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conditions of the house after getting the benefit of the night dews &c. 

 whilst in the open. As mentioned earlier in my paper, do not leave 

 off feeding too soon, and in the case of the late varieties feed about 

 the same as out of doors till the flowers show colour ; any check or 

 want of nourishment during the opening period will result in short - 

 petalled and often badly-coloured blooms. 



Generally speaking, the pests that attack Chrysanthemums are not 

 difficult to deal with. Rust in some instances is troublesome, but 

 if the plants are dipped or sprayed once or twice in the early stages 

 and sprayed again before housing with sulphide of potassium, J oz. 

 to the gallon of water, it may be kept under, the same solution being 

 effective for mildew. Green and black fly are sometimes troublesome 

 all through the season, but spraying with paraffin emulsion, XL. 

 insecticide, or any of the other washes on the market quickly ex- 

 terminates these. The leaf-miner maggot in some seasons does a deal 

 of damage to the foliage. Spraying with soot-water all through the 

 season helps as a preventive, and I have found paraffin emulsion 

 effective before the maggots actually get to work under the foliage, 

 but after they have started operations nothing but hand-picking does 

 much good. 



The question of varieties is a difficult one, there being so very many, 

 every one of which has some special merit, so that a selection is really 

 a matter for the individual and his or her own requirements. I 

 venture to give a list, or short lists, which I think suitable for the 

 various purposes and to cover a fairly long season, but before doing 

 this I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to my friend Mr. Cole, of 

 Feltham, who prepared the coloured slides with which my lecture was 

 illustrated, and to my market-grower friend who kindly supplied me 

 with details of the plants they cultivate. 



Those marked * are particularly well adapted for striking late 

 and growing in small pots. 



Japanese Varieties. 



Amy Poulton. 

 *Bob Pulling. 



Fred Chandler. 

 ♦Frances Joliffe. 



Eclipse. 

 ♦His Majesty. 

 ♦Kara Dow. 

 ♦Joan Stratton. 

 ♦Master James. 



Mrs. A. T. Miller. 

 ♦Mrs. E. A. Tickle. 



Miss A. E. Roope. 



Mr. Keith Luxford. 



Mrs. G. Farrer. 



Miss Gladys Herbert. 

 ♦Queen Mary. 

 ♦Rosamund. 

 ♦William Turner. 



W. Rigby. 



Captain Fox. 



Earl Roberts. 

 ♦Fred Green. 



F. S. Vallis. 



General Smith-Dorrien. 

 ♦Hon. Mrs. John Ward. 



James Stredwick. 

 ♦Lady Talbot. 

 ♦Mrs. R. C. Pulling. 

 ♦Mrs. W. Tricker. 

 ♦Mrs. G. Lloyd Wigg. 



Maud Lousada. 



Mrs. J. Gibson. 

 ♦Mrs. T. Stevenson. 



Mrs. A. H. Sanders. 



Reginald Vallis. 



Undaunted. 

 ♦White Queen. 



William Vert. 



