October 30, 1890. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
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Chrysanthemum Puritan. 
Several very promising novelties were exhibited at the meeting of 
the National Society’s Floral Committee on October 15th last, and 
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so numerous, the merits of this one are so boldly marked that it wil 
be certain to become a favourite. The florets are substantial, broad, 
somewhat incurved at the top, and of a peculiar glossy white colour, 
Fig. 44.—JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUM PURITAN. 
amongst them were handsome blooms of the Japanese Chrysanthemum 
Puritan from Mr. E. Molyneux, Swanmore Park Gardens, Bishops 
Waltham. A first-class certificate was unanimously awarded for this, 
an honour it well deserved, for though white Chrysanthemums are now 
the surface having quiti a polished appearance. The bloom is of 
good size, and the plant seems strong in habit. It is of American 
origin, and has been cut a year or two, but is not much known in this 
country. 
