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portion of the mixture on the soot, and 
make it firm with the blunt end of the pot- 
ting stick; upon this put the ball of soil 
. attached to the plant, only removing the 
eld drainage carefully from amongst the 
xoots without doing them an injury. - Put 
in small quantities of soil, and firm-it with 
the blunt end of the stick as each layer is 
placed in. Leave a space of about 14 
inches below the rim of the pot, for ‘water- 
ing and future top-dressings. =. +) 
Stand the potted plants once more in a 
sheltered position, whether it be temporary 
er permanent for the summer.—Gzo. 
GARNER. re aed 
‘CHRYSANTHEMUM NOVELTIES. 
The time is fast approaching when we 
shall begin to see the fruits of our: labor 
for the past year. Perhaps no other 
flower: is watched so zealously as the 
Chrysanthemum. Especially does this 
apply to novelties or new varieties, which 
come and go, with each succeeding year. 
A few years since the limit was thought 
to have been reached in size and color, 
but it is safe to say that within the last 
two or three years marvellous strides have 
been made, and this year is no exception. 
¥or as we see the novelties developing 
they surpass all expectations, and in many 
anstances supersede all other varieties. 
Maynell is a glorious. flower of the 
largest size, over 8 inches in diameter, 
with broad, massive, incurving florets, 
many over an inch in width; color, a 
dark, velvety crimson with old gold re- 
verse. A most attractive flower, indis- 
pensable for exhibition. ae 
Miss Mildred Ware, a very lovely flower 
of a unique color, reminding one of that 
of Chas. Davis, but with the size and for- 
mation of Mme: Carnot. Undoubtedly a 
grand variety. 
F. A. Cobbold, one of the grandest 
and easiest growers sent out in years; 
height, 3 feet, with its very large flower 
set on top of the finest foliage imaginable, 
color, bright rosy pink, very distinct, some- 
what resembling Mrs. G. Mileham, when 
well finished. - 
Cheltoni is the greatest sport we’ve had 
an years; never has it been my privilege 
to seo such a beautiful variety. It is the 
exact counterpart of its parent, Miss 
Nellie Pockett, with the exception of 
color. Usually, sports, more especially 
from white varieties, are washy and unde- 
cided, but in this we have a most beautiful 
yellow, quite as deep in color as Colonel 
®D. Appleton. Those who have not seen 
Cheltoni can readily imagine a’well-grown 
Nellie Pockett as yellow as Colonél Ap- 
pleton. re 
Leilia Fikins, the brightest of all pinks, 
much brighter than the best ‘Viviand- 
Morel; an easy doer; habit of the best, 
with the flower resembling that of Mme. 
Carnot in formation. 
Donald McLeod is a superb variety in 
every way. An enormous flower carried 
on stiff, stout stems, retaining its hand- 
some, overlapping foliage to’ the bench. 
_ olor, bright fiery red, reverse and edge 
nf petals bright gold. ° Truly 2 woaderful 
__ THE ATSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
combination of color, easily standing out 
alone in its class. : : 
William Duckham undoubtedly wil 
prove the novelty of the season. All who 
have seen it, without hesitation, pro- 
nounce it to be the finest introduction in 
many years. | Words can scarcely do it 
justice: Habit of plant, stem, and foliage 
are all that can be desired. Its massive 
flowers are carried erect on stiff stems. 
In color, it stands alone, being a lovely, 
warm or glowing satiny pink. © Its broad, 
massive petals, many fully an inch in ~ 
width, incurving, with the grandest finish 
possible in’ a Chrysanthemum. This 
will undoubtedly be the exhibition and 
commercial pink when known. 
Harrison Dick, a strong, good grower, 
with large, handsome, glossy foliage, car- 
ried well up under the flower, and retained 
to the bench. A beautiful combination 
of bronze and yellow, somewhat on the 
style of Lord Salisbury, but of a stronger 
constitution. . Flowers, fully 9 inches in 
diameter. . 
Henry Barnes is the darkest of all the 
crimsons; flowers of full exhibition size, 
reminding one of George W. Childs, only 
three times as large and very much more 
vivid in color. 
Ben Wells—In this we have a monster 
in size, yet a most beautiful, graceful 
flower, of a soft flesh color; one of the 
most vigorous and easy growers. 
