November 13, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
165 
CHRYSANTHEMUM HAIRY WONDER. 
The advent of Mrs. Alpheus Hardy in 1890 practi¬ 
cally inaugurated a new race of the autumn queen. 
The difficulty of growing that variety was not suffi¬ 
cient to damp the enthusiasm of growers who were 
tion for their reception. None of the hairy varieties 
have given more satisfaction than Hairy Wonder, of 
the same form as a true Japanese type, but thickly 
covered all over with bristly outgrowths from the 
back of the tubular florets. In colour the blooms 
1894, and has been honoured with several certificates 
from different societies. We first met with it in the 
establishment of Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, 
Hither Green, Lewisham, who supplies the accom¬ 
panying illustration of this remarkable variety. 
Chrysanthemum Hairy Wonder. 
taken with the strange appearance of the new comer. 
Raisers set about getting new varieties of different 
forms and colours, but all possessing the hirsute or 
plumy character of the original. So well have they 
succeeded that a large number have already been put 
into commerce, with the result that the National 
Chrysanthemum Society has created a “ hairy ” sec¬ 
tary from a light to a deep fawfl according to the 
stage of advancement, the earlier stages being the 
darker. About this time the bristly florets have the 
most singular appearance of wriggling caterpillars. 
Later on as the florets lengthen, they droop down 
and give the whole bloom a more graceful and easy 
appearance. The variety was put into commerce in 
Sixty trees wtre planted on the summit of Redhill 
Common on the 19th ult. in commemoration of the 
Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Many people were 
present, including Lord Oxenbridge, Henry Cubitt, 
Esq., M.P., Mrs. Cubitt, the Mayoress of Reigate, 
and Lady Myles Fenton. Some of the trees were 
planted by ladies. 
