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REPORT ON LATE-FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT 
CHISWICK. 
A collection of 252 stocks of Chrysanthemums was grown in 10-incli 
pots in 1899 for greenhouse decoration during the autumn and winter. 
The plants were placed on a bed of ashes in the open air in June, and 
taken indoors on the approach of frosty weather. No disbudding was 
done, the object of the trial being to discover the best varieties for 
simply decorative purposes, but the plants were staked and tied out so as 
to allow a current of air to pass between them. Some of the plants 
carried a profusion of flowers, but a great many buds of others were 
turned quite black and destroyed by the number of dense fogs between 
October and the early part of December. Notwithstanding this draw- 
back the trial was interesting, and it proved that some of the large- 
flowered show varieties were of little or no value for decorative purposes 
when not disbudded. The Fioral Committee inspected the collection on 
tv/o occasions and highly commended eighteen varieties. 
F.C. — First-class Certificate. 
A.M. = Award of Merit. 
X X X = Highly Commended. 
1. Ada Foster (Single) (Cannell). — ^Height 3 feet ; diffuse habit ; 
moderately free flowering ; flowers bronzy yellow. 
2. Adelaide Russell (Jap.) x x x November 17, 1899 (Cannell). — ■ 
Height 3 feet ; compact habit ; exceptionally free flowering ; flowers 
orange yellow, with a reddish orange reverse. 
3. Adele Prisette (Pom.) (Cannell).— Height 3 feet G inches ; erect 
habit ; free flowering ; flowers small, with fimbriated petals, rose pink 
tipped with yellow. 
4. Agiaia (Pom., Anem.) (Cannell). — Height 3 feet; straggling habit: 
free flowering ; flowers small, guard petals blush white or pale pink 
suffused with rose pink on the exterior. 
0. A. H. Fewkes (Jap.) (Haywood). — Height 3 feet 6 inches ; sturdy 
habit ; moderately free flowering ; flov/ers large, deep gulden yellow with 
broad flat petals. 
G. A. H. Wood (Jap.) A.M. November II, 1890 (Haywood).— Sport 
from Primrose League. Height 3 feet ; sturdy habit ; free flowering ; 
flowers large, sulphur yellow. 
7. Alfred Lyne fine.) (Dobbie). — Sport from Novelty. Height 4 feet ; 
vigorous habit ; very free flowering ; flowers of a deep shade of purple 
lilac. 
8. Alfred Salter (Inc.) (Haywood). — Sport from Queen of England. 
Height 3 feet ; sturdy habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers pink 
shaded with lilac. 
9. Alice Carter (Dec.) (Cannell). — Height 3 feet ; diffuse habit ; 
moderately free flowering ; flowers with narrow spidery florets, reddish 
brown shaded with orange. 
