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GARDENING. 



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NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



sembles the floret of a salvia. Its color 

 however, is not pleasing, being a dull 

 shade of purple, but on account of its 

 large size and good form, it should find a 

 place in all choice selections. 



EUerslie is perhaps too weak in the 

 stem to find favor with exhibitors, since 

 the flat boards so long in use on which 

 flowers were exhibited have been aban- 

 doned and a stem not less than twelve 

 inches in length must be in use instead. 

 This is a white flower, full to the centre, 

 and very graceful in form. 



Linalva is delicate pink or blush, globular 

 in form, a very pretty flower, but consid- 

 ered by some, according to present re- 

 quirements, to be rather undersized. Miss 

 Gladys Spaulding, is a fine white flower 

 and an improvement on Mrs. Robert 

 Craig. This is an exceedingly well built 

 variety, and altogether charming. Neva 

 is white, suffused with light pink; it is one 

 of those loose graceful Japarese forms so 

 much admired. The stem, however, is 



not quite as stout as it should be to meet 

 present requirements. 



After looking the situation carefully 

 over, the 3-ear 189-t is a little ahead of 

 any former year in the production of 

 novelities; and so long as this can be 

 maintained, so long will the Queen of 

 Autumn reign supreme in November. 

 Edwin Lo.nsdalii. 



CftRYSflNTflEMUMS AT ST. LOUIS. 



At the exhibition at St. Louis the other 

 day among the nicest varieties in pots 

 were Major Bonnaffbn, canar5' \-ellow; 

 William Falconer, pale pink, hairy flow- 

 ered; Wm. H. Lincoln, deep yellow; Mrs. 

 Craige Lippincott, rich yellow. In cut 

 flowers Queen was the most successful 

 white, and Viviand-Morel pink. The yel- 

 lows were nearlv all (iolden Wedding, 

 and astonished me bv their beauty and 

 excellence. Mr. Michel who took the 

 first premium told mc that his chr\-san- 



themums were grown in solid beds, and 

 he was of the opinion that Golden Wed- 

 ding would do even better on benches. 

 The vSt. Louis men say they have no 

 trouble with Golden Wedding, treating it 

 the same as other varieties, giving it a 

 little extra heat to hurry up its blooms, 

 being the only special attention I heard 

 of. But the florists here seem to agree 

 that it is less profitable as a cut flower 

 than is Eugene Dailledouze, a bold bright 

 yellow flower. But to me Golden Wed- 

 ding is much the more beautiful of the 

 two flowers both in color and type. Chal- 

 lenge, golden vellow; Titian, rose pink; 

 Pitcher & Mauda, vellow and white; 

 Mrs. Wm. Trelease, pink, h.-iirv; Mrs. J. 

 H. Starin, white; Mrs. H. McK. Twombly, 

 white; Mrs. Charles Lanier, yellow; Mrs. 

 J. Geo. lis, white; Judge Hoitt, pale pink, 

 anemone; and White Man, a new one of 

 this vear, were in splendid form 



Mr. E. G. Hill of Richmond, Ind . was 

 one of the largest and most successful ex- 



