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poor affair. At Bristol and Brixton, fruits and miscellaneous 

 flowering plants were strongly represented, and these exhibitions 

 were far more interesting and attractive than those consisting ex- 

 clusively of chrysanthemums. One of the most interesting exhibi- 

 tions this year was that held within a stone's throw of the London 

 Bridge Railway Station, a district most unfavourable to the cultiva- 

 tion of plants of all classes. All the plants and cut blooms staged 

 were grown within a few hundred yards of the place of exhi- 

 bition, and a splendid display they made, for the numerous classes 

 were well filled, and the plants were furnished with good flowers 

 and excellent foliage, and the cut blooms were of splendid quality. 

 Both plants and blooms were so fresh in appearance that it was 

 difficult to believe that they had been grown in one of the most 

 densely populated and smokiest districts in the Metropolis, and 

 that, too, by labouring men. 



As was evident by the specimens and cut blooms at all the exhi- 

 bitions, this has not been a " chrysanthemum year," for, taken on 

 the whole, they have been considerably below the average. Owing 

 to the heavy rainfall during the months of June and July, they 

 made an excessively luxuriant growth, and the wood did not become 

 sufficiently matured to produce blooms of really first-class quality. 



Notes were made of the best varieties staged in the several 

 exhibitions, and for the assistance of those of our readers who may 

 be desirous of commencing the cultivation of these invaluable 

 autumnal flowers, or of adding to their present stock, we have pre- 

 pared a list of the finest varieties, and have arranged them according 

 to the purpose for which they are best adapted. 



Best Fifty Incurved Varietiks, with riNELT-roRMED Flowees. 

 — Alfred Salter, Beethoven, Beverleyt*,BlondeBeauty, Bronze Jardin 

 des Plantest, Cherub, Dr. Brock, Duchess of Buckingham, Duchess 

 of Wellington, Empress of India, Fiugalf, Florence Nightingale, 

 General Bainbriggef, General Hardiuge, General Slade, George 

 Glennyt*, Gloria Mundi, Golden Beverley, Golden Eagle, Golden 

 Dr. Brockf, Golden John Baiter, Guernsey Nugget, Her Majestyf*, 

 lona, Isabella Bott, Jardin des Plantest*, John Salter, Lady Har- 

 dinget*, Lady Carey, Lady Slade, Le Grand, Lord Derbyf, Miss 

 Mary Morganf, Mrs. G. Bundle*, Mr. Brunlees, Mrs. Sharpf, Mr. 

 Evans, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. W. H. Morgan, Pink Pearl, Prince 

 Alfred, Prince of Wales, Princess Beatrice, Princess of Wales, 

 Princess of Teck, Eev. J. Dix, Queen of England, White Globe, 

 White Venus, Yellow Perfection. 



Best Fifteen Laege Anemone-floweked Vaeieties. — An- 

 tonius, Empress*, Fieur de Marie*, George Sand*, Gluck*, King of 

 Anemones*, Lady Margaret, Louis Bonamy, Marguerite d'Anjou, 

 Mrs. Pethers, Prince of Anemones, Princess Marguerite, Queen 

 Marguerite, Rose Marguerite, Sunflower*. These are only suitable 

 for exhibition as cut blooms, and are of no use to the amateur. 



Best Thirty with Incurved and Reflexed Flowers, for 

 Exhibition Specimens or Conservatory Decoration. — Almaf, Anne 

 Saltert, Aurea Multiflora, Cardinal Wiseman, Carissima, Christinef*, 

 Chevalier Domage, Countess of Grauviiief*, Dr. Sharp, Fingal,. 



