Gardening for Amateurs 



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this way a plant may be grown on a single 

 stem bearing from eighteen to thirty blooms 

 when disbudded. 



The following are suitable varieties, the 

 numbers of blooms that should be left on 

 each kind are given : Mrs. R. Luxford, 

 Indian red, thirty blooms ; W. Turner, 

 white, twenty-four blooms ; Master James, 

 chestnut red, twenty blooms ; Marie Loomes, 

 chestnut terra-cotta, eighteen blooms ; Mrs. 

 Marsham, white, eigh- 

 teen blooms ; Evan- 

 geline, white, thirty 

 blooms ; Francis Jol- 

 liffe, creamy - yellow, 

 edged pink, twenty 

 blooms ; Alice Lemon, 

 mauve pink, eighteen 

 blooms ; Rose Pockett, 

 old gold, twelve 

 blooms; Buttercup, 

 yellow, nine blooms ; 

 Clara Wells, rich 

 cream, twelve blooms. 

 The two last named 

 are Incurved varieties. 



Twelve Decora- 

 tive Varieties. 

 These produce blooms 

 of moderate size that 

 are admirably suited 

 to decorative pur- 

 poses: Baldock's 

 Crimson ; A. J. Bal- 

 four, pink ; Crimson 

 Source d'Or ; Decem- 

 ber Gold ; Nagoya, 

 golden yellow ; Em- 

 bleme Poitevine, yel- 

 low, incurved ; Niveus, 

 pure white ; Tuxedo, 

 reddish -bronze; 

 \\Ystrrn King, white; 

 \Vi liter Cheer, deep 

 pink ; W. J. Crossley, 

 crimson ; Christmas 

 Gift, bright amber. 

 These will bloom from 

 October to January, 

 Source d'Or flowering 

 first, and Nagoya and 

 Christmas Gift latest 

 of all. 



Twenty-four Choice Border Varieties. 

 Emily, pure white ; Elstob, yellow ; Diane, 

 white ; Crimson Marie Masse ; Diana, 

 bronz.y-red ; Crimson Diana ; Carrie, small 

 early yellow ; Bertie, terra-cotta ; Goacher's 

 Crimson ; Gertie, salmon-pink ; Harvest 

 Home ; Goacher's Pink ; La Garonne, terra- 

 cotta ; La Somme, mauve-pink ; Jenny, 

 orange - scarlet ; Jimmie, crimson - purple ; 

 Nina Black, scarlet-red ; Mrs. Roots, pure 



>: G. II'. Leak. 



A basket of Chrysanthemum Ball of Gold. 



