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the leaves more slender. The arista on the apex of the leaf is 
also longer, much more slender, and of a dark brown colour, some¬ 
what waved. The calyx is composed of four leaves, rather broader 
at the base than the common leaves of the stem, but not otherwise 
easily distinguishable. The peduncles are short, so that the 
flowers stand upright: they are ventricose, and the apex is of three 
colours, red, orange, and green. It is a native of the Cape, and 
was introduced into this country in 1836, though another variety 
of Tricolor was introduced in 1803. This one flowers from May to 
February; but there are many varieties, all handsome, and dis¬ 
tinct from each other, yet so resembling Aristata, that Aristata may 
be either a variety of Tricolor, or Tricolor a variety of Aristata. 
P. N. D. 
Tooting Nursery. 
ON THE CULTIVATION OF CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
BY MR. R. PLANT. 
The Chrysanthemum is so generally admired as to be found in 
every collection, and consequently requires no encomium here ; 
yet, notwithstanding, they are too often met with under the sem¬ 
blance of a bunch of dried sticks, with a few ill-looking leaves 
scattered thinly on their summits. 
But most likely a few plain practical remarks will prove of 
more value than any critique. I will at once proceed with my 
routine of culture. To begin with a point of the most import¬ 
ance, namely, propagation ; for this, I always prefer cuttings to 
any division of the root. I take them off about the first week in 
May, cut them to about six inches in length, and strike them 
under hand lights oil any warm border, observing to mix a little 
white sand with the soil. They require shading for the first week ; 
let them remain till they are thoroughly rooted, sprinkling them occa¬ 
sionally with a fine rose-pot; then pot them in a mixture of about 
two-thirds fine turfy loam, and the remaining part well rotted leaf 
mould, using forty-eight sized pots. They require frequent water¬ 
ings, and this I always do when the sun is shining on them ; for 
though very injurious to most other plants, it will be found very 
beneficial to these. They should now be placed in an open situa¬ 
tion out of doors, there to remain till the end of September, at 
