Chrysanthemums.

Manawatu Herald, 21 March 1895, Page 3

Chrysanthemums.

♦ . A%J3nglish paper publishes the names of some especially beautiful varieties. Amongst single varieties Jane and Yellow Jane, sometimes called Snowflake, are the two best by far. ; The last-mentioned variety has

pure white flowers, like an exquislt fringe or tassel, and they appear i wreath, so to say, on the slende shoots.' The variety Jane is ricl yellow, ft coutiterparfc in 1 other,, re spectg of the white flower. Ver; beautiful white forms are Fair Mai! pf Guernsey, Avalanche, the early blooming 1 Elairie; and Eynsfor< white. Another kind worthy o note is the anemone- flowered fleu de Marie, and the delightfully frei Soaur Melanie. W. Holmes is i splendid crimson, and in bloom a the end of October} whilst th< popular Source dOr, with its Warn chestnut gold flowers, is essential A charming kind for cutting is W, Stevens, one of the richest of all k colour; the fiowgrs reddhestniil touched with gold. W. Sobihsoh; oi a pinky tone; Sunflower, yellow; the pompon Golden Mdlle. Marthe, and the, reijexed E,lsie are all desirable. Elsie is as beautiful as any of the chrysanthemums, the petals soft yellow and charmingly reflexed. This kind should be in the smallest collection. It is not a show flower, but none the Worse for that. Hamlet, reddish in. shade; with old gold reverse; the single yariety Miss Rose; Mdlle. Elsie Dordan ; Mr Chas. E. Shea, a yellow-flowered and useful sport from Mdlle. Lacroix ; the anemone flowered Nouvelle Alveole, carmine-rose ; and the orange-ted Orange gem, are also of value* if plenty of dtit bloom is desired in the autumn and winter months a better selection sould not be made than this, and it is only a itfatter of striking the nittings late to get late flowers.