Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . wereset, nud did well in every instance. While wecould give other corroborative proofs to sustainthe theory that the origin of the disease is inthe soil, we do not deem it necessary to devoteour limited space to so doing.—Peach Cultiue. Bti^,^^^:=l Growlnsr Large Chrysanthemums. Knowing Mr. Arthur H. Fewkes, of New-ton Highlands, Mass., to be a most success-ful grower of the Chrysanthemum, and thathis achievements in the raising of large bloomshave been quite remarkable, we invited himt
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . wereset, nud did well in every instance. While wecould give other corroborative proofs to sustainthe theory that the origin of the disease is inthe soil, we do not deem it necessary to devoteour limited space to so doing.—Peach Cultiue. Bti^,^^^:=l Growlnsr Large Chrysanthemums. Knowing Mr. Arthur H. Fewkes, of New-ton Highlands, Mass., to be a most success-ful grower of the Chrysanthemum, and thathis achievements in the raising of large bloomshave been quite remarkable, we invited himto prepare for Popular Gardening somedirections on thebest methods ofculture havingsuch an end inview. To thisrequest he verykindly compliedas follows: To producelarge Chrysan-themum flowersthe start may bemade by takingcuttings late inMarch or Apriland potting di-rectlj into 2 3-4inch pots. Assoon as these arewell rooted placein a cool, airyhouse, or shad-ed for a few daysuntil they beginto grow theyshouldremain until alldanger fromfrost is past,when the potsshould be plung-. Acre Fig. 4. A one-fourthGarden embracing many jileas-ing features. See next page. ed to the rim in either a bed of coal ashes or inthe open ground. The place should be one atall times fully exposed to light and air. The pots should not be allowed to becomepot-bound early in the season, but as soonas the roots have reached the sides of thepots they may be shifted into the next largersize, and from this into a still larger size, ifneed be, for the plants should be kept growingfreely until the buds have formed. The soil should be rich and free from clay;well decayed stable manure or hot-bed soil andsand makes a good compost. When the plants have reached a height of sixor eight inches they should be pinched back,taking out the smallest amount possible fromthe growing end. This will cause them to breakinto three or four shoots, which should beallowed to perfect but one bud each. By
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