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husband of this lady was for some years a resident in Japan, where he 
became one of the most successful amateur cultivators of the Chrysan¬ 
themum. Since his death the widow has resided in San Francisco, and 
numbers of seedlings raised in Japan have been sent to her at various 
Comparatively few seedlings have been raised in this country yet, 
those obtained by several persons in recent years should have encouraged 
farther experiments. Messrs. J. Laing & Co., Forest Hill, were fortunate 
enough a year or two ago to procure scm; well selected and thoroughly 
Fig. 49.—CHRYSANTHEMUM STANSTEAD SURPRISE. 
times, these being distributed amongst the American tradesmen under 
numbers only, so that each one has named them as they flowered. Such 
a proceeeding must necessarily lead to some confusion and the multi¬ 
plication of synonyms. 
matured imported seed, and from this they secured such favourite 
varieties as Mrs. J. Wright, Agnes and Bertha Flight, Album Fimbriatum, 
Stanstead White, and Alpha. From a subsequent batch they have raised 
several others, and one of these is Stanstead Surprise (fig. 49), a dis- 
