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variety has been obtained from the Queen family, although two 

 or three supposed new sorts are said to be distinct, but they need 

 further trial to warrant their admission. I have here grouped 

 the new varieties in the incurved section in two grades of 

 merit. 



First-class sorts that are likely to wear well. — Violet Tomlin, 

 Miss M. A. Haggas, Mrs. Norman Davis, Charles Gibson, Lady 

 Dorothy, Lord Eversley, Lord Alcester, Lord Wolseley, Mr. 

 Brunlees, and Jeanne d'Arc. 



Second-class sorts, useful but likely to be superseded. — Bronze 

 Queen of England, Mr. Bunn, Mabel Ward, and Alfred Lynes. 



The Japanese section is much more productive of new 

 distinct and improved varieties entitling them to a leading position 

 in the lists. Whereas the incurved section produced only fourteen 

 good varieties in ten years, as many as fifty possessing good 

 qualities have been introduced in the same time in the Japanese 

 section. Edwin Molyneux is distinct in type and new in colour, 

 therefore desirable. Elaine forms a type in which Avalanche is 

 a decided improvement ; indeed, it is not too much to say that this 

 variety is the finest white Japanese Chrysanthemum in cultiva- 

 tion. Mile. Louise Leroy, introduced last year, is of the same 

 character, white with a faint tinge of blush, and of excellent 

 quality. Eynsford White, a variety of this year, comes under the 

 same category, being of first-rate quality, and so does Mrs. J. 

 Wright, snow-white and of pleasing form. 



Sunflower belongs to Jackson's Duchess of Albany type, and 

 is an advance upon that variety. In fact I have no hesitation in 

 saying that it is the finest of yellow Japanese varieties ; the 

 colour is a rich orange-yellow, the florets are long and droop 

 gracefully. Mons. Bernard is similar in character, violet-amaranth 

 in colour. Stanstead Surprise is a purple-magenta, somewhat 

 after the same form of flower. 



Mrs. Falconer Jameson, grown for the first time last year, is 

 of the Triomphe du Nord character, but a decided improvement 

 on that variety in the size and solidity of its blooms. The 

 colour is a peculiar mixture of chestnut, bronze, and yellow, 

 with the under side of the florets pale gold, lii habit of growth 

 it is dwarf, producing very fine blooms at a height of 3 feet 

 only. 



Florence Percy is new in character ; the florets pure white, 



