Like the greater part of herbaceous plants of this class they are tenacious of life, and easily grown; but if they are to be cultivated well, a regular system of management is necessary. After the flowering season is past, and the old stems cut down, the plants should be removed from the greenhouse or conservatory and placed in a cold frame, when they are merely protected from severe frost. Here they should have plenty of air, and on fine days the lights should be drawn quite off and the plants fully exposed. When the winter is mild they will stand very well unprotected, but owing to their having been grown and excited in the greenhouse they are more apt to suffer from severe weather afterwards than if they had been planted out in the open air; for this reason it is always better to have the means of giving them some slight protection.

We saw some magnificent plants in the-present season which had produced flowers last year; the stems had been cut down and the old plants treated as described above. They were taken into the greenhouse this autumn, just as they had been left at the end of the previous season, without any repotting, and then manured once a week with manure water, made by dissolving a teaspoonful of sulphate ammonia in a gallon of rain water. The plants were strong, produced beautiful bright green foliage and splendid blooms, equal to any that had been raised from newly planted cuttings taken in June this year. Chrysanthemums are very gross feeding plants, but they will not stand much surface-manuring until the pots are well filled with roots, when they may be watered with liquid manure twice or thrice a week, according to circumstances.

Where exposed fully to the sun's rays they require a very abundant supply of water, which ought never to be neglected, otherwise the under-leaves fall off, and the plants become unsightly. Liquid drainings from cattle sheds (diluted with water), sheep droppings dissolved in rain water, a teaspoonful of guano, sulphate ammonia, or nitrate of soda dissolved in a gallon of rain water, or a handful of soot to a gallon of water - any of these will be found of great service for surface watering of chrysanthemums. The soil employed for the growth of these plants can scarcely be too rich ; about equal parts of loam, stable-dung, leaf-mould, and sand, make an excellent material for their culture. - Gardeners' Chronicle.