130 CUT FLOWERS. 



CHEYSANTHEJIUM. 



This flower stands higher in public estimation at the pre- 

 sent time than probably any other in cultivation. The great 

 improvement in form and colour, especially in the Japanese 

 varieties, and the perfection to which cultivation has brought 

 them, have no doubt been the means of raising them to their 

 present popular eminence. Their culture engages the atten- 

 tion of a large number of horticulturists, but, even with all 

 the knowledge at their command, comparatively few approach 

 the ideal of perfection ; and in treating of this subject we 

 have endeavoured to point out the best known methods of 

 obtaining good plants and perfect blooms. A selection of the 

 best varieties for exhibition, as cut flowers, includes the fol- 

 ing:— 



Incurved. — Alfred Salter, Barbara, Empress of India, Jeanne d'Arc, 

 Golden Empress, J. Lambert, Lord Aloester, Miss M. H 

 Haggis, Mrs. Heale, Princess of Wales, Queen of England 

 and Violet Tomlin. 



Japanese. — Ayalanohe, Boule d'Or, Carew Underwood, Edwin Moly 

 neux, Etoile de Lyon, Jeanne Delaux, Madame C. Audiguier, 

 Mdlle. Laoroix, Meg Merrilees, Kalph Brooklebank, Sunflower, 

 Val d'Andorre, Viviand Morrel, and W. H. Lincoln. 



Heflexed.^Aunie Salter, Alice Bird, Chevalier Domage, Culling 

 fordii. Dr. Sharpe, Golden Christine, King of Crimsons, Mrs, 

 Forsyth, Pink Christine, Peach Christine, and Purple King. 



Anemones. — Acquisition, Fabian de Mediana, Fleur de Marie, Georges 

 Sand, Gluck, Lady Margaret, Mdme. Theresa Clos, Mdlle. 

 Cabrol, Miss Annie Lowe, Mrs. Pethers, Prince of Anemones, 

 and ScEur Dorothde Souilld. 



The culture of the Chrysanthemum is given in the First 

 Division, and it is only necessary here to notice the special 

 treatment required for the production of extra-large speci- 

 men blooms for exhibition as cut flowers. To attain this 

 strong, firm, healthy plants should be potted singly in eight- 

 inch pots, giving the strong-growers one size larger, and 

 using the same compost as has been recommended for bush 



