THE GARDENING WORLD 
529 
HApril 18, 1896. 
fresh features or modify old ones to suit the special 
set of conditions under which they are placed, and 
after a lapse of years the progeny to which they 
have given rise will differ so much as to be accorded 
specific rank. The dispersal of seeds of all sorts of 
plants is continually being carried on by the 
elements, as well as by the agency of birds and 
animals, including man. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT BARONALD, 
ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. 
Ofange is a beautiful suburb of New York City, in 
the adjoining State of New Jersey, and contains 
many of the homes of the merchant princes of the 
States' metropolis. Here in Llewellyn Park, nestling 
cosily on the south-east slope of the Orange 
rose or magenta, and the reverse silvery-pink. The 
petals are of great substance, and the flower very 
large, fully ii in. in diameter. It is the tall one seen 
to the left and on the floor. It shows the eye, or 
in other words, it is single; but single flowers are 
Nature’s own—the double flowers are the florist's. 
It is an artistic variety, and the disc really sets it off. 
These three are seedlings of Mr. Barr’s, and not in 
commerce. 
Other varieties shown in the picture are Georgienne 
Bramhall, primrose-yellow; Robt. M. Grey, terra¬ 
cotta, hairy ; Louis Boehmer, pink, hairy ; Nyanza, 
crimson and gold ; Latest Fad, like yellow ribbons ,' 
Condor, a quilled Anemone with pinkish flowers; 
American Eagle, and San Joaquin, fine white 
Anemones. 
SUCCESS OF A BALNAGOWN 
GARDENER IN CALIFORNIA. 
The Los Angelos Saturday Express of Calfornia had 
in a recent issue a report of a visit to, and an inter¬ 
view with, a well-known Californian Orange grower 
at his orchard in Duarte. This grower is Mr. A. C. 
Thomson, who will be known to many of our readers, 
as he hails from Logie-Easter. Mr. Thomson some 
thirty years ago left this district for California, after 
serving for a number of years in Balnagown gardens, 
says The Invergordon Times. The interviewer says 
Mr. Thomson’s orchard hugs the mountains, and 
is considered by all odds the finest orchard in the 
valley. It is not a large place, but extensive 
enough to yield a handsome income. Mr. Thomson 
Vjhw of a Chrysanthemum House at Baronald 
Mountain, is Mr. Wm. Barr's pretty home, 
“Baronald.” Mr. Barr has for many years given 
great attention to the cultivation of his favourite 
flower, the Chrysanthemum ; and is always interested 
to hear of its progress in Old England. 
The photo shows a view in one of the greenhouses. 
The plants were grown to single stems, and dis¬ 
budded to one bloom. They were grown entirely 
indoors in a lightsome, airy greenhouse from cuttings 
put in the propagating bench on the 15th of June. 
They flowered in 6 in. pots. 
Among the most noticeable varieties that are seen 
in the group are Mont Blanc, white reflexed ; Mrs. 
Wm Barr, a dark purplish-pink, with reverse of 
petals silvery-pink ; and Kumo, a seedling of Madame 
Drexil, and similar to it in colour, being purplish- 
The following varieties also have done well in this 
place : Mrs. Helen A. Babcock, crimson and gold, of 
the Mrs. C. H. Wheeler type, another seedling of 
Mr. Barr’s; Mrs. Geo. West, pink; Niveus, white; 
L. Canning, white; The Queen, incurved, white ; 
Harry Balsley, delicate pink; Pitcher & Manda, 
yellow and white ; Mrs. Geo. Magee, a pink globular 
variety ; Century, rosy-heliotrope, a fine variety for a 
specimen plant ; Abraham Lincoln, creamy-white, 
shading to greenish-yellow in the centre; Geo. S. 
Conover, yellow; Violet Rose, as the name implies ; 
Creole, dark purple, reverse silvery-pink; Chipsta, 
of the colour of ripened Oak leaves ; Zipangi,bronze; 
Ella May, yellow ; Lillian Russell, silvery pink ; and 
Madame Carnot, large white reflexed.— Wm. Fitz- 
wlliam, Orange, IT.yU.S.A. 
is a Scotchman by birth, and he possessses all the 
best qualities of that sturdy race—pluck, activity, 
intelligence, generous heartedness, and a determina¬ 
tion to get the best results from his labour. That he 
has worked intelligently and along progressive lines 
is plainly brought out on his attractive premises. 
Mr. Thomson is the originator of the “ improved,” or 
Thomson, navel Orange—a fruit that is fast sup¬ 
planting the old navel. It has all the good qualities 
of the Washington navel, the Mediterranean sweet, 
the St. Michael and the Malta blood. It has a 
delicious flavour, a thin skin, a delicate colour and 
the best shipping quality. The question of how this 
new variety was produced brought out an illustration 
by Mr. Thomson. Whipping out a pruning knife, 
he cut two buds and a branch from a tree. He cut 
