&. CJki\r\ell & $or$’ tflo&l Gjuide. 
THE GARDEN, November 22nd, 1890. 
Chrysanthemum Louis Boehmeu.— Messrs. Camiell & Sons, of Swaulev, have forwarded 
11 1,101,111 of thls new variety, which they state has been sent to them from America Compared 
wuh the one exhibited at the centenary show of the National Chrysanth muirn Society last 
week, It IS much deeper in colour and larger. The Swan ley bloom is ii full, deep, solid flower, 
measuring over 5 inches in diameter without stretching’ out the florets to their full extent 
the outer ones being 4 inches from base to tip. The florets arc fully three-eights of an iu-h 
broad, very regularly incurving towards the centre, the inside- of them beim.- of a deep 
purplish-rose, with the reverse several shades lighter. The hair-like growths are numerous ; 
they appear oil the back of the florets and mostly towards the extremities. The inner florets 
are the more noticeable in this respect. As mentioned in The Garden, November 15, 18dd 
, (p. 452), the stem is strong and stiff. 
GARDENING WORLD, November 22nd, 1890. 
Chrysanthemum Louis Boehmeu. — A fine bloom of this new pink “ plume ” variety sent 
from America has been forwarded to us by Messrs. II. Cannell & Sons, and which even after 
its long journey was quite fresh, with the exception of a few of the outer florets. The bloom 
, measured 5 ins. in diameter, and is precisely of the same form and habit as that of Mrs. Alphcus 
Hardy. The upper surface of the florets is of a blight rosy purple, but the reverse is of a 
clear soft pink, so that the variety may rightly he described as a pink Mrs. Alphas J lardy 
owing to the incurved state of the florets. The bristly hairs on the back of the latter arc 
slightly branched, and confined chiefly to a portion near the apex of the reverse surface. 
In any ease the centre is more or less hidden by the incurving florets. It is therefore not only 
quite distinct from Mr*. Alpha* Hardy, hut very pretty, and a great acquisition to a race 
which may yet become numerous. 
Mr. U. W. Sanders, Editor of “Amateur Gardening,” November loth, 1800. 
Many thanks for the bloom you have been good enough to send me to-day of Louis '/Miner. 
I had heard a great deal of this wonderful variety, but not had the pleasure of seeing one 
of the blooms until I received yours. I am exceedingly pleased with it, and should imagine it 
will ultimately become a very popular variety. At any rate, the bloom you send affords 5 every 
promise of such being the ease. Personally 1 prefer Louis Boehmer to Mrs. Alphas Hardy, 
an l shall be very much surprised if it does not fur outstrip the latter in popularity. How 
wonderfully fresh the bloom looked after its long transatlantic journey ; it is marvellous that 
such a feat should he accomplished so successfully. A coloured plate "w-i 11 appear in this paper 
the first week in February. 
C. Harman Payne, Esq., 00, Thorne Road, South Lambeth, S.W., November loth, lg'.U). 
1 have received the bloom of Louis Boehmer, and from what I had previously heard of it 
from America was not prepossessed in its favour. But the flower von send of the new hairy 
petalled Japanese is something out of the ordinary, and is, I consider, a greater cariosity than j 
Mrs. Alphnus Hardy. It is a bold incurving Japanese, with long grooved petals, about five 
inches in diameter, and four inches in depth. But for the regular incurved form of the 
petals the flower would he at least twice the size across, for I measured a single petal and 
found it just over four inches in length. Inside, the colour is a deep purple amaranth, and 
the reverse is a soft silvery pink. The hairs are very numerous and clearly defined, being 
mostly towards the tips of the petals and on the reverse. To jiidge by the stem it seems that 
Louis live Inner is a sturdier growing plant than Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, and it has, l notice, a 
similar wax-like appearance on the outside of the petals. 
WEEDON BEAUTY (Pearce) — The well-known Ba ronne de Prailhf sported Care. tv / nderwood , 
and now the latter has sported and given us this lovely red chestnut and gold offspring, retaining 
the grand shaped flower of its grandparent, which is highly prized and always shown in nearly all 
first and second prize stands ; this is a good one indeed. 4s. each. 
^ SUNSET — The most extraordinary single variety ever seen. When shown before the Floral 
Committee, and awarded a first-class certificate, the theme of conversation was that no one without 
measuring its wonderful proportions would believe from tip to tip it measured 16 inches and an 
unusual breadth of petal, and inches from outside shoulder to shoulder; ground colour 
lovely orange-yellow with half of most of the petals bright red-tinted rose, which makes it most 
striking and attractive in the extreme, where a grand and uncommon floral object is desired, and 
which one can hardly believe is real without a minute examination; this is the kind for dinner 
table decoration. It ia the most astonishing Chrysanthemum ever produced; has the pleasant 
fragrance of the daffodil. 3>. each. 
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