will become mouldy 
and rotten. In April or May they should be planted 
in the flower Garden, when they will be much finer 
and stronger than they were in the previous year. By 
continuing to grow and preserve them in this manner, 
they will improve in each succeeding year, and increase 
by offsets, as other tuberous roots. 
The bulbs of Tigridia, Pavonia, and Conchiflora, 
can be preserved in the same manner. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM INDICUM. 
The Chrysanthemums are well known Autumn 
flowering herbaceous plants, originally from China. 
Since their introduction here many fine varieties have 
been raised from seed, which are superior to the orig¬ 
inals, and as they are the last of the Autumnal flow¬ 
ers, and easy to cultivate, they ought to be more 
appreciated than they usually are. 
