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The best of the named varieties are extremely beautiful ; many of 

 them are like pompone chrysanthemums, others like anemone chry- 

 santhemums, others like marigolds ; their colours range from purest 

 white to the deepest crimson and purples, the shades of crimson 

 being particularly brilliant. They are quite hardy, and will really 

 grow anywhere ; though to grow them well a rich soil and a sunny 

 position are requisite conditions. To multiply them is one of the 

 easiest operations in gardening. They bloom at a time when our 

 gardens are almost destitute of flowers — that is. in the merry month 

 of May — filling up the dreadful gap between the true spring flowers 

 and the summer bedders. In the mixed herbaceous border, for 

 which we trust the Floral World has done something, the Pyre- 

 thrums are truly splendid. They make rich masses, but in massing 

 them it must be remembered that their bloom is over by the end of 

 June. Those of our readers who are unacquainted with the Pyre- 

 thrum, but would like to know something of it, should visit 

 Mr. Salter's Nursery at William Street, Hammersmith, any time 

 this month, but the earlier the better. As this nursery is but a 

 furlong or so distant from the Kensington railway-station, many 

 of our country cousins might visit it conveniently when in London. 

 They will be well rewarded, for not only is there a large collection 

 of pyrethrums, but collections also of herbaceous pa?onies, German 

 iris, and hardy variegated plants. 



It is interesting to observe in Mr. Salter's charming plantations 

 the various degrees of excellence in the varieties of nvrethrums. In 

 the Siberian Single we have a pretty flower of a blush colour, the 

 rays rather loose, the disc large, the attitude modest, yet pleasing. 

 It is a very proper flower for the shrubbery, and might pass for a 

 pretty homely weed, which only a blundering gardener would strike 

 down with the hoe. But herein is one of the foundation plants of a 

 remarkable race, and respect for genealogies compels us to notice it 

 and plead for it. When the florists had made a little improvement 

 in the race, and began to name them, the first that took a decisive 

 place was one called the Duchess of Brabant, a fine bold single 

 variety, the ray florets a lively rose-pink colour, the disc yellow. It 

 was a long time before they become double, but as soon as a few 

 good doubles were obtained, the single kinds sank into insignificance. 

 Tet some of the earlier singles are worth having — as, for example, 

 Delhayii, a nice rose-coloured flower ; Kleinlwltz, crimson and vellow ; 

 Atro-sanr/uinea, crimson; Millerii, rosy-pink; Tom Pouce, red; 

 Strictum, an inconstant and invariable blush with rose stripes. All 

 these have close hard gilt-button-like discs, and bold guard petals, 

 and are therefore in the class called singles. But these are not all 

 the singles that are worth notice, for in these days of advancement 

 there are at least two other and later singles that deserve notice and 

 recommendation : namely, Prince Albert, a splendid variety with bold 

 crimson rays, and intense golden-orange disc, superblv made, and of 

 great size; and Delicata, which is "anemone-formed," with large 

 guard, blooms profusely, and is one of the most showy border flowers 

 known. 



In the double varieties the guard is usually more compact, and 



