Ik dki]i\ell & $ojq$’ tflctfkl Gfuide. 
ETOILE DE LYON.— Largest flower in cultivation. A grand variety ; very large, deep lilac 
rose shaded silver. See large engraving showing this wonderful and best variety of the year. First- 
Class Certificate wherever shown. Is. 
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MRS. FALCONER JAMESON (Cannell) — Enormous blooms of a chestnut bronze, tinted and 
striped with yellow, high centre and large ; habit the best of its class First-Class Certificate. Is. Gd. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE, 171, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 
Mrs. F. Jameson is a clipper. First-Class Certificate at Southampton yesterday, and only lost by 
a shaving the prize for the best flower in the show, this falling to K. Molyneux's Avalanche 
(Cannell); splendid and certificated also. 
NEW JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
The following new Japanese Chrysanthemums are the cream of the many 
hundreds which are being sent out every year. Those certificated, and 
several of the others, will certainly become exhibition varieties of the 
highest excellence, and all should be grown by exhibitors. 
MRS. ALPHEUS HARDY — When well grown is one of the most distinct pure wh'te varieties 
i» cultivation. Unfortunately it has a weak constitution, its roots are very feeble and tender and 
tnfist be grown in light, peaty, cocoa-nut fibre soil, potted loosely until established, and then more 
firmly potted. When the secret of its requirements are ascertained, it is a splendid flower Its 
bristly, hairy roughness renders it very distinct and valuable in a first prize stand, lias received a 
First-Class Certificate wherever shown. Is. each. 
ARCHIVISTE BLANCHARD (Incurved Jap.)— The florets are tubular, quite narrow at the 
hale, widening gradually toward the extremity, each one being split and forked exactly in the same 
way as the points of the disc petals are in a Japanese Anemone variety, which gives (lie flower a 
peculiar appearance ; colour bronze-red, each of the tooth parts of the florets tipped gold. 2s. 0,/. each 
ADA SPAULDING (Japanese incurved)— Pink, shading to white. 2s. 6 il. 
ADVANCE (Japanese incurved;— Deep violet pink. 2s. (5 rl. 
AIDA— Reddish bronze, suffused yellow. First-Class Certificate, National Chrysanthemum 
Society. 2s. Gd. J 
ALICE CARTER — Thread-like petals, Indian-red shaded gold ; a novelty. Is. Gd. 
ANNA HARTZHORN— A beautiful pure white Japanese incurved, large, moderate depth, well- 
formed. First-Class Certificate, os. 
BARONALD — Red and bronze. 2s. G d. 
BEAUTY OF CASTLEWOOD — Clear orange, inner surface deep red, a first-class vnrieti 
First-Class Certificate. National Chrysanthemum Societv. 3s (id. 
BEAUTY OF KINGSESSING — Pale lavender, centre florets recurved. 2s. G d. 
BELLE HICKEY — Pearly-white florets, incurved ; very promising. Is. (id. 
BRYNWOOD — Bright pink, shaded silvery-rose. Is. Gtl. 
CARDINAL DESPREZ — -Deep rose, silvery reverse. Is, 
CARROLL ELLIOTT — Red, tipped gold. 2s. (id. 
CLARENCE BRYANT— Bright golden-yellow ; very free, one of the best October varieties 
2s. 6</. 
COMMOTION -Tubular florets, pink shading off to white. 2s. Cul. 
DANZE — In the wav of Ja/jonais, deeper (loner, broader petals, and better constitution. First- 
Class Certificate, Rovnl Horticultural Societv. 2s. Gtl. each. 
EXCELLENT- Soft pink colour. 2s. (id. 
EYNSFORD WHITE (Cannell) (A seedling of our own raising). — As good and as popular as our 
AratcinChc is, and there lias hardly been a first or a second prize awarded but what this variety has 
been tlie best blooms in the stand; and to show the superiority of EynsforJ White, it was awarded 
a First-Class Certificate of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society, and a First-Class Certificate 
the next day by the National Chrysanthemum Society, shown side by side of Avalanche. It has 
a broader and more ivory-white" petal, aud is the best and most solid white ever sent out. 2s. Gd. 
FLORA MACDONALD— Creamy white; florets incurved. Is. Gd. 
GASPARD ROZAIN— Silvery-white, heavily mottled or veined lilac-rose; shaded carmine 
reverse ; tipped citron-yellow. 2s. Grf, 
GEORGE ATKINSON — White, flat petals; large, is. 
GEO. McCLURE — Purple, shaded amaranth, is. Gd. 
GOLDEN STAR — Rich clear yellow : habit fine, verv free flowering. 2s, (id 
GRANDIFLORA SUPERBA— Brick red. Is. 
HARVEST QUEEN — Early; ivory-white ; reflexed. Is. 
J. G. BLAINE — Rich dark maroon, tipped gold. 2s. Gd. 
KIOTO — Deep yellow florets; incurved. Is. 6rf. 
L. CANNING— White ; good form. Is. 0,/. 
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