Mathew Smith, the largest of all Chry- 
santhemums, the outer petals at this date 
reach one foot across; color is a combina- 
tion of yellow and bronze. ~ 
Lord Alverstone is a very dwarf grower, 
and undoubtedly the darkest we have, a 
most fascinating flower. The inner side 
of petals being so very dark, with the 
golden reverse showing so conspicuous, 
make it altogether very attractive. 
EARLY NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
We have been delighted to find among 
the European importations some start- 
lingly good earlies, which will be of value 
to the American trade. We have tried 
more than 100 French sorts, and on 
October 15 we cut and photographed the 
following, all of which are of fine exhibi- 
tion size :— 
Baron Chiseuil, red and chamois color,. 
incurving centre and reflexing outer 
petals. 
Etienne Bonnefond, an incurving buff, 
with broad petals; 84 inches through on a 
horizontal diameter; a’ notable sort for 
any season of the year. 
- Mlle. Marthe Morel, a pearl pink mucn 
resembling Viviand-Morel in form; will 
prove a fine early commercial sort. Color, 
form, and habit, as well as size, are fine. 
Mme. Paul Sahut, a gem among earlies, 
perfect in color, which is tinted yellow and 
pink in the centre on opening, but rounds 
up into a plumy, snow-white ball. We 
can’t find a single fault with’ this variety. 
Neveu Rene, exhibition color, tosy 
magenta, reflecting form, with incurving 
silvery centre; very showy. 
Salome, a gorgeous golden yellow re- 
flexing form, with incurving centre. A 
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fine commercial yellow for this date, re 
Mile. Touzet, of great value, as it is 
best described as an “October Chadwick.” 
. Among. the English earlies are three 
very fine large varieties that are valuable 
additions to our mid-October sorts. 
' Mrs. A. McKinley is a fine, big bloom 
of buff and reddish gold—a bright color 
that lights up beautitully, and, we think, 
will prove a taking variety. Es 
' Ethel Fitzroy, a grand, glowing flower 
like an improved Kate Broomhead, very 
bright in color and round and beautiful 
in form; a stunning sort for cutting 
October 15. 
Miss Olive Miller, a dainty lavender 
pink, with broad petals arranged in showy 
form. About the prettiest pink that we 
have seen at this date. 
All of the above are nice, free growers, 
with good foliage, and nothing but an un- 
popular color would debar any of them 
from commercial use, while the whites and 
yellows and Miss O. Miller are “early com- 
mercials’ par excellence. Besides the 
above ten, we have had excellent blooms 
of “Carrie,” Mr. Wells’ early yellow, which 
came into flower by September 15. The 
color and form are fine.. It is of medium 
size and a nice grower, but very bright in 
color. Where an early red is needed, 
Goocher’s Crimson will be valuable; it is 
free and a nice grower, has a rounded 
dahlia-like flower, and would not “burn” if 
set on fire. Taye 
By November 1 Lord Hopetoun will be 
fully finished (it is beautiful to-day, 
October 19, bub not ready to cut). Itis 
larger than last year, and, if anything, 
the colors are more intense—bright scarlet 
and pure gold. 
S. T. Wright is not quite so far along, 
but promises a large size and deeper shades 
of both gold and yellow. 
This promises to prove a good year for 
fine blooms; ‘and if there were a mid- 
October exhibition, the novelties would 
make at least a dozen fine entries.—S. A- 
Hill in “The Florists’ Exchange.” 
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TION 
The cluster of buds illustrative of a first 
“break” on a main stem, is abnormal. ‘The 
sketches were made from Nature; in past 
years I have had much trouble with some 
varieties ab the time when the first “break” 
‘occurred. Instead of a crown bud with 
free growth shoots below it, a number of 
buds have formed exactly like a cluster of 
terminals at the end of the season. By 
simply removing the buds I lost valuable _ 
time, because more buds showed instead of 
_growth shoots. This bud remoyal was, in. 
gome instances, a long business, quite a 
month elapsing before branches free of 
buds would grew. So I adopted the plan 
of topping the main stem well below the 
_cluster of buds, with the result that growths 
without buds in them appeared, and less 
time was wasted. I found such sorts as 
_Viviand Morel and Charles Davis very 
troublesome in the matter of persistent bud 
formation at the time of the first natural 
“break” of the plant. 
