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witli flowers and foliage to the base, by 

 teeping them to one stem aud giving 

 liberal treatment from Marcli to October. 

 Pompones, indeed, make fine heads from 

 cuttings taken in May and June, and of 

 the new sorts I shall have in this spring, 

 I shall depend for stock on cuttings taken 

 as soon as I can get them, and that can- 

 not be much before midsummer. 



When I saw Mr. Salter's show last 

 December I booked a few, which I hop» 

 to incorporate into my plan for the com- 

 ing season, not as individual specimens, 

 but in masses, and we shall count not less 

 than 1500 plants, aud twenty distinct 

 shades of colour. As many of our readers 

 have as much interest as myself in this 

 matter, let me here introduce a few that 

 deserve to be ranked as indispensable. 

 And first of all comes " Golden Queen of 

 England,'' which is in every sense the 

 same as Queen of England in habit 

 and character, except that it is yellow 

 instead of blush. If Mr. Salter had not 

 already made his name immortal, Golden 

 Queen of England would perpetuate it to 

 the latest generation of chrysanthemum 

 growers. Stately in stature, with fine 

 and ample foliage, profuse in blooming, 

 and as early as its blush parent, it has 

 every good quality, to which add that it 

 is the finest incurved yellow ever raised. 

 Though it was flowered and publiciy ex- 

 hibited in 1857, it was not sent out last 

 year because tlie stock was too small to 

 meet the demand, and it will come out 

 this present spring for the first time, aud 

 cut a figure at the shows next November. 

 Another fine large yellow, of a more showy 

 colour, but lacking the chastity of Golden 

 Queen, is Sulphurea superba, clear sul- 

 phur, very large, and free in habit. Then 

 comes another beatity, named Louisa, a 

 paper white of the utmost purity, very 

 large, and a grand flower for pot culture, 

 certainly too bright and snowy for the 

 open air near London, where white chry- 

 santhemums have all the beauty taken out 

 of them by the first shower, which is sure 

 to be more or less sooty. Another royal 

 flower is Prince Albert, like Madame 

 Poggi, but finer, the colour deep crimson, 

 very eflective, either judged on its own 

 merits or for a bold contrast in a group 

 or border. Excelsior, a bold orange crim- 

 son, will also be in good demand ; but, for 

 colour alone, there is not a chrysanthe- 

 mum in existence to equal Progne, but it 

 will never make a good show-flosver, 

 being too tall and the blooms too open, 

 and verging towards the windmill school. 

 The colour of Progne is deep crimson, 



very little less dazzling than that of Gene- 

 ral Jacqueminot rose, but, like the Gene- 

 ral, it has a green centre w hich, of course, 

 is of less consequence in a border flower. 

 Pius the VII., chestnut red, and Phidias, 

 rose and blush, are now well known ; but 

 they stood up amongst Mr. Salter's new- 

 flowers very boldly, and the eye detected 

 them in a moment, though ou all sides 

 surrounded by gorgeous colours. Prince 

 de Conde, a lilac with a white centre, 

 belongs to a class of which we have plenty, 

 but it may be added with safety. For 

 those who like curious flowers, Madame 

 CIos will be liked for its resemblance to a 

 mallow, the colour warm lilac, the petals 

 very regular and full, and the blooms 

 coming in capital bunches. That excel- 

 leut flower, " Beauty," is likely to be 

 beaten by another of the good seedlings, 

 "Glory," which is of better habit than 

 Beauty, most beautifully incurved, and of 

 the same soft tone of colouring. Then 

 ''Etna," an old favourite, which always 

 lights up the Manor rooms like fire drops 

 from a volcano, is likely to be put out of 

 joint by a rival of the same order, called 

 " Mount Vesuvius," which is the same 

 colour as Etna, but brighter and larger, 

 and will try you to take your eyes oti' it 

 when they have once settled down on its 

 profusion of fiery tassels. My notes do 

 not say whether Juli e Lagravere is a lai-ge 

 flower or a pompone, but the record is, 

 " fiery like Bob, but a hundred times 

 brighter." Whether that sort of concrete 

 noting will be borne out hereafter remains 

 to be seen, but put it on your list without 

 fear, as I have done myself, and you can't 

 go wi'ong. 



A very pretty pompone, that will do 

 famously for specimen culture, is "Nanou," 

 a real orange, tipped with rose red, very 

 lull, and a sort of semi-anemone. I re- 

 member that Nandn kept me staring for 

 some minutes, aud I lost some remarks 

 Mr. Salter was offering me, which, no 

 doubt, would be of priceless value if I 

 could but recollect them. Those who 

 know Algeria, an old favourite, will be 

 able to appreciate the value of an addition 

 to the class in Miss Talfourd, which I think, 

 after Madame Fould, may be set down as 

 Mr. Salter's best new seedling, just as 

 Golden Queen is his best of the large 

 flowers. " Mrs. Dix" is a showy, half- 

 anemone pompone, which exhibitors will, 

 per/iaps, be rather shy of; but, as a furnish- 

 ing plant and for border culture, will be 

 most valuable. It is clear sulphur, with 

 rose tips, very full, aud an abundant 

 bloomer. Of the true anemones there 



