ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS 9 



progress until the late seventies when they became more 

 popular, and they have gone on by leaps and bounds, 

 leaving other kinds almost at a standstill, notably the 

 incurves, until we wonder when the zenith of the 

 Japanese section will be reached. 



Besides Mr J. Salter, who raised so many varieties of 

 sterling value in the early days and was so ably assisted 

 by his son Mr A. Salter, we read also of Mr Charles Smith 

 of Guernsey. This amateur is said to have raised three 

 thousand seedfrhgs in one year. Of course the weeding- 

 out process would be enormous, and the percentages of 

 good ones left would be necessarily small. 



He ripened the seed on plants growing against a 

 warm wall in the open air, and seems to have been 

 immensely successful in this respect. Pompons and in- 

 curves were the only two varieties he cultivated for 

 seed-raising. 



Coming to a little later date we have next perhaps in 

 order of merit M. Simon Delaux, a Frenchman residing 

 near Toulouse. He has raised an enormous number of 

 first-class flowers. Starting in the year 1864, when he 

 obtained some of the importations of Mr R. Fortune, 

 he has had an almost uninterrupted run of success chiefly 

 with the Japanese forms. 



Others of note are Major Carey and his gardener M. N. 

 Priaulx of Guernsey ; Mr James Downton, who raised 

 that good old flower "Elaine" which has not been 

 surpassed to the present day for the purity of its snowy 

 petals ; Mr A. Forsyth of Stoke Newington ; Mr John 

 Thorpe and Dr Walcott : the former of the twain is 

 termed the father of American Chrysanthemums. 



At the present day most of our new varieties are 

 raised within our own shores, and great credit is due to 

 our growers and enthusiastic amateurs for the many 

 beautiful forms brought out. At the same time we still 

 obtain good things from France, and among the present- 



