$4 THE CULTURE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



certainly no fault of theirs. Others whom I met, and 

 whose names are household words in gardening 

 circles in America, were Dr. Ward and Mr. R. D. Foote, 

 of Madison, and Mr. E. G. Hill, whom I met after an 

 800 miles journey from New York to his place at Rich- 

 mond, Indiana. Genial, hearty, hospitable men they all 

 are, devoted to their work as horticultural enthusiasts, and 

 occupying quite the foremost place as popularisers of the 

 Queen of Autumn. I also visited the palatial gardens of 

 Mr. Howard Gould, of Castle Gould, Long Island, where 

 the gardener, Mr. H. Turner, raises most beautiful chry- 

 santhemums as well as an infinite number of other plants 

 and flowers. I noticed in these gardens that all the chry- 

 santhemum novelties in cultivation were those that had 

 been distributed by W. Wells, and I asked Mr. Turner 

 why there were no others. Modesty, however, prevents 

 me recording his reply in full, but I may say that he has 

 tried the varieties distributed by many others, and his ex- 

 perience has taught 'him that those raised by Pockett and 

 sent out from Merstham are in all respects the most trust- 

 worthy. 



The Most Popular Varieties. 



Mr. Hill, to whom I have referred, is well known on this 

 side of the Atlantic as the raiser of the Richmond and the 

 Rhea Read roses (his rose stock comprises upwards of a 

 million plants), but he is also a big grower of chrysan- 

 themums for exhibition and for commercial purposes. 

 Among the latter varieties may be enumerated Merza, 

 Chadwick, Eaton, Enguehard, Balfour, Monrovia, Golden 

 Eagle, and Winter Cheer. The last-named, which is 

 quite incurving, is not large enough for American require- 

 ments. I also saw in these nurseries one of the new 

 Merstham varieties, named after Mr. Hill's grand- 

 daughter, Alice Lemon, and Miss Hill assured me that the 

 blooms were quite 12 inches across. The flowers, unfortu- 

 nately, were over before my arrival. Mr. Hill's place at 

 Richmond is about 100 miles from Chicago, and English 

 readers will be interested to know that cut chrysanthe- 



