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Views and Reviews. 
For the Chrysanthemum Lover. 
It is some evidence of the popularity of a, 
subject when a book is written dealing with, 
it, and that being so', the: multiplication of 
books by different authors- on the same sul> 
ject is still stronger evidence of popularity. 
For some years past books on, the subject 
of the Chrysanthemum have passed through 
our hands, and three new ones are lying on 
our table now. One of these is by Mr. W. 
Wells, of Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Limited, 
Earls-wood, Redhill, Surrey.* 
We have on a previous occasion, reviewed 
Mr. Wells’s book, but the revised edition has 
increased in size. He has, ini fact, added 
new chapters, including the' introduction, of 
the Chrysanthemum into England, Chrysan¬ 
themums in America, insect pests and insect 
friends, and early flowering and single 
varieties. He has also made an endeavour 
to improve the book and increase, its useful¬ 
ness in various ways. 
In speaking of the introduction of a Chry¬ 
santhemum by Philip- Miller, of the Chelsea 
Physic Garden, in 1764, he s-ays that this 
was named Matricaria indica. He thinks 
there is reason for believing that t-hei plant 
was a- kind of Pyrethrum and not a true 
Chrysanthemum. Is it not possible that 
this so-called Matricaria, was merely Chry¬ 
santhemum indicum, such as figures- on p. 3 
of his b-o-ok 1 In, any case we know that bot¬ 
anists in, those olden times were no-t par¬ 
ticular as- to a name, and even yet the 
common Marguerite of the shops is known 
as Anthemis upon, the Continent, and that 
is- -a, greater mistake than the use of Matri¬ 
caria. 
No doubt Mr. Wells is right, however, 
when, he mentions that three varieties- of 
Chrysanthemum from China were intro¬ 
duced by M. Blan-card, of Marseilles, in 
1789. These we take it to be the first of 
the large-flowered forms, and the originals 
from which the big blooms of the present 
da-y have been evolved by their admirers 
either abroad or at home. Since then, how¬ 
ever, there have been several fresh introduc¬ 
tions of different varieties from China and 
‘Wells’s book on the culture of the Chrysanthemum for 
exhibition, decoration, cut-flower and market; with nume¬ 
rous woodcuts and photographs of the different breaks, 
insect pests, etc. 3rd Edition, revised and enlarged, 1804. 
Written and published by W. Wells, Earlswood Nurseries, 
Redhill. |Copyright.] Price Is. 6d. 
Japan. The author in his first chapter deals 
with varieties- imported from China, raised 
in, England, and those brought from Japan. 
Early Chrysanthemum shows in England 
come in for notice together with varieties 
raised between, 1890 and 1895, and towards 
the end of the chapter the popularity of the 
Chrysanthemum and enthusiastic amateurs 
receive due notice. 
With the commencement o-f the second 
chapter the author dives into: the cultivation 
o-f Chrysanthemums for exhibition in, real 
earnest, dealing with the plant from cut¬ 
tings on through the various -stages' of re¬ 
potting and t-he question, of securing the 
buds, which is usually the most, intricate and 
troublesome subject, to- the beginner. The 
reason fo-r this is- because the amateur or 
beginner has- practically to learn the -subject 
anew from a-ctual experience, to test how the 
varieties- will behave in his own particular 
district. 
Numerous woodcut illustrations show 
where the various, buds: arise- upon which so 
much contention hinges amongst growers. 
These woodcuts also s-how what the grower 
is to do and what to- leave alone. More 
recently the cultivation of Chrysanthemums 
in, 6-in,, potsi has been, brought to great per¬ 
fection, but, in this instance the whole plant 
is confined to a, single stem and obliged by 
the cultivator to devote its energies to- the 
development o-f this one bloom as the result 
of a whole year’s growth and attention,. The 
author himself was one o-f the first, toi adopt, 
this method of cultivation, and prosecuted 
it with wonderful success for some years 
before it was regularly taken up- by growers 
generally. 
The author -also deals with Chrysanthe¬ 
mums- for decoration, early flowering, single, 
pompon, and Anemone Chrysanthemums', 
concerning which lie offers some very prac¬ 
tical remarks. Staging flowers for exhibi¬ 
tion, packing them, Chrysanthemums for 
market, also on the Continent and in 
America-, each have a chapter devoted to in¬ 
structions concerning same. He finds a 
wonderful number of enemies to combat in 
connection with the Chrysanthemum, and all 
of them, we admit-, are very serious enemies 
if once allowed toi obtain- a- foothold. As a 
set-off against this, he shows that hawkflies, 
wasps, the golden eye, ladybirds, and certain 
birds are friends' o-f the gardener, because 
they feed upon the enemies of the Chrysan¬ 
themum. A short- calendar is given at the 
end of the book, merely indicating what the 
grower should attend to from month to 
month. 
