MA RKET PLANTS. — CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



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large assortment of varieties is undesirable, and the bulk of those grown may advisedly 

 be very early and very late in flowering. 



Some of the best earlies, most of which are in general cultivation, are, Mytchett 

 White, Lady Fitzwigram, Madame Desgranges, Queen of the Earlies, Barbara Forbes, 

 Lady Selborne, Elaine and So3ur Melanie, all white. Mrs. Hawkins, Byecroft Glory, 

 Emily Grunerwald, Yellow Queen 

 of the Earlies, and Yellow Lady 

 Selborne, yellows. ComtesseFou- 

 cher de Cariel, orange yellow ; 

 Eoi des Prococes, crimson; W. 

 Holmes and Vivid, red ; Madame 

 Marie Masse, lilac mauve; and 

 Harvest Home, bronze. 



Good mid-season varieties, for 

 succeeding the earlies, and forming 

 a natural succession to those already 

 named, in the supply of marketable 

 blooms till the middle of December, 

 if need be, are, Souvenir de Petite 

 Amie, Mdlle. Lacroix, Bouquet des 

 Dames, Niveus, Mrs. H. Weeks, 

 white ; Clinton Chalfont, Yellow 

 Source d'Or, Phoebus, E. Hooper 

 Pearson, and Major Bonaffon, 

 yellow; Yice- President Hardy, 

 Tuxedo, Pride of the Market, and 

 Source d'Or, bronze; 0. J.Quintus, 

 mauve pink ; and Tokio, red. 



For flowering late in December, lasting in some cases till well into January, the 

 following are recommended: — Princess Blanche, Princess Victoria, Lady Lawrence, 

 Pelican, J. Agate, L. Canning, and Mdlle. Th. Panckoucke, white ; W. H. Lincoln, 

 golden ; Dart, yellow ; Lord Brooke, and Golden Gem, bronze ; Etoile de Lyon, pink ; 

 E. D. Smith and Eoyal Standard, crimson. 



For selling as pot plants, Madame Desgranges, Mytchett White, Lady Fitzwigram, 



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