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introduced in 1795, and it was not until the beginning of 
the ninteenth century that they attracted much attention. 
At about this time they escaped from the conservatories - 
of the curious, and soon spread rapidly over every part 
of the island, filling the windows of the cottagers and 
the porterres of the opulent with their Autumnal beauty 
that now vie with the Rose in variety of color. The first 
plant that ever flowered in England bloomed in Colville’s 
nursery in the King’s road, Chelsea. At this time Chry- 
santhemum growers were satisfied with the imported 
Chinese varieties, until a few seedlings and accidental 
sports were being raised, and then the introduction of 
the then famous Guernsey and Jersy seedlings gave an 
impetus to their culture which continued to increase 
until the Japanese varieties were introduced from Japan 
by Mr. Fortune. Long before these weird varieties came, 
however, Samuel Broom had made the Chrysanthemum 
a popular flower, and the exhibitions he inaugurated in 
the classical old Temple Gardens are still continued to 
the present day. Popular, however, as the Chrysanthe- 
mum may have been in times past, it is now more 
admired than ever, and yet we think the cultivation of 
this flower is at present only in its infaney, for should we 
succeed in the next decade in procuring as superior varie- 
ties over those of to-day as the ones of the present age 
are over those of ten years ago, it would be interesting to 
see the change. The finest varieties of the present day 
are raised from seed, and as the raising of seedlings is 
said to be the ‘‘ poetry of gardening,’’ we are sure it will 
be continued with increased success each year. During 
the past five or six years there has been produced by the 
Chrysanthemum specialists of the United States the 
greater portion of the most popular varieties grown to- 
day, and American florists now exceed all others in the 
