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Pompon Chrysanthemum. 
In pink shades there were: Admiration, Mme. C. Audi- 
guier, lie Japonaise and M. Planchenau. The purple and 
rose shades were : Cite des Floeurs, Purple King, Magnum 
Bonum, Viceroy of Egypt, Gloire Rayonnante, Dr. Audi- 
guier. Shaded pink and white were : Striata Perfecta, 
Hoff Lebhl, M. Deveille. The yellow; Golden Dragon 
Grandiflorum, Bend Or, Fulton, Soliel, Levant and Source 
d’Or. When we state that nearly every specimen we 
have named was on an average over three feet across, 
some idea of the effect may be imagined. This is a good 
representative collection for pot culture. 
The Chinese, or smooth-typed flowers, were not in 
such variety, though the specimens in many cases were 
as large. Good whites were : Lady St. Clair, Mrs. Run- 
dle, Empress of India and Virgin Queen (incurved va¬ 
rieties, see illustration), Felicite and Mrs. Forsyth; yel¬ 
low, Mr. C. H. Glover, Mr. George Glenny ;• sulphur, 
Golden Beverly and Temple of Solomon; blush, Mdle, 
Croizette; deep red, M. Crousse ; amaranth, Progne ; 
brown, Fremy; amber, Baron Beust; purple, Fingal; 
rose and lemon colored, Belle Castillane; purple striped 
with white, M. Futten. 
The Pompons (see illustration) were as popular as 
ever, especially with the conservative part of the admirers, 
those knowing the Chrysanthemum as Artemisias. The 
plants were mostly very fine, especially the old favorite 
deep crimson Bob-and-Fanny ; the two Marthas, golden 
and white ; Arbre de Noel, rich amber ; Princess Meletia, 
fringed white ; Drin Drin and General Canrobert, yellow; 
President, rich purple ; Montgolfier, crimson and gold ; 
Inimitable, amber, and Souvenir de Jersey, gold. The 
Standard or Tree Chrysanthemums, as they were called, 
were represented by all the above-named^, popular 
varieties, and never before have we seen such effective 
grouping; many of the plants were nearly ten feet high, 
arranged as a grand semicircular bank—their heads of 
most beautiful coloring, far surpassing imagination. A 
plant of Elaine, and one of Earl of Beaconsfield, shown 
by W. Barr (John Farrell, gardener), were truly mag¬ 
nificent, their stems six feet high with spreading heads, 
two to three feet in diameter, were simply superb. So 
far, this is a fair digest of the ordinary forms of double 
Chrysanthemums, but our American seedlings, with 
superb single flowers, were represented in all sizes and 
all shades of color, some of them being actually more 
effective than the double forms : these were all seedlings 
of John Thorpe, and were Mrs. C. L. Allen, rose, white 
and gold ; Casino, pink, white and gold ; W. A. Harris, 
bronze amber ; Mrs. Gubbins, pure white and gold ; also 
James Y. Murkland; Mrs. Robertson, pink, cream and 
gold, all of large size; others we noticed were Peter 
Henderson, pure lemon; Leucantha; Ragged Robin; 
President Arthur and Pyrethum. The forms known as 
Anemone-flowered (see illustration) were also in strong 
force; eighteen plants shown by Hallock & Thorpe 
being as effective and having as many admirers as the 
other classes. 
The Cut-flowers. We question if even among the 
Chrysanthemum Society of London better flowers have 
been staged than those taking the first premiums in the 
single-blooms of Chinese and Japanese. The flowers 
in the Chinese class were models of perfection, as far as 
size and form go. The twelve were: Lady St. Clair, 
white, a perfect flower, three and a half inches across ; 
Anemone-flowered Chrysanthemum 
