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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
occasional watering. I wish our society was in a posi¬ 
tion to advise with and insist upon every large city in 
the Union having an annual Chrysanthemum exhibition. 
The simple cultivation is as follows : Small plantscau 
be planted as early as the 1st of April, but any time to the 
middle of May will be soon enough (many of the plants 
shown here to-day were not even rooted the first week 
of March), about as far apart as to allow from two-aud- 
a-half feet to three feet for each plant. This can easily 
be done where a border can be devoted to them alone, 
but when grown in a mixed border where other plants 
are planted, a space of two feet should be allowed for 
the Chrysanthemum. The soil must be made rich with 
manure and kept clean. About the first week in June 
each plant should have the center of the shoot pinched 
out, which operation is known as stopping. A strong 
stick should be placed by the side of each plant, to 
which it should be loosely tied. In a few weeks there 
will be grown from four to six more shoots four or five 
inches long. These must again be stopped, and continue 
so to do until the 1st of August, after which time let 
every shoot grow and do not stop any more. Keep the 
plant tied so as to prevent being broken by the wind. 
By the first week in September many buds will be 
formed, and if very large flowers are desirable, one- 
third or more of the buds should be taken off. Some 
weak liquid manure can be given, and about the 1st of 
October if the plants are required for decorations in the 
house or green-house, they can be easily dug up, potted 
into different sized pots, according to the plants, set in 
the shade a few days, they must be well watered, after 
which they can be placed in the sun until danger of 
frost, when they should be moved into a cool room or 
green-house, but not subjected to fire-heat more than 
to keep out frost. This is a simple and very satisfac¬ 
tory course of treatment, and can be carried out success¬ 
fully by the merest tyro. For very large specimens and 
for cultivation in pots, more time and attention is re¬ 
quired, costing, of course, more to accomplish. 
'While on the subject of cultivation, let me state that 
when neither labor nor expense is a consideration, the 
finest forms, truest colors, and best shaped flowers are 
obtained where the plants are grown continuously in 
pots. This applies to those of my friends who are 
afflicted as badly with the fever as myself. The treat¬ 
ment I have given my pot-grown plants is as follows : 
Beginning with the first of March, when probably one- 
third of the varieties were rooted, the balance being 
put in as cuttings about that time. They were potted 
first in three-inch pots in the ordinary pptting soil, and 
as they required, were re-potted into four-inch pots, the 
soil having about a fiftieth part of bone-dust added. 
The next shift was into six-inch pots, well drained, the 
soil being rich turfy loam, with good sprinkling of 
bone-dust, kept in the house until 1st of May, stop¬ 
ped from time to time as required, and afterwards 
plunged outside in an easterly exposure. They were 
kept carefully watered, and given occasional soakings 
of guano-water, one ounce to three gallons being ‘the 
proportion, and by the 1st of June all were potted 
into their blooming pots, stopping and tying out as 
required. From the beginning of July until taken 
in the house in October they were watered often, 
as many as seven times each day. This is the ex¬ 
pensive part of growing Chrysanthemums, but it pays, 
as I find however careful plants are taken up the individ¬ 
ual flowers are not as fine. The last stopping was made 
the last Saturday in July. 
INSECTS AND OTUEU ENEMIES. 
It is not to be expected that the Chrysanthemum is 
exempt from the ills of life, but 1 feel certain it has as 
few enemies as any class of plants known to cultivators. 
The worst insect is the black aphides, which is easily 
removed by fumigating in the house, or by sprinkling 
the entiro plant with tobacco-dust if out of doors. The., 
white and black thrip are also troublesome, but can be 
got rid of by tobacco and plenty of water—the greatest 
friend is found iu the lady-bird beetle and its larvae, 
and they should be encouraged at all times, for as soon 
as ever they are to be found and a few placed on your 
Chrysanthemum there will no black fly left iu a few 
days. 
I have been troubled with a black fungus a good deal 
this season, evidently some form of peronospera, 
which attacked some varieties with such virulence as 
to entirely destroy them: the remedy being sulphur and 
soot, equal parts, applied to the under side of the leaves 
while wet. The infection being on the under side it is 
somewhat troublesome to get at. The white or common 
mildew can be easily cured at any time by an applica¬ 
tion of sulphur. One more enemy is entirely a stranger 
and I have not yet seen what it is; but on a lot of plants 
that were planted out about the first week in Septem¬ 
ber, I noticed some few looked slightly drooping, and 
on examination found that many of the upper shoots 
had been punctured in places about a sixteenth of an 
inch apart, so as to form small excrescences; some few 
shoots died outright, while others were so affected that 
I notice at this time many of the flowers from plants so 
attacked are imperfect from lack of nourishment. I 
simply sprinkled the plants with tobacco-dust after 
finding it out, and did not notice any fresh attacks 
afterwards. 
The following varieties, in classes and sections, are all 
really good ones selected out of nearly 400 varieties: 
Japanese Varieties, First Section, with Broad Petals. 
Alex. Dufour, Admiration, Ben d’Or, Bronze Dragon, 
Comte de Germiny, Ceres, Elaine Etrincelle, Etoile 
Toulousaine, Early Red Dragon, Fabias de Madera- 
naz.'Fair Maid of Guernsey, Fulton, Fleur Parfait, 
Francis Delaux, Grandiflorum, Golden Dragon, 
Hero of Magdala, Hiver Fleuri, He Japoniase, 
Japanese Violet, J. Delaux, Kira Kana, La Friz- 
ure, Lady Selborne, Mons. Lemoine, M. Des- 
brieux, Mrs. Chas. Carey, M. Planchenau, Mdme. C. 
Audiguier, M. Castel, Mdlle. Lacroix, M. Mousillac, 
M. Juan Cruz d’Equileor, M. Maney, Nuit d’Hiver, 
Pere Delaux, Riche Bouquet, Rubra Striata, Safra- 
num, Striatum perfectum, Soleil Levant, Sonce 
d’Or, Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets, Viceroy of 
Egypt, Venus. 
Japanese, Varieties with Thread-like Petals. 
Cite des Fleurs, Juvena, Gloire de Rayonnante. 
Large Flowered Incurved Varieties—Chinese: 
Antonelli, Angelina, Barbara, Baron Buest, Circle, 
Duchess of Connaught, Faust, Fingal, Golden Em¬ 
press, Golden John Salter, Golden Beverly, Gloria 
Mundi, Jardin des Plantes, Lady Talfourd, Lord 
Derby, Le Grand, Mabel Ward, Mdlle. Croizette, M, 
