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GARDENING. 



Jan. 



together after the style of a jungle, but 

 without the latter's grandeur of propor- 

 tion and environment. A jungle in mina- 

 ture? Bah! One cannot put a tent over 

 the tropical wild wood and call it a jungle. 

 That would be classed as a fraud; the 

 other is little better. 



These park contrivances are simply 

 greenhouses, or conservatories, as you 

 choose to call them, and their main pur- 

 pose is to protect tender plants. Preserve 

 them and their occupants in artistic order 

 and system, as one would any other 

 building and its furniture, and they may 

 be made attractive; yes, even beautiful, 

 instructive and restlul places of public 

 resort. But abandon that jungle idea 

 ('tisn't good for the plants) and construct 

 roomy greenhouses with broad paths; 

 stock them with good material, and put 

 in a few seats here and there for the 

 weary ones. 



NEW GHRYSftNTHEMUMS. 



A good review of new varieties appears 

 in a recent number of the American Flor- 

 ist, but this is based altogether on the 

 commercial utility of the plants. The 

 florist from necessity must narrow down 

 his list ot varieties to such as pay him 

 best, and the all important consideration 

 for him is: Which varieties are the most 

 profitable to handle? But these must 

 also be considered from the amateur's 

 and private gardener's point of view, and 

 here the field is wider. The latter can 

 afford to take in varieties which a florist 

 would find unprofitable to handle, includ- 

 ing odd colors and forms more in accord 

 with the artistic, rather than the com- 

 mercial idea. 



(iold Standard, while lacking the com- 

 mercial stiffness of stem, is nevertheless a 

 grand variety. The color is equal to 

 the better known Golden Wedding; it is 

 different in form, reflexed instead of in- 

 curved. 



Evangeline, white incurved Japanese, 

 is an ideal bloom for all purposes. It is 

 compactly built with a few recurving 



WINTER SCENE IN CONSERVATORY AT WASHINGTON PARK. CHICAGO. 



florets, reminding one in some respects of 

 Kioto the gem of the Neesima set, sent out 

 bv A.H. Fewkes, of West Newton, Mass., 

 some nine years ago. 



Chito is a large bronzy, irregularly re- 

 flexed blooom of very fine form. Pluto, 

 though a rather Hull red by daylight, 

 brightens up wonderfully under artificial 

 light; one of those indispensable colors 

 where variety is wanted. 



Mme. C. de Galbert is a French novelty 

 of great merit. It is a large, broad pet- 

 aled white, with incurving, recurving and 

 interlacing florets, a truly artistic flower. 



WINTER SCENE IN CONSERVATORY AT WASHINGTON PARK. CHICAGO. 



West Newton is a lovely yellow of 

 glistening buttercup shade, incurved with 

 the florets swirled, though regular in 

 outline; flowers sweet scented. 



J. K. Woodford is a loo=ely, incurvi d 

 globular flower of a pearly shade of pink. 

 Some blooms come white, an advantage 

 where variety is wanted. 



Midge is a very dwarf white.and grand 

 for single blooms or pot plants. This is 

 not in favor with the commercial grower 

 on account of shortness of stem, but we 

 see no objection to it for this reason. 

 We 'can make use of stems of varying 

 length, and for table decorations these 

 short-stemmed flowers are better than 

 longer ones. The keeping qualities of 

 Midge are superb; flowers will keep three 

 weeks after cutting, changing in the 

 meantime from a purely reflexed to an in- 

 terlaced bloom, and pink with age. 



Martin A. Ryerson proved splendid 

 with us. It takes a long time to develop, 

 but we like it better for that. From an 

 apparently mature and rather flat flower 

 it builds up until it is deeper than broad, 

 showing the form of Niveus, with irregu- 

 larly reflexed, flat petals. 



Mizpah is a single flowered reddish pink 

 and makes a pretty dwarf pot plant. The 

 blooms when cut look like the single 

 flowers of Pyrethrvm roseum, 



Adelaide is a very neat and dwarf vari- 

 ety, suitable for small bush plants. The 

 flowers are white, and reflexed. 



Casco, a splendid garnet red, is also 

 fine for bush plants. 



Dorothy Spaulding is an elegantly built, 

 regularly incurved shell pink, as deep as 

 it is broad, reminding one of the older 

 Chinese incurved. 



Halycon, a lovely white anemone with 

 a high center, having the good quality of 

 remaining in good condition a long time, 

 changing in form as it develops. 



Marcia Jones, another white anemone, 

 is among the largest, and at the same 

 time most beautiful of this neglected class. 

 In this we have a few stray florets grow 

 ing through the disk, giving variety of 

 form and effectiveness. 



