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blooms, twisted and crimpled, revolute and thread-like, 
with forms so diversified and colors so numerous as to be 
unlike all other flowers, and have no coniparison with 
any other class of flowering plants in existence. The — 
varieties in this class are so numerous, and all so truly 
beautiful, that we would not be doing justice to many of 
the attractive sorts by naming a few as good representa- 
tives of this class. We will instead give the names of 
some of the varieties that were awarded first prize at In- 
dianapolis last November, and as the Indianapolis Chry- 
santhemum display is now second to none in the United 
States, some estimation may be formed of their beauty: 
Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. Irving Clark, L’Canning, Miss 
Esmeralde, Lucrece, Kioto, Mr. George Bullock, La, 
Triumphant, Duchess, Mrs. Carnagie, Mrs. Langtry, 
and G. F. Moseman. 
POMPONE. 
This class was also introduced from an island on the 
east coast of China, where it was found, and was called 
the Chusan Daisy. It was a reddish or small light brown 
Chrysanthemum. After its introduction into England 
it was propagated by the Horticultural Society of London 
and sent out among its members. From some of these 
members it was sent to M. Lebois, a perfect enthusiast 
in Chrysanthemum culture in Paris. He succeeded in 
seeding it and 1aised a number of good varieties that 
afterwards got into the hands of Mr. Salter, a well known 
English cultivator of the Chrysanthemum, who still 
further improved it and raised many beautiful sorts. 
This is the accepted history of the Pompone. They are 
all small, compact blooms, and are favorites wtth many 
on account of their neat growing habit and free blooming 
qualities. The French growers gave them this name, 
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