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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
at any price, or the effect intended to be beneficial will be its 
immediately opposite, by influencing 1 the raisers of seedlings to the 
production of quantity instead of quality. Every new seedling 
not being something superior to its predecessor should be utterly 
repudiated, while every encouragement should be afforded to va¬ 
rieties actually possessing claims to superiority—and we are not 
quite satisfied that those who annually make purchases of seed 
or seedlings that have not flowered, forward the advancement of 
these flowers so much as if they confined themselves to proved 
varieties; as in that case the continental grower finds his account 
in the number of plants he can raise without caring whether one 
of that number be worth retaining. 
We are happy to observe the attention of the French florists 
directed to the Chrysanthemum. 
We now turn to the culture of established varieties. They are 
best propagated by cuttings, which should be taken off about 
the end of April or beginning of May ; selecting young healthy 
shoots, cut them at the base of a joint about five or six inches 
in length; strip the leaves from the two bottom joints, and strike 
them under a hand-glass, choosing a warm situation at the foot 
of a south wall or some similar place, preparing i ie soil by mix¬ 
ing a quantity of fine sand with it. After planting, water the 
cuttings copiously to settle the earth about their stems, and 
shade them if necessary till they are well rooted, then pot them, 
using small pots ; the soil which best suits them is a free turfy 
loam enriched with about a third of thoroughly rotted dung— 
for the first potting this mixture should be lightened with a little 
sand, afterwards it is not necessary. They will require repotting 
three times, increasing the size of the pot at each shift. The 
situation selected for them to pass the summer in should have a 
full exposure to the sun, the roots being protected by plunging 
the pots in old tan or ashes, and should have plenty of water 
through the whole of the growing and blooming season ; and. as 
the flower buds are formed their development will be greatly as¬ 
sisted by the application of liquid manure once or twice a week. 
They should remain in this situation until the buds begin to un¬ 
fold and show the petals, when a good airy, part of the green¬ 
house should be assigned them ; here they must not be crowded 
