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produced a few pompons ; Mons. Boucharlat, noted princi- 

 pally for his pompons, which belonged chiefly to the lilliputian 

 class ; Mons. Lacroix not to be confounded with an amateur 

 of the same name a comparatively recent grower, whose best 

 known flowers are Parasol, M'd'lle Lacroix, Flocon de Neige, 

 Jeanne d'Arc and Fabias de Mediana ; Mons. Marrouch, to 

 whom we are indebted for Madame Clemence Audiguer, Mar- 

 guerite Marrouch, Mons. Marrouch, Madame Clos and others ; 

 Mons. Pertuzes, whose flowers are not very well known in 

 America, except Timbal de Argent and Triumph de la Rue 

 des Chalets. 



In the year 1850, so far as we can learn, those little gems, 

 the anemone pompons, were first shown. The first were 

 Eucharis, Medee, and Thisbe, all being distributed by M. 

 Bonamay, of Toulouse. 



The most eminent of all the French growers is Mons. Simon 

 Delaux, St. Martin du Tauch, near Toulouse, whose successes 

 have been most brilliantly exhibited in the Japanese varieties, 

 and to him the author is deeply indebted for much valuable 

 information regarding his favorite flower in the sunny land of 

 France. The name of Delaux is a guaranty of merit in a 

 chrysanthemum, and his productions are admired and culti- 

 vated upon both hemispheres. Such varieties as Tokio, M. 

 Boyer, Royal Aquarium, Rose Laing, Bouquet Fait,Eclatarete, 

 Jeanne Delaux, Mons. Tarin, will long perpetuate the mem- 

 ory of this noted cultivator. It is difficult to find, at any of 

 our exhibitions, the smallest stand of cut blooms or collection 

 of plants that does not contain some originated by this emi- 

 nent florist. Mons. de Reydellet ranks second to his great 

 rival and fellow-countryman, M. Delaux. Mons. Reydellet is 

 not a professional florist, but an amateur grower of new seed- 

 lings, La Triumphant and Marsa being two which are well 

 known in America. 



To American growers it will seem strange that such a thing 



