. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. this country. Chrysanthemum Echoes. BY ELMEB D. SMITH. What has taken place , in the past years forms the greater part of Ameri- can history of the chrysanthemum. Dur- ing these two and a half decades over 3,000 varieties have been disseminated in Approximately 1,200 of this number are of American origin and the remainder from foreign rais- ers. Prior to 1S85 Boston, Philadel- phia, and New York were the only cities holding chrysanthemum exhibi- tions; the initial shows of Chicago and Indianapolis were not giv
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. this country. Chrysanthemum Echoes. BY ELMEB D. SMITH. What has taken place , in the past years forms the greater part of Ameri- can history of the chrysanthemum. Dur- ing these two and a half decades over 3,000 varieties have been disseminated in Approximately 1,200 of this number are of American origin and the remainder from foreign rais- ers. Prior to 1S85 Boston, Philadel- phia, and New York were the only cities holding chrysanthemum exhibi- tions; the initial shows of Chicago and Indianapolis were not given until 1887. THE OLD VARIETIES. In 1885 Jessica, Moonlight, Christ- mas Eve, Gloriosum, Diana, etc., were among the best kinds. Those who are familiar with these varieties can read- ily understand what a wonderful im- provement has taken place in these years of constant effort. We now have varieties better suited for our purpose. They have been improved in form, habit, color and the flowering season has been extended. The bundle of apparently dry sticks sent to Mrs. Alpheus Hardy by the young Japanese, whom she befriended and educated, as a token of his appreciation were undoubtedly the best collection ever received from Japan. They were indeed remarkable at that time and most of them are still distinct. This collection was sent out in 1889 and comprised such va- rieties as Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, W. H. Lincoln, Lilian B. Bird, Kioto, Nee- sima, Mrs. Fottler and Medusa. The same year gave us Ivory, the most popular white ever raised and sent out. THE NATIONAL SOCIETT. The Chrysanthemum Society of America was organized at Buffalo the same year—1892. The first publica- tion of this society, a classified list of varieties, compiled by E. A. Wood, with the assistance of A. H. Fewkes, was distributed to its members. From 1891 to 1893 there was great interest manifested in new varieties and large numbers of so-called novelties were. CHRYSANTHEMUM GOLDEN Please note that these
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