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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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PITTOSPOKUM UNDULATUM. 
<S7T' S a light, graceful standard for filling 
iff I up space in the conservatory, or for 
/Q) standing out on terraces in summer, 
this plant is well worthy of general 
cultivation, since it accommodates itself to 
almost any kind of well-drained soil, bears 
cutting hack like a standard bay, with which 
it forms a very pleasing contrast wherever the 
two can be used together, and being a native 
of New Zealand, a cold house is quite sufficient 
for its protection in winter. Some years ago 
a gentleman returning from New Zealand 
brought home seeds from which I have raised 
four standards on clean stems, seven feet high, 
with handsome heads, four feet through, evenly, 
hut not densely, clothed with crisp, pale green 
leaves, delicately margined with pink, which 
produces a beautiful effect when seen by gas 
or lamplight. When quite small it forms a 
fresh interesting plant for table decoration, and 
being but little known, it makes an agreeable 
change from the ordinary run of things used 
for this purpose.—W. Coleman, Eastnor Castle 
Gardens. 
SELECT CHRYSANTHEMUMS.* 
/DOMING into bloom to meet the late 
Itjfc autumn flowers, and remaining to greet 
Ng the early snowdrop, the Chrysanthe- 
^ mum, which cheers and brightens one’s 
existence throughout the most dreary and 
gloomy time of the year, is truly invaluable. 
It is now quite time, while the plants are 
young, to complete all collections intended for 
blooming in the coming autumn. 
The last season was an exceptionally good 
one for the Chrysanthemum in this foggy, 
smoky, and acidy atmospheric region; the 
mild weather from November to January 
allowed ventilation to be freely applied, and to 
this is doubtless attributable the ability to keep 
the plants free from mildew and to prolong the 
bloom. There were good blooms at Stakehill 
early in October, and on January 26th this 
year I cut my last bloom from a plant of Hero 
of Stoke Newington, which on New Year’s 
Hay bore twenty-three buds and blooms in 
all stages, from fully-expanded four inches in 
diameter, to buds showing colour, all of which 
* Abridged from the “ Gardeners' Magazine." 
bloomed out, the plant at the last only show¬ 
ing slight traces of mildew. About the middle 
of January I cut down—with the exception of 
the Hero before mentioned—all my remaining 
stock of plants, and was enabled to deck the 
dinner table with fair blooms of Dick Turpin, 
Fleur de Marie, Gluck, Ethel, Madame 
Montels, Peter the Great, and Miss Margaret. 
My collection consisted of 242 plants in three 
houses. 
For the guidance of others I add a list of 
the plants I have selected and am growing for 
the coming season’s bloom. I have discarded 
many well-known varieties for their habit of 
growth, mainly because they are too weak to 
support the blooms in an erect position : such 
are Prince of Wales, Dr. Brock, Beverley, and 
others. The selection is based on twenty 
years experience in growing the Chrysan¬ 
themum, carefully noting them each season. 
The number of plants of each variety indicates 
the relative positions which they hold in my 
estimation. The list is fairly representative, 
and includes all classes and colours, except 
the very early bloomers :— 
Incurved 
10 Mrs. George Bundle. 
6 George Gleuny. 
6 Mrs. Dixon. 
6 Pink Venus. 
6 Blonde Beauty. 
6 Barbara. 
G Empress of India. 
4 Antonelli. 
4 Nil Desperandum. 
4 White Eve. 
4 Golden Empress cf 
India. 
4 Lady Talfourd. 
He curved 
6 Soeur Melanie. 
4 Progne. 
4 Julie Lagravere. 
2 Dr. Sharpe. 
Varieties. 
4 Jardin des Plantes. 
3 Princess Teck. 
3 Hero of Stoke New¬ 
ington. 
2 Lady Slade. 
2 Beethoven. 
2 Lady Hardinge. 
2 Prince Alfred. 
2 Little Pet. 
2 Queen of England. 
2 Golden Queen of 
England. 
Varieties. 
2 President or Dr. 
Murray. 
2 Ariadne. 
2 Jewess. 
Japanese Varieties. 
10 James Salter. 
6 Elaine. 
2 Peter the Greak 
2 Pair Maid of Guern- 
sey. 
2 Ethel. 
Pompons. 
6 Mrs. Dix. 
6 Argentine. 
4 Model of Perfection. 
4 Saint Michael. 
3 Mdlle. Marthe. 
3 Golden Mdlle. 
Marthe. 
3 Bob. 
Large Anern 
2 Gluck. 
4 Pleur de Marie. 
3 Sainte Thais. 
3 Golden Ste. Thais. 
3 Aurora Borealis. 
3 Snowdrop. 
3 [Mis'* Wheeler. 
2 White Cede Nulli. 
2 Golden Cedo Nulli. 
2 Lilac Cedo Nulli. 
one-flowered. 
2 Miss Margaret. 
