January 58, 1898. 
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NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Among the raisers of seedling Chrysanthemums in 
the United States, whence have come to us so many 
good things during the last few years, the young firm 
of Pitcher & Manda, of Short Hills, New Jersey, 
have very rapidly come to the front. As our Ameri¬ 
can correspondent recently told us (p. 275), their 
expand they appear of a primrose-yellow colour, and 
retain that hue till the young bloom has attained a 
considerable size. Then the outer florets change to 
creamy-white, with the centre primrose-yellow. At 
last the fully-expanded bloom is almost pure white, 
with a yellow tint in the centre. At this stage, when 
it has been well grown, it measures 6 in. to 7 in. wide 
pect to see them even larger when placed under the 
care of specialists who grow for exhibition. It was 
exhibited at the meeting of the National Chrysan¬ 
themum Society, on the 23rd December last, when 
it received a First-class Certificate. 
We have much pleasure also in including in our 
columns this week (p. 337) a portrait of the European 
Chrysanthemum, Primrose League. 
vtock of seedlings iast autumn numbered 35,600, and 
from such a number it is not to be wondered at that 
they can send out so many novelties. This season 
the number to be sent out is, we understand, about 
fifty, and to-day we give an illustration of one, of 
which blooms were furnished to us after the Chry¬ 
santhemum season had well advanced, and which 
was of no ordinary merit. This has been named 
Primrose League. From the earliest stages of 
its growth onwards the buds of this variety give 
promise of something good. As they begin to 
in the natural position, without spreading out the 
florets, and 4 in. to 4$ in. in depth. This latter fact 
would indicate that if the florets were spread out as 
is occasionally done, the bloom would measure con¬ 
siderably larger. The outer and longest florets are 
drooping, the middle ones spreading, and the upper 
ones ascending, and all are of moderate width. The 
variety therefore belongs to the Japanese section, and 
is bound to make its appearance on many exhibition 
stands in November next. Large as the blooms were 
last autumn when exhibited in public, we should ex¬ 
representative of the firm, Mr. A. J. Manda, who 
has settled down among us at Hextable, near 
Swanley. Mr. Manda is a younger brother of the 
Mr. W. A. Manda, who is a partner in the Short 
Hills firm, and is a young man who from com¬ 
mencing to work early has acquired a large measure 
ot horticultural experience and keen business 
capacity. He was born in Bohemia in 1870, and 
commenced working in a nursery at the age of 
thirteen. Two years later he came to England, and 
was for about twelve months in the Broxbourne 
