THE LADY’S MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM IN THE OPEN AIR. 
BY MR. ALLEN. 
[Ia my Instructions in Gardening for Ladies , I mentioned that Mr. Loudon had told 
me that the best collections of Chrysanthemums he had ever seen growing in the open air, 
were those in two small street gardens, one belonging to Mr. Ingpen, Chelsea, and the other 
to Mr. Allen, Chapel Street, Edgware Road. Mr. Allen is the author of the following paper.] 
The Chrysanthemum is the flower for the months of November and 
December, as much as the rose is the flower for the month of June. We 
are indebted to our persevering countrymen for the great improvements 
they have effected within the last few years in this showy flower, and 
also to those who have repeatedly called our attention to its capabilities. 
I here beg to make an acknowledgement, which I trust will be a lasting 
record, to a gentleman who had the kindness to supply me with plants 
and to instruct me in their cultivation. The first idea which occurred to 
me of growing Chrysanthemums originated from reading an article in the 
Gardeners Magazine, by Mr. A. Ingpen, of Manor Street, Chelsea, who 
has a small inclosed piece of garden ground, the walls of which are 
adorned with thirty or forty varieties of the Chrysanthemum. On 
applying to be permitted to look at them, Mr. Ingpen immediately 
granted my request, and politely accompanied me himself. I need not 
say how much I was gratified by the splendid appearance which presented 
itself. Here were flowers of all colours, in the middle of November, 
luxuriating in the smoke of London, and within a stone’s-throw of a 
brewhouse; imparting a liveliness to a small street garden of which I 
could have previously had no conception, and satisfactorily proving that 
there is not a plant better adapted for the numerous little London gardens 
than the Chrysanthemum. 
The simplicity of its cultivation is another recommendation. Chandler 
of Vauxhall can supply all the best varieties both of his own and the new 
Jersey seedlings : the early kinds are most satisfactory. They should be 
all propagated in March, April, and May; and each root may be cut 
into as many pieces as there are suckers ; they may be put separately into 
any kind of earth (loam is the best), in the sun or in the shade, and 
merely require to be kept moist; when they are sure to grow. You may 
also cut off slips, of which one root will furnish a dozen; insert them in 
flower-pots, three or four in a pot ; and keep them moist, but not too wet, 
until rooted, when they may be transplanted into the open ground, near 
a wall fully exposed to the sun; keeping them six inches apart, and 
allowing one stem only to rise, which when two feet high will branch out, 
and afford at least an hours amusement once a week in training to the 
