CHRYSANTHEMUM SPORTS. 



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that it is not surprising to find it sporting to a good 

 yellow : — 



White to Yellow. 



El nine « 



opo? o ^yeiiowy. 



Vest& 



>> (yellow)* 



Mrs. Rundle . 



(deep yellow). 



Princ6ss Planche 



Jeanette Sliealian. 



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 VJUltlcll JcilUYY IllJ^Lll VcllUW 1. 



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 luIUd KJcLLllvJb 



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 0 * \JC % VVdiII.ti.LL. 



Christine 



Miss Alice Robertson. 



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Primrose League . 



„ A. H. Ward. 



Mme. Desgrange . 



G. Wormig. 



Princess of Teck . 



Mrs. R. Davis. 



Mrs. Heale . 



,, Miss M. A. Haggis. 



Empress of India . 



,, Golden Empress of India. 



Lady T. Lawrence 



,, Kate Mursell. 



Mme. Lacroix 



„ Mr. C. E. Shea. 



Mrs. Bundle . 



„ Mr. Geo. Glenny (sulphur). 



Lady Margaret 



,, Miss Annie Lowe. 



Eve 



„ Mabel Ward (golden yellow). 



White, Sporting to Various Colours. — Just as seed- 

 lings from white-flowered plants are often various,t so is it with 

 white sporting Chrysanthemums. Thus Cedo Nulli, a white- 

 flowered variety, gave rise to yellow, lilac, brown, and also other 

 white sports ; similarly Queen of England, which is a tinted or 

 blush-white, has sported into at least six different colours as 

 well as white, namely, two golds, two bronzes, a rose, and a 

 primrose. 



Pink or shades of rose sporting from white may possibly 

 indicate reversions, or rather "restorations," to ancestors with 

 similarly coloured flowers. The following are examples : — 



White to Pink, &c. 

 White Venus Sport, Weston (rosy lilac). 

 Mile. Lacroix ,, Pink Lacroix. 

 Ethel . . „ Pink Ethel. 



Sporting from Tinted Whites. — Numerous cases are 

 mentioned in which the flowers are described as having a 

 "pearly," "ivory," and "creamy-white" tint or a delicate 

 blush. Such are due, presumably, to the retention of a minute 

 * Keceived from Mr. W. Buffham, Nov. 25, 1897. 



f Thus, in Sharrock's " History of the Propagation and Improvement 

 of Vegetables " (1G72 a.d.), the author writes: "If the flower [tulip] be 

 white or whitish, spotted, and the bottome blew or purple . . . this is 

 beyond all other the most excellent ... to beget the greatest variety "— 

 i.e. from seed (pp. 51, 52). 



