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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGTST. 



Bessie (Ingram). Pompon. Chestnut red mottled with yellow towards the centre, and 

 shaded with rose towards the circumference, so as to look particoloured. Pleasing. Com- 

 mended at Kensington ; certificate at Sydenham. 



Carissima (Salter)- Sulphury white, faintly tinged and dashed with rosy lilac streaks. 

 Broad, well- incurved florets. lull size, very fine, dwarf and free. First-class certificate at 

 Kensington. 



Citronella (Salter). Intermediate. Light yellow, with broad slightly incurving florets j 

 pleasing, but rather flat. 



Dido (Salter). Intermediate. White, with sulphury tips, filling out well. Very dwarf 

 and free, and an excellent pot plant. 



Dr. Broclc (Salter). Dull pale purplish-red, yellowish at the back. Large and in- 

 curved, but heavy-looking. 



Draco (Salter). Coppery red. Free, busby, and ornamental. 



Ion (Salter). Intermediate. Pure white, with neatly ineurved florets. Hardly full enough. 



Lady Russell (Bird). White, the back of the florets of a rosy tint. Full, incurved, broad 

 florets. Distinct, bright-looking, and very promising. Certificate at Sydenhmi. 



Little Pet (Bird). Intermediate. White, tinted at the circumference with rose. Like a 

 diminished form of Vesta. Compact, even, and very pleasing. Certificate at Sydenham. 



Lord Eanelagh (Salter). B eddish-fawn or pale copper colour, with a golden tint at the 

 back. Large, well incurved, and tolerably full. Very dwarf and free. 



Madame Heine (Bull). Large-flowered Pompon. Pure white, of good form, free. 

 Commended at Kensington. 



Medora (Salter). Anemone Pompon. Light reddish lilac-rose, more or less quilled, 

 and buff-coloured in the centre. A pleasing colour. Freely and openly branched, and 

 effective for decoration. 



Model (Bird). Dull light purplish- tinted coppery red. Florets incurved, but not 

 even. Certificate at Sydenham. 



Ml Desperandum (Bird). Dull light purplish-red, with coppery back and tips. In- 

 curved, not over-full, and dull-looking. Certificate at Sydenham. 



Queen of Anemones (Bird). Anemone. Pose colotu', with brownish-golden centre. 



Queen of Lilacs (Bird). Bosy lilac. Large, full, and incurved. A good flower. 

 Certificate at Sydenham. 



Bising Sun (Bird). Intermediate. Deep Indian red, with golden back. Full, Btiff 

 incurved florets. Besembles Sparkler. 



Sparkler (Salter). Bright deep Indian red, with golden back. Bather small, but full, 

 with stiff incurved florets. A pleasing variety, bright-looking in its class. In the way of 

 Madame Comerson, but deeper coloured. Commended at Kensington. 



Striped Queen (Downie and Co.) . Blush white, pencilled with nai-row but decided purple 

 stripes. A sport from Queen of England, two stages removed. Commended at Kensington. 



Those who grow Chrysanthemums as decorative plants, find it of some 

 importance to know what varieties are best suited for pot culture. The 

 specimen plants produced at the exhibitions may be taken as furnishing a 

 tolerably safe criterion on this point. The best of the large-flowered varieties 

 at the Kensington and Sydenham exhibitions last November, on the score of 

 habit and bloom, were these : — 



Prince Albert, plum. 

 Beaute du Nord, rose purple. 

 Alma, rose purple. 

 Julie Lagravere, deep crimson. 

 Madame Comerson, crimson red. 

 Mont JEtna, deep coppery red. 

 Christine, light rose. 

 Golden Christine, fawn. 



Yellow Perfection, golden yellow. 

 Chevalier Domage,bvight deep yellow. 

 Annie Salter, light yellow. 

 Queen of England, blush white. 

 Defiance, white. 

 Vesta, rose-tinted white. 

 Trilby, white, with rosy edge and sul- 

 phury centre. 



Of the Pompon varieties, the best-habited and most effective sorts were these : — 



Salamon, rose purple. 

 Duruflet, rose. 

 Bob, crimson-red. 



President ■ Decaisne, white, shaded with 



dark red. 

 Mrs. Dix, white rosy tipped. 

 Cedo Nulli, white, with brown tips. 

 Surprise, deep blush. 



Madame Bousselon, rosy blush. 

 Golden Cedo Nulli, yellow, with brown 

 tips. 



General Canrobert, light bright yellow. 

 Cote d'Or, larger, bright pale yellow. 

 Andromeda, cream, with brown tips. 

 Madame Heine, larger, pure white. 

 Ninon) pure white. 



