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§4. SOME OF THE NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. BY JOHN THORPE, 

 IN THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



Out of nearly 1,000 varieties to be found in cultivation, it 

 would be strange if there were not some kinds that it would 

 be difficult to improve in any way. There are many of the 

 older sorts which it would seem impossible to displace, as they 

 hold their positions each year in spite of the hundreds of new- 

 comers. Yet there are more and better new kinds this year 

 than ever before. It is of these and the new ones of last 

 year that we wish to present a list. That American-grown 

 seedlings are far surpassing the European kinds cannot be 

 gainsaid. That is to say, the American-raised seedlings give 

 more satisfaction, as a rule, in America than do the varieties 

 produced in Europe. 



Of last year's American seedlings, the following are really 

 first-class : Beauty of Castlewood, red and gold ; E. H. Fitler, 

 gold and bronze ; Coronet, golden orange ; Mrs. W. K. Harris, 

 pure gold ; Colossal, white and pink ; Excellent, rose-pink and 

 lilac ; Adriance, lovely shade of rosy lilac ; Miss Anna Harts- 

 horn, pure white ; Violet Rose, carmine, shaded rosy purple, 

 superb ; Llewellyn, red and gold ; Mrs. Wm. Barr, plum 

 purple, new color, fine ; Mrs. Judge Benedict, white anemone ; 

 Mrs. M. J. Thomas, white ; Mrs. Irving Clarke, pink ■ Thos. 

 C. Price, Mermet pink ; Mary Wheeler, silvery blush ; Sunny- 

 side, white ; Mrs. A. Carnegie, crimson \ Zillah, bronze and 

 cherry red ; Mrs. A. C. Burpee, chrome bronze. 



Of Japanese importations, first is Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, with 

 its chaste and distinct character ; Kiota, golden yellow ; 

 Lilian B. Bird, silvery blush ; Mrs. Fottler, rosy pink ; Nee- 

 sima, gold ; W. H. Lincoln, glorious yellow. Other Japanese 

 importations by way of Europe are : H. Cannell, yellow; Ed. 

 Molyneux, crimson and gold. Lady Lawrence, Mrs. Dun- 

 nett and Mrs. H. Cannell are identical with Robert Bottom- 

 ley, Mrs. J. N. Gerard and Christmas Eve, which we have had 

 for the last four years. 



Of the English raised kinds, Sunflower, rich yellow ; Ava- 

 lanche, white ) Mrs. F. Jameson, bronze salmon • Mrs. John 

 Wright, white ; Stanstead, white ; Carew Underwood, red and 

 bronze, are all good. Among the continental seedlings, out of 

 140 kinds the past two years, the following are worthy : Mme. 



