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flowering time arrives most of the intervening 
space will be filled up. As a rule, the 
Japanese varieties are represented by larger 
plants than the Pompons, therefore for the 
latter, with but few exceptions, a space of 
2-| feet is sufficient. Plant firmly, and in ex¬ 
posed situations give the young plants a small 
stake for support. 
Culture. —The only thing that now gives 
the grower concern is keeping the plants 
growing steadily, and it is astonishing what 
may be accomplished by frequent hoeing. 
Hoeing serves the double purpose of encour¬ 
aging healthy growth and keeping the ground 
free from weeds, and also enables the growers 
to keep the flowering quarters neat and tidy. 
The Pompons never do better than when 
naturally grown; in fact, it is only when 
grown in this way they can be appreciated, 
for airy interference with their natural growth 
usually proves disastrous. Japanese varieties 
need stopping or pinching once, at least, and, 
in some instances, more often. Queen of the 
Earlies, Murillo, Mrs. J. R. Pitcher, etc., 
require to be twice stopped before they can be 
encouraged into anything approaching a bushy 
habit. The union of the lateral growth that 
has been produced as a result of stopping the 
plants is so entirely different from that on plants 
grown naturally that when boisterous winds 
occur in early August the strain upon the 
former causes many growths to snap, and we 
thereby lose a large proportion of the plant and 
spoil the shape of the plant, to say nothing of 
the loss of many valuable buds and blossoms. 
Plants so treated need to be more carefully 
staked and tied than those grown naturally, and 
the ties and growths must be made very secure 
if the plants are to be properly protected 
against rough weather. Stakes of a height 
to meet the demand of each plant should be 
used, thus avoiding the unsightly appearance 
of stakes longer than the plants really require. 
With stout raffia securely tie the plant to the 
stake at its base, as this is where the strain is 
first of all felt; then give another tie immedi¬ 
ately below where the plant begins to branch 
out, thus leaving the head of the plant free. 
As the lateral growths attain a length that 
makes support necessary, secure them to the 
central stake thus : First of all make the tie 
fast to the stake, then, with a loop-like tie, 
secure the growths it is to control; in this way 
even the most bushy plants will present a neat 
appearance. Do not make the mistake of too 
severely disbudding, as the early-flowering 
varieties are better if left to develop in a natural 
manner ; therefore only the more crowded buds 
should be removed. The more recent intro¬ 
ductions have flowers on long footstalks, so 
that the need of disbudding is scarcely felt; 
but, in the case of some of the elder ones, 
terminal _ buds form a dense cluster, and 
seldom give the long stems that we desire. In 
such cases, therefore, the more crowded buds 
should be removed, but not excessively. 
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Water must, of course, be given, but it is 
advisable that plants be kept rather dry than 
be over-watered. Feeding is not to be re¬ 
commended until the buds are well set. Then 
feed liberally, for it will add wonderfully to 
the colour as well as to the size of the blooms. 
Caterpillars are most troublesome, and when 
signs of them are seen, a search should be 
made until the pests are discovered, as these 
depredators very speedily do harm to and spoil 
the shape of a plant. Black-fly and green-fly 
may also be noticed, but a timely dusting with 
Tobacco-powder will quickly eradicate these 
and keep the plants clean. 
Appended is a list of some of the early 
Japanese varieties :— 
White: Mytchett White, Market White, 
White Marie Masse, Queen of the Earlies, 
Roi des Blancs, Champ de Neige, La 
Parisienne, White Pet, Boule de Neige, and 
White Quintus are splendid varieties for 
early October. 
Yellow: Autumn Sun, Miss B. Miller, 
Mytchett Beauty, Ethel Mitchell, Yellow 
Prince, Lemon Queen, Market Yellow, Sun¬ 
shine, Horace Martin, Maggie, and Miss Ruth 
Martin. 
Pink : O. J Quintus, Gustave Grunerwald, 
Mrs. J. R. Pitcher, Mytchett Pink, Ryecroft 
Pink, Blushing Beauty, Mme. Marie Masse, 
and Mme. C. Perrier. 
Crimson : Goacher’s Crimson, Crimson Marie 
Masse, Roi des Precoces, Market Red, Jules 
Marie, Nina Blick, Nelly Blake, Harvest 
Home, Black Prince, and Gaspard Boucharlet 
Improved. 
Other first-class varieties include : Mme. E. 
Morel, salmon ; Orange Pet and Orange Masse, 
orange; Coral Queen, coral pink; Claret Bell, 
crimson, Arthur Crepey, primrose; Gladys 
Irene Harkness, crimson ; and Maggie McLeod, 
orange shaded red centre.—Mr. E. F. Such, at 
the Conference at the Crystal Palace, on 
October 3rd and 4th, 1905.— Gard. Illustrated. 
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