The Garden Under Glass

THE BEST FLOWERING PLANTS 61 myself for the final potting Loam, twenty parts ; leaf-soil (through a three-quarter inch sieve) seven ; well-rotten manure chopped up, six; lime rubble or sharp road grit, four parts, and to each barrowful of this mixture a 5-inch potful of bone meal and of Clay’s. Over the whole heap soot may be freely scattered and the mass then well turned over five or six times. A barrowful of soil will usually be sufficient to pot twelve to sixteen plants from 6-inch to g-inch pots. I do not believe in putting a lot of Chemicals in to the soil, for it is so easy to add them afterwards and to feed with liquid manure. Other Items of Culture Though Chrysanthemums are perfectly hardy in a natural state, the raising of them in glass structures renders them susceptible to extreme cold, so that it is. far better not to subject them to frost, but when they are somewhat settled in the 4-inch pots they will bear cold-frame treatment, the lights being withdrawn on all fine sunny days. It will not be safe to set them outside un til the end of May, atwhich time they should be ready for their final pots. I would advise syringing the plants right through their career until they are brought inside in October. Weak soot-water for this purpose will help to keep down rust and greenfly. PlNCHING THE GROWTHS Some notable growers work their decorative plants along without stopping them at all, and as they obtain excellent results by this means my readers may feel no hesitation in following their example if they feel that they do not quite understand the pinching process. I will try, however, to make it quite clear. When the plants are six indies high