THE FLOKAL WOULD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 2G1 



who have attained a very perfect mastery of the flower, and were 

 enabled thereby to contribute to the gratification of the public by 

 means of a beautiful exhibition. In only one district has there been 

 any apparent falling off, and that occurred at the Horns, Kennington, 

 where the exhibition by the South London Society was certainly many 

 degrees less meritorious than in former years. The transpontine 

 devotees must wake up and put their house in order. They have around 

 them a great public in need of the recreation that a chrysanthemum 

 show affords, and as a matter of public duty they must bestir them- 

 selves. 



It remains to say a word upon chrysanthemums out of doors. The 

 exhibitions at the Temple Gardens have been very satisfactory, con- 

 sidering the trying nature of the season. Mr. Broome has improved 

 his display considerably by taking a leaf out of the "plunging system," 

 and the result is that he has had a good bedding display, as well as the 

 \isual fine exhibition border under canvas. The following first-class 

 varieties have been exceedingly good this season under border culture, 

 and they were noted in Mr. Broome's lot as the most effective: — Nil 

 Desperandum, Sparkler, Lady Slade, Aurea multiflora, Attraction, 

 Sir G. Bowyer, Little Harry, Golden Aurea, Lady Hardinge, Vesta, 

 White Globe, General Hardinge, Oliver Cromwell, Hercules, Pelagia, 

 Ranuncula, Prince of Wales, Edwin Landseer, King of Denmark, Jardin 

 des Plantes, White Queen (Golden Queen is worthless, but all other 

 varieties of the Queen are good), St. Patrick, Progue, Garibaldi, Venus, 

 Iago, Lord Palmerston, Themis, Mr. Murray, Alma, Prince Albert, 

 Chevalier Domage, Christine. In Mr. Dale's display in the Middle 

 Temple Gardens, the following pompones are the most effective, both 

 because of their fine colours, and because they bloom with certainty : — 

 Adonis, Salamon, Drin Drin, Gen. Canrober't, Miss Talfourd, Lillipu- 

 putian, Aurora Borealis, Helene, 'Duruflet, White Trevenna, Gerbe 

 d'Or, Mr. Astie, Andromeda, Cedo Nulli, Shirley Hibberd, Mrs. Dix, 

 Brilliant. 



In our travels and visits of late we have taken note of all the good 

 things new and old. In the class of large flowering incurved varieties 

 of chrysanthemums there has been immense progress made of late 

 years. Prince Alfred, Venus, Golden Ball, Jardin des Plantes, Dr. 

 Brock, Lady Hardinge, and some others of the newer kinds, are almost 

 as far in advance of the favourites of ten years ago, as those were in 

 advance of the wild starry flowers which the chrysanthemum produced 

 when first introduced to this country. That these newest kinds take 

 the lead at exhibitions is the best proof possible that they surpass 

 others that held good places until their advent ; it is a proof, in fact, 

 that our boast of advancement has a basis of fact. Magnificent indeed 

 are well-bloomed examples of the favourite varieties of the incurved 

 class ; there is no florists' flower that can eclipse them in beauty, and 

 there are none that approach nearer to the standard of perfection. 



According to custom, we here append a few notes on the new 

 varieties of the present season, as they may be seen at the present time 

 at Mr. Salter's nursery, William Street, Hammersmith. 



Gloria Ifundi, a seedling from Jardin des Plantes, and surpassing 

 it in quality and petal. Probably it will not surpass its parent in 



