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Tiro PRIVATE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 



Hero of Stoke Nevvingtoii, large, beautiful blush pink. 



Tubiflorum. petals fine, pink and white. 



Chas. S. Ware, large, semi-double, pink. 



Rubruni Striatum, large and fine, petals striped with red. 



M. Delaux, fringed, large, light magenta. 



Chas. Delmas, Luzon and Coquette ; amber, fine. 



Wick Fils and Lady Mathison, double, brick red. 



President Hyde, large, double, yellow. 



Cloth of Gold, double, yellow. 



Wm. A. Lincoln, very large, yellow. 



Edward Molyneau.x, fine, Mrs. Wheeler type, crimson and bronze. 



Golden Queen of England, large, creamy yellow. 



Peter the Great, large double, full, yellow. 



1^ Fortine, large, bright crimson red. 



Ramona, large double, yellow and pale amber. 



Sachem, petals and flower large, orange. > 



Brazen Shield, large, wide petals, yellow, fine. 



Monadnock, curled or tubular, yellow, loose. 



Grandiflorum, large double, yellow. 



Brahma, medium, full, double, yellow and red. 



Jno. Webster, medium, full, double, yellow and red. 



M. Alex. Hugier, tubular, pink and yellow. 



Coitez, yellow and amber, large and fine. 



Bras Rouge, crimson and yellow. 



Jno. Thorpe, solferino. 



R€fnlgence, solferino, aster flowered. 



Tacoma, canary yellow, semi double, large. 



Golden Empress of India, double, straw colored, fine. 



Mrs. And. Carnegie, large, incurved, yellow and bronze. 



Although we are told that this is the off season 

 for orchids, it is hard to think so from the splendor 

 of the banks that greet us as we enter each house 

 devoted to their culture and yet when we observe 

 how few of the thousands of plants are now show- 

 ing flowers, it helps us to a realization of what they 

 must be later on. 



The beauty of the exotics so entertain visitors 

 that the glory of the hardy perennials and other 

 garden plants is not always remembered, especi- 

 ally at this season of the year. Over a thousand 

 species are already here, and with the facilities for 

 collecting and the skill in propagation at the com- 

 mand of the proprietors, it is safe to say that there 

 is not much worth having in this climate but what 

 may be found here. 



Perhaps a better idea of the stock may be had 

 by the statement that the thousands of orchids are 

 valued at $250,000. The cypripediums alone num- 

 ber over 400 species and varieties. The exotics are 

 provided for in twenty glass houses, while the hardy 

 stock already has ten acres of land devoted to it 

 and there are nearly 400 that can be made available 

 as occasion requires. Among the thousands of per- 

 ennials are many obtained from rare botanical col- 

 lections, and hybrids of wondrous beauty that have 

 never before been available in commercial estab- 

 lishments. When these are known they cannot 

 fail to give an impetus to those most desirable forms 

 of gardening, the " wild garden " and the cultiva- 

 tion of hardy perennials in beds and borders. 



The following day we visited Castlewood, in 

 Llewellyn Park, Orange, the residence of T. H. 



Spaulding. Here another surprise awaited us ; two 

 houses full, many show plants grown with that 

 special object in view, and they were truly mag- 

 nificent, showing the possible perfection to which 

 chrysanthemums can be grown. There were not 

 only a few, but scores of plants 2 to 4 feet high 

 with heads 2 feet across and one solid mass of 

 blooms of all colors, shades and shapes, besides 

 thousands of smaller plants. We noted the follow- 

 ing as among the best and most conspicuous : 



St. Michael, yellow, 2 inches in diameter, small centre, fine. 

 L. Canning, white, lance-lea\ ed. 



Miss Alice Barr, crimson, large and fine, yellow centre. 



Veddo, yellow, free bloomer, fine petals. 



Mollie, yellow and amber, very fine. 



Fanny Black, light purple, similar style to Alice Barr. 



Ada Spaulding, full blush white, creamy centre; nothing finer. 



Singerly, purple and crimson, fine and showy, flower medium. 



Kioto, yellow, incurved, full flower. 



H. Cannell, yellow, incurved, fine. 



E. W. Clark, red purple, large. 



Mrs. Pratt, white, double, very good. 



Theodora, pink, large ra>'-like, yellow centre. 



Miss Esmeralda, dark crimson. Wheeler type in form. 



W. W. Coles, dark salmon, fine. 



M. Pankosan, amber and pink, large, full imbricated centre. 



Llewellyn, unique, narrow curled petals, large flower. 



Mrs. Bullock, very full, white, a perfect half globe. 



Lillian B. Bird, fine, delicate blush, tubular, fine flower, 4 to 5 inches. 



\ iolet Rose, pink, flat, full center, fine. 



Cullingfordii, dark crimson. 



Delie, large bronze. 



Mrs. Langtry, large white. 



Mrs. Tattler, blush rose, ver^- full pseony-like flower. 



Grandiflorum, large, yellow, petals incurved like a large lily bulb. 



Mons. Bernard, reddish purple, large, flat, center incurved. 



Mrs. Howell, crimson and gold, yellow centre. 



Owen 79, pure white, full, " double as a dahlia." 



Mrs. S. Coleman, yellowish blush, slightly incurved. 



Mrs. W. Waterer, very dark crimson, loose, full, incur\'ed center. 



Sarah Owen, yellow, pink striped, globe flower, full and fine. 



Bronze Jardin, full, incurved. 



Garnet, crimson and pink, yellow centre. 



Mad. Ed. Rae, very full, pink and red, petals rolled. 



Rubra Superba, pink, amber, yellow center. 



Claude Frallo, red, pink and white. 



Golden Lace, yellow, fringed. 



Wm. Holbum, dark red and amber, very full. 



Golden Dragon, pure yellow, large loose flower. 



H. Lincoln, large, full, deep yellow. 



Gilmour, pink and white, unique. 



Sunnyside, white, petals tipped with green. 



Modjeska, bronze, yellow, full, fine. 



Seedling 556, very large, of the Carnegie t> pe. 



Cs iithie, ver\' dark purple. 



Leopard, spotted white on pink petals. 



L. E^•erment, fine quilled, lilac. 



J. G. Blaine, very dark crimson, fine. 



Prince Karl, purple. 



Frank, blush pink, late. 



Every time we came to a plant of Ada Spaulding 

 we involuntarily stopped to admire its mass of 

 beautiful blush blooms and compare them to a 

 partially opened psony. While above we give a 

 list as large as the first, there are hundreds of 

 others not mentioned, many of which are doubt- 

 less equally desirable, showing the truly wonderful 

 progress. Two Who Are Not Experts. 



