The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . m glowof these gorgeous Composites. Technically, nodoubt the Society to some extent succeeded;and no doubt it will succeed better another time;it got together a show of Chrysanthemums onthe llth and 10th inst., but the display wasmade with old and mostly well-known sorts,which are blooming later than usual this season,and which, as might be expected, are bloom-ing in a condition that recals the state of theChrysanthemum thirty years ago, rather thanwhat it should be to-day. AVe fear no greatprogress c
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . m glowof these gorgeous Composites. Technically, nodoubt the Society to some extent succeeded;and no doubt it will succeed better another time;it got together a show of Chrysanthemums onthe llth and 10th inst., but the display wasmade with old and mostly well-known sorts,which are blooming later than usual this season,and which, as might be expected, are bloom-ing in a condition that recals the state of theChrysanthemum thirty years ago, rather thanwhat it should be to-day. AVe fear no greatprogress can be expected on these lines. Toobtain good late Chrysanthemums the samerigid process of selection and gradual evolutionmust be employed as in other cases. The latestvariety must be selected and bred from, and then,in due time, we shall get true late Chrysanthe-mums rather than Chrysanthemums which arelate in the same sense as one who has been upall night and goes to bed in the morning is this ideal is not dillioult of attainment thehistory of the Chrysanthemum shows. Lookatthe. Fiu. 7.—thk nuAnoN. cochineal or turmeric in the one than in theother. The analogy is, however, not perfect, forwhile cochineal and turmeric are two differentthings, the variations in the tints of Chry-santhemums are solely due to varying amountsand degrees in intensity of the same colouringmatter. In some cases no doubt there is a slightdifference in the texture of the flower, and acorresponding difference in colour; but, generallyspeaking, the structural difference is very slightindeed, that is, so far as colour is we come to habit and foliage that isanother matter; the foliage particularly is veryvariable, and when different varieties are crossedand re-crossed, it is not very surprising thatsometimes the heretofore mixed elements , just as a mixture deposits its sediment whenallowed to remain quiescent, leaving the powderat the bottom and the lit]uid at the top.
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