Some day when the millenium of Chrysanthemum culture shall have been reached there will be no necessity for stakes; yet awhile they are desirable, and the following from Gardening Illustrated will be of interest to those who desire neatness where stakes must be used :

" I will give particulars of a stake I have made to support and train my Chrysanthemums for show blooms. I get some strips of wood 1 inch square, and cut them the required length, then cut some strips of copper wire, 18 inches long; one end of these strips I bend round in a loop. I then get a fine brad-awl and make five or six holes in the stake, and, taking one of the strips of wire pass it through the stake and bend the other end round. It thus makes a support for two of the shoots, and by fixing four wires and one single wire at the top for the leading shoot I make a very neat stake for training Chrysanthemums, and if it is given a coat or two of paint it will last for years".