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duction of new seedlings, some of which prove supe- 

 rior to existing varieties of the same shade. For this 

 reason no list can be given which can be expected to 

 stand intact for many years, but the following are some 

 of those best adapted to growing for cut flowers, and the 

 future will have to produce a more perfect list, before 

 these will be supplanted : 



Joseph H. White, Ivory, Minnie Wanamaker, Flora 

 Hill, Niveus, for white. For yellow, H. E. Wiedner^ 

 Golden Wedding, W. H. Lincoln. Pink — Vivian 

 Morel, Mermaid, Ada Spalding. 



The chrysanthemum has always been considered 

 as healthy and rugged as a weed, but experiences 

 of the past j^ear prove that this plant also is liable to 

 disease. Eel worms have been found in the roots in 

 sections where they have infested the rose. If there is 

 any indication of their being present in -either the soil 

 or manure used for chrysanthemums, the same meas- 

 ures of prevention should be adopted as described for 

 the treatment of soil used for roses. 



In the fall of 1892, a new fungoid disease attacked a 

 bed of chrysanthemums that were being grown for cut 

 flowers. The plants were in a vigorous state of growth 

 at the time, and the gentleman under whose care they 

 were, states that they were treated with the usual fun- 

 gicides but without avail. Mr. Dearness thus describes 

 the disease : 



" The fungus can be easily recognized by the dark 



