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have also been distributed : Bohemia, Indiana, lona, Iowa, 

 Iroquois, Oneida, Mohawk, Virginia, Pequot, Minnewawa, 

 Connecticut and Mrs. DeWitt Smith. It was this firm also 

 that secured the entire stock of Mrs. Alpheus Hardy from 

 Edwin Fewkes & Son, and first distributed it to the public. 



The progress of chrysanthemum growing in America can 

 not well be written without mention of the firm of V. H. 

 Hallock & Son, Queens, Long Island. To these gentlemen 

 we owe the origin of many excellent sorts, to the number of 

 which they are constantly adding, as is evidenced by the list 

 of new varieties that are offered annually to the public through 

 their catalogues. This year (1890) they offer twenty new varie- 

 ties in one collection for the first time. Among the varieties 

 which they have been instrumental in giving to the public are 

 Mrs. Langtry, W. Falconer, Whirlwind, Pagoda, Sadie Mar- 

 tinot, Frank Wilcox, T. F. Martin, Moonfiower, Mrs. Cleve- 

 land, F. T. McFadden, Mrs. Potter, Edwin Booth, Prince 

 Kamoutska and V. H. Hallock. 



The name of John Thorpe is well known to chrysanthemum 

 lovers throughout America, as well as in England. While 

 associated with Messrs. Hallock & Son, he produced some 

 excellent varieties, and sent out his first seedlings in 1883. 

 He is to-day the leading spirit in the progress of chrysanthe- 

 mum culture in this country. Since he severed his connec- 

 tion with the firm of Hallock & Son and located at Pearl 

 River, in the same state, he has perhaps given chrysanthe- 

 mums more attention than at any other period of his life. 



Through his instrumentality the National Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America was organized in 1889, a society of which 

 he has the honor of being president. Mr. Thorpe was the 

 producer of that most desirable variety, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, 

 winner of the Carnegie Silver Cup in New York in 1888, which 

 is one of the best of its color at the present time. It is a 

 matter of the deepest regret to the writer that he has not been 



