Plate 375. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS, AMIS. I1UFFINGT0N 

 w.. OAPTIVATION. 



The pasl season will be remembered bj Chrysanthemum- 

 growers as one of the very worst, if not the vei) worst, thej 

 have ever known. The plants, whether in pots or in the open 

 ground, seemed to succeed well enough until September, but 

 after that, they not onlj did not progress, but seemed to stand 

 still, and the flower-buds opened very late and with great diffi- 

 cult) ; hence the various exhibitions were very much reduced 

 in extent, and in the quality of the blooms exhibited; while 

 Mr. Salter's winter garden, one of the pleasantest mid-winter 

 sights of the Metropolis, was considerably shorn of its beauty, 

 although its interest was increased by the addition of the 

 Japanese Chrysanthemums, which we hope to notice in a future 



number. 



\t the period of our visit, we were enabled to see some of 

 the mosl successful of last year's introductions, and to note the 

 most promising ones for the present spring. Of the former. 

 the most noticeable were Cadies perfection, bright red, with 

 orange hack; Countess of Warwick, primrose, of excellent habit; 

 Dr. Lindley, large, dark orange, with amber centre; Fingal, 

 rosy-violet; Lady Talfourd, delicate rose, with silver hack, yery 

 beautifullj incurved; it was figured in the 'Moral Magazine' 

 of Last year; Ossian, large rose, incurved; Purpurea elegans, 

 rich purple-violet, a very scarce and attractive colour, also 

 figured h\ us last year; and Yolande, silvery white, tinged with 



lilac. 



In selecting two flowers for our present illustration, we were 

 influenced by the desire to obtain novelty as well as excellence, 

 and in both of those aow figured these are combined. For 



