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• GARDENING. 



Dec. /, 



Mrs. J. H. White is a large, reflexed, 

 dark variety, the color of CuUingfordii 

 liut almost three times the size of that 

 variety. The habit is dwarf and the foH- 

 age fiiie and up to the bloom. It was 

 awarded first prize at Boston in 1893 for 

 the best dark variety. 



Latest F.\d (changed from Latest 

 Fashion) is a wonderful and mammoth 

 curiosity. The stems are stiff and erect. 

 The petals individually are Sto SVo inches 

 long, resembling narrow ribbons or cords 

 hanging down from the center like a sol- 

 dier's plume, and the flower is solid to the 

 center. The color is j'ellow at times, 

 striped more or less with red, giving it a 

 bronze appearance. Of all the oddities 

 this is the most curious. A fine exhibi- 

 tion flower. 



C. Darville is a fine white for any pur- 

 pose. On first opening it has a tinge of 

 salmon in the center, but when fully 

 developed the color is a clear ivory white. 

 The petals are stiff, flat and standing out 

 in all directions, making a perfect ball. It 

 is a grand keeper and shipper. I have 

 taken the blooms without stems and 

 thrown them back and forth across the 

 house ten or twelve times without visible 

 injury, so you can see how stiff it is. Its 

 stems and habit are perfect. 



Conqueror is an immense, incurving, 

 round, bronze colored flower. The habit 

 is tall and stems at times a little weak. 

 It is a fine exhibition sort, but not good 

 as a commercial flower 



Mrs. M. R. Parker Jr.— I had this in 

 bloom and cut for the photograph Octo- 

 ber 4-. It has been certificated by the 

 American Chrysanthemum Society at 

 New York. Undoubtedly it is the best 

 early pink flowering varietj' to date. 

 The inner surface of the petals is a bright, 

 deep pink, the reverse is a rich rose pink; 

 the petals are broad and incurving, and 

 the blooms grow to be IVo to 81/2 inches 

 across. The habit is dwarf, the stem 

 stiff, and the foliage fine, growing clear 

 up to the blooms. It is a seedling from 

 Ivor3' crossed with Ada Spaulding. 



Marion Abbott is a large, broad, pink 

 flower almost the color of a Catherine 

 Mermet rose— it is a good color. Of tall 

 habit. While the stems are not weak 

 they are not as strong as we would like 

 to have them. A good exhibition flower. 



Mrs. Higinbotham is a broad spread- 

 ing hairy pink flower, with broad incurv- 

 ing petals. It was awarded two certifi- 

 cates in 1893, and this year at Chicago 

 was said to be the best pink, hairy vari- 

 ety up to date; it was shown 11 inches in 

 diameter. 



Dr. W. a. Wakeley is an immense light 

 chrome ball with large, broad, incurving 

 and cupping petals. The habit is dwarf 

 and the stems are stiff. 



Jeannie Falconer is a grand variety 

 with rich, self colored, deep lemon yellow 

 flowers. It is of immense size, very high 

 and deep, and the petals are broad and 

 cupped. The habit is dwarf It is an 

 excellent chrysanthemum for any pur- 

 pose. It was awarded a certificate by 

 the American Chrysanthemum Society at 

 New York. It was not shown elsewhere. 



Edith Smith I consider one of the best 

 early and most promising varieties. The 

 flower is ivory white, with broad petals, 

 and is deep and reflexiug. It was recom- 

 mended by the New York committee for 

 further trial. 



Autumn Leaves (11 B) is a strange 

 flower. The petals are medium wide; the 

 ground color is white, and it is heavily 

 dotterl, striped and splashed with deep 

 pink, and the tips of the petals are creamy 

 white. The flower is 7 to S inches in 

 diameter, verv full and double; the habit 



of the plant is good and strong, but the 

 foliage is a little weak. 



Marie Valleau (76 B) is a beautiful 

 shell pink glossy flower, 8 inches in diam- 

 eter. It has never been exhibited. 



Orange, N J. T. H. SrAULDiNO. 



CflRYSflNTflEIWUMS MOSTLY NEW. 



Among chrysanthemums which were 

 given a very general trial this year and 

 which will not be superseded in the im- 

 mediate future may be mentioned the fol- 

 lowing: 



H. L. Sunderbruch, somewhat early, of 

 good size and form, and of a rich deep 

 yellow color. 



The Queen has become a general favor- 

 ite. I believe it to be nearer pure white 

 than any other variety we have, and it 

 figures oftener in vases of fifty at exhibi- 

 tions, I find, than any other white — a 

 strong point in its favor. It is incurved 

 and of larg; size, after it is going past its 

 best, though it has a tendency to show 

 "an eye." 



Niveus is also an excellent white variety, 

 of a different type from the last, being 

 more reflex than the Queen. It is full 

 double to the centre. 



Erminilda is one of the best pink varie- 

 ties. It is show}- under artificial light, 

 and very graceful in form. 



Mrs. Craige Lippincott always attracts 

 attention wherever seen. In color it is 

 vellow, with broad incurving petals of 

 large size. Its principal fault is lack of 

 substance. 



Viviand-Morel still holds its own as 

 graceful in form and large in size; though 

 variable in color it is generally pleasing. 



Inter-Ocean is after the style of the 

 above in form, but more delicate, and at 

 the same time more decided and pleasing 

 in coloring. 



