. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 232 The American Florist. Mar, 4^ Lady Beaumont; Matchless; Thos. Humphreys; Miss R. Hunt. Other col- ors: Mr. T. Carrington; Chas. Longley. C. W. Johnson. Marquis de Fins' Seedlings. In the American Florist of Decem- ber 12, 1903, and again in the issue of February 13, 1904, I made some refer- ence to the appearance of a new raiser of chrysanthemum seedlings, the Mar- quis de Pins. The blooms which I saw at the Paris chrysanthemum show in November, 1903, were beyond all ques- tion a most remarkable lot, and that
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 232 The American Florist. Mar, 4^ Lady Beaumont; Matchless; Thos. Humphreys; Miss R. Hunt. Other col- ors: Mr. T. Carrington; Chas. Longley. C. W. Johnson. Marquis de Fins' Seedlings. In the American Florist of Decem- ber 12, 1903, and again in the issue of February 13, 1904, I made some refer- ence to the appearance of a new raiser of chrysanthemum seedlings, the Mar- quis de Pins. The blooms which I saw at the Paris chrysanthemum show in November, 1903, were beyond all ques- tion a most remarkable lot, and that they were highly thought of by the jury and the floral committee appointed for the purpose of making the awards, is evidenced by the reports of that show, both in the French horticultural press and also in the Journal of the National Horticultural Society of France. Knowing that several of our English importers of novelties are keenly alert to the necessity of introducing all the most promising novelties that appear, it was only reasonable to suppose that in the following autumn we should have the opportunity of seeing some of these French novelties at our annual trade shows. I also ventured to express the opinion that, subject to vagaries of cli- mate, if these novelties were introduced into America there would be agreeable surprises in store for those who first undertook the culture of them there. From the wide experience I have had in chrysanthemum matters, this was a justifiable conclusion to arrive at, for after more than twenty years intimate acquaintance with the ever popular autumn flower, I have seen more than one grower rise into eminence by reason of a new departure in the art of chrys- anthemum raising—and seeing is believ- ing. My American confreres in this all absorbing delight of chrysanthemum culture, will no doubt share with me the feelings of mingled disappoint- ment and astonishment when I say that during the course of my autumnal visits to our trade grower
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