. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Eric, deep orange-buff. Madame Montels, white, 3'ellow disk. Magenta King, magenta, yellow disk. Mr. Astie, golden-yellow ; dwarf. Perle, rosy-lilac. Reine des Anemones, white; fine for cutting. Virginale, white; rather large flower; valuable for its lateness. PoMPONES.—This class, with its small flowers borne in great profusion, should find a place in every garden where Chrysan- themums are grown ; for not only are the plants of dwarf habit, and. Fig. 81.—Chrysanthemum Mrs. Judge Benedict. cov


. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. THE BOOK OF GARDENING. Eric, deep orange-buff. Madame Montels, white, 3'ellow disk. Magenta King, magenta, yellow disk. Mr. Astie, golden-yellow ; dwarf. Perle, rosy-lilac. Reine des Anemones, white; fine for cutting. Virginale, white; rather large flower; valuable for its lateness. PoMPONES.—This class, with its small flowers borne in great profusion, should find a place in every garden where Chrysan- themums are grown ; for not only are the plants of dwarf habit, and. Fig. 81.—Chrysanthemum Mrs. Judge Benedict. covered with blossom, but the flowers, being small, can be em- ployed for purposes for which the large-flowered classes would be useless. A few of the best of this pretty section are as follow : Aurore Boreale, bronze-orange. Bob, very dark crimson. Cedo Nulli, white, golden, and lilac ; three very fine varieties. Comte de Morny, bright purple. Florence Carr, deep bronze. Harry Hicks, soft pink. La Purite, pure white ; very useful for wreaths, &c. Marion, deep orange. Our Fred, blush-pink. Prince of Orange, pale orange. Rosinante, blush; very Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons


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