Charles Davis is a sport from Viviand- 

 Morel, with tawn\' yellow flowers. It 

 is not a very showy color, but its form 

 and distinctness will make it valuable in 

 collections. A bright yellow sport from 

 the same source would be ver\' valuable. 



Marian Henderson is an early j'ellow. 

 This has some red m its coloring, giving 

 it a decided orange tint. 



Marie Louise is an early, large creamy 

 white, which has attracted much favor- 

 able comment this season. The flower is 

 large for one so earlj-, as heretofore early 

 white varieties have been decidedly un- 

 dersized. 



Yellow Queen isanearlyyello w, worthy 

 of favorable notice, as it is fine in form, a 

 healthy grower, and of good size. The 

 color has a bronzy tinge in it. 



Mayflower has forged to the front, and 

 will be a prominent figure among the 

 white varieties next fall. It is about 

 second early here. 



Eugene Dailledouze is the best of the 

 yellows up to the present time. It is sim- 

 ilar in form to Kioto, but much larger 

 and of a more glossy yellow color. 



Challenge hardly came up to its prom- 

 ises ot last 3'ear. There seems to be too 

 much of the flower to develop satisfactor- 

 ily except in the hands of the most skill- 

 ful. 



Minerva is another good yellow, easy 

 to grow and of a pretty shade; it re- 

 sponds gratefully to intelligent treatment. 



Major Bonnaffon increases in popularity. 

 It is a beautiful incurved variety, though 

 rather light yellow in color. On account 

 of its dwarf habit it should be useful as a 

 pot plant, either in private or commer- 

 cial establishments. 



Mrs. J. Geo. lis created a very favorable 

 impression when it was exhibited at 

 Chicago last year on account of its mas- 



sive build, and great number of white 

 florets. Up to the present time (Novem- 

 ber 23d) I have not seen a flower of this 

 variety ready to cut, on account of its 

 lateness. Am afraid it is too weak in the 

 stem tor so large aflowertobecomegener- 

 ally popular, but its late tendency will 

 make it valuable to many cultivators. 

 It will take a week or ten days longer, 

 apparently, to finish it ready for cutting. 



Mutual Friend is a large white variety 

 and very graceful in form. It has not 

 met with the popularity in cut flower cir- 

 cles which was predicted for it, owing, 

 I am inclined to think, to the fact that 

 some growers hurried it into flower too 

 quick, in too warm a temperature, im- 

 pairing its keeping qualities. 



Lai-edo is a late light pink. Its tendency 

 to lateness, however, is not so pronounced 

 as I had expected it would be. Thischar- 

 acteristic, however, can be best developed 

 in a solid bed. 



Mile. Therese Rey is a magnificent 

 white variety, large, and graceful in form. 



Among seedlings, or rather those which 

 have not yet been disseminated, which 

 have come under my notice, I must first 

 name Philadelphia. It is white, illumin- 

 ated with a bright tint of lemon yellow. 

 It is distinct in form and coloring, and 

 cannot fail to become a general favorite. 

 It has been honored with more prizes, 

 certificates of merit, silver medals, etc., 

 than any other variety that has ever been 

 raised. It was forwarded even to London, 

 and there was awarded a silver gilt 

 medal. A cablegram came over from a 

 London nurseryman, asking the price for 

 the whole stock! This should indicate to 

 some extent its valre. Next in point of 

 merit is, I think, one which has been 

 named New York. It was raised in 

 Philadelphia, but now it is owned by Mr. 

 T. H. Spaulding of Orange, N. J. It is 

 creamy white in color, and ver\' fiiU of 

 florets. 



Dean Hole promises exceedingly well. 

 It is white, beautifully flushed with deli- 

 cate pink. It is what may be called im- 

 mense in size, and exquisite in form, and 

 Japanese as to type. 



Miss Louise D. Black is in the way of 

 Mrs. L. C. Madeira, but much brighter 

 ni color, being a deep bright shade of 

 vellow, is also stiffer in the stem than 

 Madeira. Gold Fever is similar in type 

 to the last, but it is a much lighter shade 

 of yellow, and it is also very much larger 

 in size. Henry G. Rieman seems to be an 

 improvement on last year's Challenge, not 

 as to size perhaps, but on account of 

 greater usefulness. It is built on the 

 same lines as the last named, but being 

 perhaps an earlier variety, had grown 

 out of the green centre to which we are 

 accustomed to see in Challenge as far as 

 seen when exhibited. In form it is some- 

 thing like Mrs. Robert Craig, but a great 

 deal larger. It must, I believe, rank 

 away up front. 



Mrs. Edward H. Trotter is a white of 

 great solidity, well built on stout erect 

 stems. Its tvpe is of the reflexed 

 Japanese. Miss Margaret Newbold is 

 beautiful in form and color. It is a very 

 delicate pink incurved Japanese, much 

 better than Mermaid which it resembles 

 in tvpe and coloring. Helen Bloodgood 

 is also a pink, but of a different shade of 

 color, and the build or type of the flower 

 is somewhat hard to describe. Quite 

 distinct and meritorious. [It behaved 

 splendidiv at Dosoris. Ed.] 



Oakshade, this does not refer in any 

 way to its color, only to commemorate 

 the place where it was raised. In form it 

 is excellent and each individual floret re- 



