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The classes into which chrysanthemums have been divided are 

 ceasing to be of any great distinguishing value ; for the Japanese 

 run into the Chinese, and the Chinese into the Porapons, in such 

 a manner that it is often difficult to tell to which class a variet}' 

 belongs. As an instance of this I will mention the variety 

 Duchess of Connaught, which is of pure Japanese origin, and true to 

 its class when it first opens ; but as the flower develops the petals 

 gradually incurve, and at last form as perfect an incurved Chinese 

 flower as need be. Also the variety CuUingfordii is as much 

 Japanese as Chinese ; and it often happens that from a lot of seed 

 produced by a single plant we obtain varieties ranging in size all 

 the way from large Chinese to the smallest Pompons. 



But generally speaking those varieties are considered Japanese 

 that have long feathery or ribbon-like petals, either reflexed, in- 

 curved, or falling about iu a ver}' irregular manner ; while the 

 Chinese have a very smooth and compact flower, either incurved 

 or reflexed, with a regular outline. The ideal Pompon is very 

 small in size, regular in outline, and with smooth reflexed petals ; 

 but it is sometimes quite large and somewhat incurved. 



Among a great many beautiful varieties I will call your atten- 

 tion to the following, which seem to me to possess most excellent 

 qualities. Twenty-five of them are Japanese, twenty-five Chinese, 

 and twelve Pompons. 



The Japanese are — 



Belle Paule, white, shaded and edged pink. 



Bouquet Fait, pink. 



Dairaio, amaranth pink. 



Fair JNIaid of Guernsey, pure white. 



Flambeau, crimson. 



Fleur des Bois, deep brownish crimson. 



Fulton, deep yellow. 



Gloria Solis, yellow and crimson. 



Gloriosum, ligtit yellow. 



Golden Dragon, yellow. 



Grandiflorum, deep yellow. 



Katakana, deep orange. 



L' Incomparable, yellow shaded crimson. 



Margot, buflf and pink. 



Mastic, nankeen. 



