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The following varieties form a useful group, embracing several types and those famous 

 for their freedom of flowering. Japanese: Clinton Chalfont, golden yellow; Golden Elsie, 

 golden yellow; Lady Selborne, white; Mile. Lacroix, white; Mrs. Chas. E. Shea, light 

 yellow; O. J. Quintus, mauve pink r ; Source d'Or, orange; Yellow Selborne, rich yellow; 

 William Holmes, rich crimson ; John Shrimpton, rich crimson ; Annie Clibran, soft rose pink ; 

 Margot, salmon cerise ; Viviand Morel, silvery pink' ; Mis. Wm. Filkins, yellow, late ; Golden 

 Dart, rich buttercup yellow, late; and Golden Gem, bronze crimson, very late. Incurved: 

 Mrs. Geo. Rundle, white ; George Glenny, straw yellow ; and Golden George Glenny, rich 

 yellow. Anemones : Mrs. Caterer, white ; Mine. Robert Owen, white ; and Fabian de 

 Mediana, lilac and blush. Pompons: William Westlake, yellow; William Kennedy, crimson 

 amaranth; Snowdrop, small, white; Primrose League, small, pale yellow; Sceur Melanie, pure 

 white, early ; and Mile. Elise Dordan, rose pink. Anemone Pompons: Antonius, golden yellow ; 

 Emily Rovvbottom, lovely cream white ; and Marie Stuart, pale lilac. To many the big 

 flowers seen at exhibitions are ugly, almost monstrosities, produced by a system of feeding and 

 stopping. Of course everyone is entitled to his own opinion, and certainly Chrysanthemums 

 are more beautiful when grown simply for the greenhouse to display the truer growth of 

 the plant, which is naturally remarkably free — sprays of blossom, not merely a single flower 

 to one stem. All t Lie varieties named in the above list are seen in true character when 

 not severely disbudded. Source d'Or, for example, is a beautiful flower of an orange 

 chestnut colour, and when associated with the rich browns and crimsons of the decaying 

 foliage of many shrubs and trees, its colouring is intensified. Of course decorative varieties 

 are not sufficiently large for exhibition, except in classes especially set apart for them, but 

 those who simply require a gay greenhouse and conservatory in the late autumn know 

 their great value. 



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