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lings being more double than the original. From their 

 compactness and resemblance to a rosette, they received the 

 name of pompons. Mr. Salter and Mr. Fortune both say, 

 and they are probably right, that from those two varieties all 

 the pompons now in cultivation sprung. 



Yet another, and unquestionably the greatest impulse, was 

 given in 1 860-61, by this same determined collector, when, 

 on his second journey to the far East, he sent to England 

 seven varieties much esteemed by the florists of Japan, which 

 created almost a revolution in the chrysanthemum world at 

 that time, and they are to-day by far the most popular sorts- 

 grown upon the American and European continents. Among 

 those first sent out, and which still remain among the best, 

 are Grandiflorum, Baron de Frailly, Yellow Dragon and Hero 

 of Magdala. 



During all the time the chrysanthemum was making such 

 rapid strides, and fast taking its place as a favorite flower in 

 England, it made little progress in France, to a native of 

 which its first introduction was due. A year after Blanchard's 

 importation it was grown in the Jardin des Plantes, but, like 

 the variety of Chelsea, was but little appreciated, and nearly 

 received a similar fate. Thirty-six years after the old purple 

 variety reached the shores of France, there were not more 

 than fifteen varieties cultivated, and these of no particular 

 merit either in form or color. Few French florists at that 

 period were interested in its culture, and consequently we 

 should give due credit to the English for first appreciating its 

 value as an autumn flower, and giving it so prominent a posi- 

 tion in its early days. 



This treatment by the French, however, was not universal, 

 for Monsieur Noisette, who visited England in 1824, was pre- 

 sented with twenty-seven varieties from the gardens of the 

 horticultural society. Another distinguished lover of horti- 

 culture, having thrown down the sword for the trowel and 



