October 20, 1892. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER . 
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admirable town flower the Chrysanthemum is grown by many a 
humble cottager who can afford a little plot of ground and a rough 
greenhouse. The spirit and energy he puts into the work influences the 
world about him for good, enriches his own environments, opens out 
in Sheffield and district are grown by amateurs who devote a large por¬ 
tion of their leisure time to the work. There are, however, many pro¬ 
fessional gardeners who possess facilities and have the time to produce 
fine blooms and plants for exhibition. There are numerous others who 
Fig. 48.—JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUM, BEAUTY OF EXMOUTH. 
the possibilities of Nature, and materially brightens unfavourable sur¬ 
roundings. Therefore it is creditable to a town like Sheffield that so many 
of its hardworking toilers have become capable in the higher cultivation 
of the “ autumn queen.” Still larger numbers every year are imitating 
their example, thereby widening the popular interest in its culture. 
It may be said that the majority of blooms cultivated for exhibition 
cultivate in good style and form, but do not exhibit publicly.\A few 
notes on each class of growers may be of interest. 
Five Oaks, Glossop Road. 
One of the most successful exhibitors of plants is Mr. W Redmill, 
gardener to J. G. Lowood, Esq., Five Oaks, Glossop Road, Sheffield. Mr. 
