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*Lady Isabel, silvery pink. 



Le Peyrou, yellow. 



Ma Perfection, white. 



May Phillips, light bronze. 



Mrs. Bernard Hankey, a shade 



of mahogany. 



*Mrs. F. Ashworth, light buff. 

 Mrs. F. Judson, white. 



*Mrs. G. Denyer, silvery pink. 

 Mrs. J. Wynn, blush. 

 Nellie Southam, deep lilac. 

 Pantia Ralli, light bronze. 

 *Romance, deep yellow. 

 Topaze Orientale, primrose. 

 William Biddle, bronze. 

 W. Pascoe, light pink. 



CHAPTER VI 



DECORATIVE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



I SHALL include under this heading the Single-flowered 

 varieties, Japanese, and certain varieties of the Incurved 

 type that have small and medium sized flowers, also any 

 other varieties that may be grown for use either as cut 

 flowers, or as pot plants for conservatory decoration. 



Until recent years the Incurved, Japanese, Pompon, 

 Anemone Pompon, and Reflexed varieties were chiefly 

 employed for decoration, but during the last ten years 

 a great change has taken place, the Single varieties having 

 in very many private places entirely superseded the other 

 types, this, no doubt, because of their light and graceful 

 appearance. For market purposes the Singles are grown 

 fairly extensively, but it cannot be said that they are likely 

 to supersede the Japanese for market purposes; in the 

 first place, because they do not pack so well, and secondly, 

 because they do not last as long in water, two very 

 essential qualities for the market grower. 



It might be said that in every garden containing a 



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