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THE FLORIST AND FOMOLOGIST. 
THE NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
I must confess at the outset that all the new Chrysanthemums I have seen 
of the past autumn are in the hands of Mr. Salter, of Hammersmith. There 
will be others, but I have neither seen nor heard of them, and I regret I cannot 
give them in this paper. Mr. Salter has, as usual, some superb flowers. It is 
a rich treat to walk through his houses in the month of November, if it were 
only to see what can be made of the Chrysanthemum as a plant for conservatory 
decoration. You are struck with the great variety of shades, with the brilliancy 
of colour that has in late years been attained, and with the massiveness of many 
of the flowers. The flowers recently exhibited at the Guildhall, at the meeting 
of the United Horticultural Society, were thought by more than one or two 
persons to be Dahlias, and in size at least they are approaching them; but 
kindly allowance must be made for the pure cockney element that would visit 
a show in the heart of “ London’s rich and famous town.” Mr. Salter’s annual 
show of Chrysanthemums in November is as attractive to the florist as the 
Lord Mayor’s Show of the same month is to the citizens ; and I propose to give 
a few brief notes, first of the new flowers, and then of a few that were sent out 
in 1864-65. 
I take Gloria Mundi to be the finest flower of the year. Its colour is bril¬ 
liant golden yellow : the flower is beautifully incurved, has a very high centre, 
and is a model of form. Another splendid yellow flower is Golden Ball: it is 
a deep golden colour, is also finely incurved, and is of great size. To each of 
these flowers the Floral Committee awarded first-class certificates of merit. 
Next in point of merit are Golden Beverley, a sport from the white flower of 
that name, bright canary yellow colour, and finely incurved; and Hereward, 
rosy crimson, with silvery backs to the petals, which are finely incurved. These 
two received second-class certificates from the Floral Committee. Other new 
flowers are Rose Leach, one of the recurved flowers, colour very delicate peach, 
a very pleasing shade; John Salter, golden yellow, but when fully incurved 
the colour is a reddish cinnamon—a fine and very beautiful flower ; Countess 
of Granville, pearly white, a good-sized and beautiful flower; Crimson Velvet, 
a splendid flower, colour glowing crimson, brilliant, and smooth—a “ beat ” on 
all the flowers of that shade of colour ; Compactmn, a very pretty and compact 
flower, colour silvery rose, finely incurved ; Fulgidum, dark red, glowing into 
bright red— a very striking and somewhat novel incurved flower; Empress 
Eugenie, delicate lilac peach, a large flower, and finely incurved; Ondine, 
very delicate peach, quite, new in colour, and having the centre tinged with 
citron, a large incurved flower ; and Titania, bright rosy carmine suffused with 
cream, darker in colour, and much better than Ariadne. This list does not 
include all the new flowers Mr. Salter will send out in the spring, but simply 
all he had named up to the time that I paid him my annual visit. 
Of last year’s flowers the following were very fine :—Alba Multiflora, a 
good-sized incurved white flower; Aurea Multiflora, pure yellow, very bright 
and incurved; Eve, sulphur yellow, of a delicate 001010 :, and finely incurved ; 
Golden Dr. Brock, a sport from the reddish orange Dr. Brock, a beautiful 
incurved flower of a bright golden yellow colour; King of Denmark, bright 
rosy lilac, a fine exhibition flower, also incurved; and Venus, delicate lilac 
peach, a large flower, finely incurved. Of older flowers I saw splendid speci¬ 
mens of Antigone, white, finely incurved; Antonelli, incurved, colour salmon 
orange, a fine show flower ; Carissima, ivory white with rose markings, finely 
incurved; Dr, Brock, reddish orange, incurved and very fine; Due de Co- 
negliano, a large red-coloured recurved flower, very showy; Edwin Landseer, 
rosy ruby colour, large and very fine ; Etoile Polaire, a finely incurved golden 
