Plate 518. 



JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS— GARNET 

 AND JANE SALTEPv. 



The Japanese Chrysantliemums, with their curious and tangled 

 forms, are rapidly rising into favour ; at first they were scouted as 

 utterly useless, but so jiersevering have hybridizers been with 

 them, that we have seen (especially in a stand exhibited by 

 Mr. Douglas, of Ilford Hall Gardens) some fine specimens exhi- 

 bited with the more regularly formed Chinese Chrysanthemums. 



As Mr. Bull now occupies the place once held by Mr. 

 John Salter, we naturally look to him for the new varieties ; 

 and those now figured will show that the work of improvement 

 goes on. The following fine new varieties will be sent out 

 by him in the s^Dring of the present year: — Garnet (fig. 1), very 

 light blood-red, or garnet ; the flower, of large size, is com- 

 posed of long curled petals, which form a kind of drooping 

 fringe round an anemone centre, quite novel. Jane Salter (fig. 2), 

 white, bordered and striped with rosy-lilac ; flowers of large size, 

 and composed of long, broad petals, earlj^ flowering. Apollo, 

 orange-buff, or amber, flowers of a great size, and very double, 

 composed of long, strap-shaped petals. Glitter, vivid red-scarlet, 

 with a gold line round each petal ; flowers double, and of immense 

 size ; the most splendid-coloured Japanese Chrysanthemum yet 

 raised. Magnum Boniirn, rosy-lilac, with lighter back ; the 

 flowers are composed of broad, flat, fringed petals. Plantagenet, 

 yellow shaded with bright orange, with broad upright petals 

 curling around ; very double and attractive. Oracle, dark 

 rosy -purple ; large and showy flowers, fine and early. Asteroid, 

 bronze and yellow with a lighter back ; flowers very large and 

 full, formed of curled strap-shaped petals. We believe that 

 these will form a valuable addition to those already in cultivation. 



