74 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Some cultivators do away with benches altogether, and plant in 

 the ground. Others do not plant until August, using smaller 

 plants, which they place closer together — often not more than six 

 inches apart. During the tiowering season air is kept on at all 

 times, and fire heat enough to keep the temperature at fifty degrees 

 at night. 



The grouping and classification of varieties is now in a somewhat 

 ambiguous and unsatisfactor}' state, but is worthy of serious atten- 

 tion. Exactly how to bring about what is required is a difficult 

 matter, owing to the continual addition of new forms and the 

 merging of one section into another, thus often obliterating the 

 lines of demarcation. 



Perhaps as a temporary relief the best thing to do is to accept 

 the classification (as far as it goes) of the National Chrysanthemum 

 Society of England, which is as follows : 



Section I. Incurved, of which George Glenny and Queen of 

 England are the type. 



Section II. Japanese. This is divided into three groups: 

 Flat petals ; type, Peter the Great. 

 Petals quilled ; type, Bronze Dragon. 

 Petals fluted ; type, Cossack. 



Japanese incurved. Type, Comte de Germiny. 

 Japanese reflexed. Type, Elaine. 

 Reflexed. Type, King of Crimsons. 

 Large Anemones. Type, Georges Sand. 

 Japanese Anemones. Type, Fabian de Mediana. 

 Pompons. Type, Bob. 

 Section IX. Pompon Anemones. Tj'pe, Antonius. 

 Section X. Single Flowers. 



But this does not cover all tlie ground; ^Irs. Hardy and her 

 type have no place, neither has Violet Rose nor Ada Spaulding. 



The raising and distribution of seedlings has assumed propor- 

 tions bej'ond conception, from which we may expect startling 

 results. Of American raised seedlings to be distributed this spring, 

 the number is over one hundred and twenty. Taking into account 

 the number distributed last year, out of which tiiere are at least 

 fourteen that rank among the ver}' finest, we may expect that at 

 least twenty-four of this year's introduction will be among tlu' best 

 at next flowering time. 



It is lioped that due care will lie exercised in the awarding of 

 medals and in the urantinu' of certificates, now that there are so 



