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fine of their kind. Other incurved sorts are Lord 
Wolseley, C. H. Curtis, Baron Hirsch, and Mrs. R. 
G. Kingston, all well done. Amongst the Anemones, 
equally well bloomed, are Descartes, Madame de 
Sevin, M. Charles Lebocqz, and Judge Benedict. 
The above are only a few of the fine things. 
The conservatory is filled with banks of tall Ficus 
elastica, Palms, Dracaenas, and other subjects in 
front of which bushy specimens of Chrysanthemums 
show off to great advantage. To give an idea of the 
varieties grown in this way we may mention James 
Salter, Lady Selborne, Shasta, Admiral Seymour, 
CHRYSANTHEMUM DUCHESS OF 
YORK. 
Though put into commerce in 1895, this Japanese 
variety still maintains its popularity and its status as 
a first-class exhibition variety. It was raised by Mr. 
J. Carruthers, gardener to Mrs. Fleming, Hillwood, 
Corstorphine, Edinburgh, and has since been 
honoured with a First-class Certificate from the 
National Chrysanthemum Society. The blooms 
attain a great size, but cannot under any circum¬ 
stances be considered coarse. Dn the contrary they 
accompanying illustration was placed at our disposal 
by Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. JAMES 
LEWIS. 
Last year, about this time we gave a description of 
the grand Japanese variety of the above name. 
The blooms we recorded on that occasion measured 
6$ in. to 7 in. in diameter and 6 in. in depth, but 
some blooms have much exceeded that now. In 
A . Bilcliffe, Photographer.] 
Autumn Tints, and R. Brocklebank. Great crowds 
of visitors, especially on Saturday and Sunday, show 
their appreciation of the fine display placed befcre 
them. Mr. Melville is to be congratulated upon the 
fine condition of his Chrysanthemums. He is well 
supported by Mr. Henry William Marriage, the 
grower who has been here for more than twenty 
years and is still faithfully fulfilling his duties, as is 
Mr. Wm. Dowse, the propagator. 
■ 
The Emperor Nero was entertained at a banquet at 
which £32,000 was spent on Roses. 
Chrysanthemum Mrs. James Lewis. 
are of very graceful outline, when in perfection, 
owing to the great length and drooping character of 
the twisting and interlacing florets. For this reason 
it is well adapted for groups of Chrysanthemums, in 
which the natural form of the head is displayed to 
best advantage. As a show bloom on the stands, 
however, it holds its own as a light or canary-yellow 
variety. The plant is of dwarf habit, and comes into 
bloom early so that it would appear at the October 
as well as November shows. For displays in 
private establishments as well as public parks, it is 
equally well adapted for prolonging the flowering 
period during the early part of the season. The 
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several private establishments it has more than sus¬ 
tained any hopes it may have aroused last year in 
the minds of would-be cultivators. Mr. W. Wells, 
Earlswood Nurseries, Earlswood, Redbill, Surrey, 
has also succeeded in producing very much finer 
blooms than those he exhibited last year and for 
which an Award of Merit was accorded by the Royal 
Horticultural Society. The florets are pure white, 
of great length, broad, flat, and twisted in various 
directions, giving the bloom a bold and effective 
appearance. As an exhibition variety it has proved 
itself of first class importance either in the cut state 
or as a plant for the centre or back of a group. 
