24 Chrysanthemum Culture for America. 



tinct sorts of the Chinese varieties, enumerating all the sorts 

 to which allusion has been made. In the autumn of 1825 a 

 brilliant display of chrysanthemums was held in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's garden at Chiswick, through the exertion of its 

 devoted secretary, Mr. Sabine. Pot grown plants to the num- 

 ber of seven hundred, were in flower on that occasion. This 

 display gave a great impetus to its cultivation, so that from 

 this period the people became fully awake to the beauty and 

 usefulness of the chrysanthemum, as an invaluable autumn 

 flower. 



Among those who in after years developed the chrysanthe- 

 mum in England, the name of Samuel Broome stands pre- 

 eminent. In 1832 he obtained employment as gardener at 

 the Inner Temple, and gave much attention to the chrysan- 

 themum, his annual display acquiring a world-wide reputa- 

 tion. He also published a book, " Culture of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum," in 1857, which was many times reprinted, and is still 

 worthy of respect for its sound teachings, and should be on 

 the shelf of every chrysanthemum grower. 



The first chrysanthemum exhibition in England was held in 

 Birmingham in 1836, of which there is but little record. In 

 1843 the people of Norwich also inaugurated a chrysanthe- 

 mum show, but it was not until three years later that the first 

 chrysanthemum society of importance was formed. 



In an old fashioned hostelry known as the '' Rochester Cas- 

 tle," in a rural suburb of Stoke Newington, where the trades- 

 men loved to gather every evening, a chrysanthemum associa- 

 tion was formed, which was the first to endure to the present 

 day. Mr. Robert James, landlord of the "Rochester," a 

 first rate host, an able florist and a man of broad sympathies, 

 had made chrysanthemums his favorites, and had at that time 

 a collection of twenty-five sorts that he cared for as pets and 

 of which he was very proud. The talk at the inn turned to 

 floriculture, as it often did, and an exhibition of chrysanthe- 



