debtecl for the far larger number of new varieties, as be not 
only raises seedlings himself, but introduces those which are 
produced by other growers, especially Mr. Smith,* of Guernsey, 
whose flowers have reached a high state of excellence, and two 
of whose most recent additions to the incurved class of large- 
lowering Chrysanthemums , Mr. Andrews has placed together in 
plate. 
Sparkler (Smith), fig. 1, is a fine well-incurved flower, of 
medium size, colour of a rich Indian red, the golden-yellow 7 
backs of the petals giving it a very beautiful appearance. It 
w r as commended by the Floral Committee, and although not so 
large a flower as General Slade , we question whether it will not 
prove to be one more suited to the prevailing taste. Carissima 
(Smith), fig. 2, is a flower of first-rate properties, and as such 
received a first-class certificate from the Floral Committee of 
the Eoyal Horticultural Society. The petals are broad and 
beautifully incurved, the colour a sulphury-white with lilac tint 
at the edges, and streaked on the back of the petals with the 
same colour. Mr. Salter has also some other fine varieties to 
distribute in the spring, amongst which will be found General 
Slade , just mentioned, Duchess of Wellington , Dr. Brock , Lord 
Danelagh , Edith Dombrain , and Ion. 
A flower so easily grown as the Chrysanthemum , hardly needs 
any remark as to culture, but w 7 e may mention that the gardener 
of our friend and neighbour, E. Banks, Esq., of Sholden Lodge, 
grows them very compactly by placing three plants in an eight- 
or ten-inch pot, and by supplying them liberally with guano- 
water very fair-sized blooms, and in considerable quantities, are 
obtained; to those who do not grow for exhibition, it seems an 
admirable plan. 
* Mr. Smith is gardener to General Slade, the Lieutenant-Governor of 
Guernsey. 
