1853. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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Dwarf or Fompone Chrysanthemums. 
Few novelties 
have added so 
much to the 
stores of the flo¬ 
rist for early win¬ 
ter use 3 as the 
New Dwarf Chry¬ 
santhemums. Be¬ 
ing perfectly har¬ 
dy, they are 
adapted to the 
wants of cottage 
gardens as well as 
green-housesj as 
they are equally 
fitted for the 
open ground or 
for pot culture. 
We have there¬ 
fore given a wood 
cut which gives a 
good idea of their 
general appear¬ 
ance. The flow¬ 
ers themselves, 
are many of them 
no larger than 
our engraving, 
whilst their co¬ 
lors are as brill¬ 
iant as those of 
the larger varie¬ 
ties. The plants, 
(if stopped as 
they ought to be 
in summer, while 
growing,) do not 
grow more than 
a foot or 15 inch¬ 
es high, and if 
well managed, 
will, in Novem¬ 
ber and Decern- 
ber, be a mass of bloom. The mode of culture is as 
follows: In April or May put several cuttings or 
shoots from an old plant, into a pot, round the 
edge, or into the open ground in any light soil. 
Shade them for a fortnight from the mid-day sun; 
they will root without glass over them, but if 
there is a frame or hand glass to put over so much 
the better. In six weeks stop them; that is, nip 
off the top with the finger and thumbj this should 
be above the third leaf from the bottom. New 
shoots will come out from the eye of every leaf 
in a few days. As soon as these shoots are about 
half an inch long, pot singly such as are wished 
to be bloomed in pots, and plant the others in the 
garden. The best compost to grow them in is 
half sandy loam and half old hot bed manure. 
Take care during the summer to give them w r ater 
over head and at root, so that they never flag for 
want of it. Those in pots should, in about four 
or five weeks from the time they are potted, be 
shifted into a larger pot. The proper time for do¬ 
ing this is as soon as the pots are filled with roots, 
which can be easily ascertained by turning one out 
of the pot, by tapping the edge of the pots on the 
