20 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



For a few years prior to his decease Mr. Salter took them 

 in hand and raised some new varieties, but it was not until 

 the French got hold of them that any great improvement 

 was made. It must have been nearly twenty years after 

 their introduction that the Japanese varieties impressed the 

 public, and then right on to the present day the progress 

 of the Japanese flower may be said to have revolutionised 

 Chrysanthemum culture beyond all previous experience. 

 Amongst the earliest of the French growers, M. Simon 

 Dlaux of Toulouse did much to develop this type. He 

 also contributed very largely to the popularity of the 

 present-day early-flowering varieties, for it was he who 

 brought out in the first place the forerunners of the 

 Japanese early-blooming varieties. 



Among other pioneers in the work, mention should be 

 made of Messrs, de Reydellet, Rozain-Boucharlat, Marrouch, 

 Louis Lacroix, Pertuzes, and Dr. Audigtiier. In the early 

 eighties the seedlings of these raisers were grown largely in 

 England. 



LATER PROGRESS 



When the Boro' of Hackney Chrysanthemum Society in 

 1884 decided to adopt the more comprehensive title of 

 "National," it is probable that many of its members had 

 but little idea of the extent to which the cultivation and 

 exhibition of the Chrysanthemum the world over would be 

 influenced. At that time the Society numbered 143 

 members and its annual income amounted to about ^232 : 

 figures which sink into insignificance when compared with 

 the Society's position in later years. With the scheme of 

 affiliation for local societies a much wider area of interest 

 was opened up, and, owing to this and the ever increasing 



