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ful. Although, perhaps, it is a personal question, I may 

 be permitted to state as a matter of fact that the Wells- 

 Pockett varieties are those which are grown for exhibi- 

 tion more extensively by our American cousins than any 

 other sorts. The soi'l and climate of America suit them. 

 For this reason I am pleased to say that during a visit I 

 paid to America in November, 1909, I was able to make 

 arrangements with Mr. C. H. Totty, of Madison, New 

 Jersey, to act as my agent in the United States for all 

 the varieties of chrysanthemums distributed from 

 Merstham. 



Mr. Totty is a man who combines great business capa- 

 city with sound, practical knowledge of horticulture. 

 Like most of the foremost growers whom I met in the 

 States, he is an Englishman, having been born in Shrop- 

 shire. He owns extensive nurseries at Madison, where 

 one may see the finest glass houses, the most modern ap- 

 pliances, and the latest labour-saving devices to be found 

 anywhere and that is saying a great deall when one is 

 speaking of America. The produce raised by Mr. Totty 

 finds a ready market in New York, about thirty miles 

 away. He has gone in very enthusiastically for chrysan- 

 themums, and has built up a reputation as a successful 

 grower, not only of commercial kinds, but also of exhibi- 

 tion varieties. A near neighbour of Mr. Totty is Mr. 

 W. Duckham, who manages the estate of Mrs. D. Willis 

 James, of Madison. Chrysanthemum lovers in America 

 are under a debt to Mr. Duckham, who, for years past, has 

 spared neither troubfle nor expense to introduce the latest 

 and best novelties. Some of the most popular varieties to 

 be seen at the principal exhibitions in the United States 

 at the present day have become known through Mr. 

 Duckham's enthusiasm. Like his friend, Mr. Totty, he first 

 saw the light in the Old Country, being a native of 

 Plymouth. He left England for America nearly twenty 

 years ago, and through his wide experience of gardening, 

 sound judgment, and go-ahead methods he occupies a 

 front-rank-place in the horticultural world of the States. 



I have alluded to the great success of the Wells-Pockett 



