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Alice Brown, and Fannie Block, grown by William Barr, of 

 Orange, N. J. There are also many other excellent varieties, 

 either raised or disseminated by Mr. Spaulding, that chrysan- 

 themum lovers now enjoy, several of the seedlings of Messrs. 

 Lord, Allen and Hollis being among them. 



There is no commercial house in New England more favor- 

 ably known to chrysanthemum growers than that of E. Fewkes 

 & Sons, of Newton Highlands, Mass. At one time these gen- 

 tlemen held the entire stock of Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, and were 

 the first to flower and exhibit it in America ; they still retain 

 the silver medal awarded to its first bloom by the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. It was also from this bloom the 

 first cut was made that illustrated the horticultural papers 

 and catalogues at that time. 



The first varieties offered in 1868 by Messrs. Fewkes 

 met with but little sale, and out of their entire collection^ 

 we are informed, the variety White Treveana, a small 

 double white flower, was the only one that commanded 

 even a passing attention. The house of Edwin Fewkes & 

 Sons has steadily kept pace with the increasing interest in the 

 chrysanthemum, and to their skill as growers and enterprise 

 as importers we are indebted for the following excellent varie- 

 ties : Wm. H. Lincoln, Kioto, Neesima, Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. 

 Fottler, Belle Hickey, Emmie Ricker, Nippon Medusa, S. B. 

 Dana, Marian, Clarence, Bryant, Emily Selinger, Flora, 

 Nahanton, H. A. Gane, Jno. Webster, James F. Mann, Liz- 

 zie Gannon, Pres. Hyde, and chief of all, the far-famed Mrs. 

 Alpheus Hardy. 



The enterprise also of Messrs. Pitcher & Manda, of Short 

 Hills, N. J., has given much to the lovers of chrysanthemums 

 on this continent. In 1889 this firm imported from Japan 

 and distributed the following varieties : Rohallion, Passaic, 

 Kansas, Arizona, Ithaca, Raleigh, Jean Humphreys, and Mrs. 

 Cornelius Vanderbilt. The following of their own production 



