The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-01

prominent men of the day who have
not cared to turn their love for flowers
TO commercial advantage have retained
their health and vigor by hours daily
spent among favorite plants. conspicu-
Gus examples being the late Charles
A. Dana and the late Jay Gould.
The flower shows of these days nave
come to be among the leading events
OF the social season in all the large
cities. ~
ing us these most popular of plants pc
gin to open their buds. adding largely
to the rich tints Of autumn, ana iastins'
in succession. until the end OF the year:
The chrysanthemum Is the flower OF
autumn There are now many distinct
groups of these flowers, each of which
has its special attractions; so that II Is
difficult to decide which is pre-emi-
nentiy beautiful, although the japanese
chrysanthemum, with its long. CURED
petals, is usually the first favorite; put
this group is again sub-divided into the
tasseied, the curled, and the hairy
petalled varieties. each distinct from
the rest, though all coming from Japan
few typical plants OF the tasseieu
chrysanthemums are Vivlano MoFei
pink, Charles Davis (amber-yellow).
and Avalanche. very fine flower. one
of the best OF the white varieties. Will
lam Seward. too. deep crimson, ana
Sunfiower. deep yellow. are both mag
nificent types OF this group. Among the
curied Japan varieties Golden Dragon
Is one of the best, singular flower.
which has obtained high honors; its
petals are very long and curly. giving
The flower a quaint land rather I'M
canny) appearance. Florence Davis.
most elegant white japanese chrysan-
themum. with a slightly green center
when half expanded. is another or the
.'curly" group; Madame Therese Rey.
IL 10 hpantiful HOVER,
easy to cultivate; Golden Gate Is IN
deep tawny yellow: and Miss Dorothea,
Shea has fine terra-cotta blooms. all
with the same curled petals;
NEW FLOWERS:
The hairy. or plumed. chrysanthe-
NUNS are few in number at present.
but fine additions to this section or the
Japanese varieties are made early. Mrs'
Alpheus Hardy, pure white, was the
first of these plumed flowers, ioVeiy
variety. but OF difficult cultivation, IN
fact. all the hairy chrysanthemums
seem to be more delicate than the rest.
vancanson. a deep purple mower is q
new and handsome variety OF TINS
class; Louis Boehmer Is or ratner
sickly pink shade; and Hairy WONDER
Of the finest of the plumed group.
The incurved chrysanthemums, which
form the second division in this army
OF plants, were originally introduced
from China about a hundred years ago;
and although the two types are now
much intermixed by hybridisation. the
distinct peculiarities of each may still
| be distinguished in many typical plants
These Chinese chrysanthemums are
| divided into two sections, the incurVet
and the refiexed varieties; the former
being the more important In the ex
hibition world. although the rehexee
| bowers are far better for cutting.
The perfect type of an incurred bios
| som is almost globular; and; thougi
are scarcely so graceful as those witt
dropping petals, especially after un'
dergoing the manipulation necessary
| for their flowers before exhipition
which reduces them to mathemat ica
! precision. Many OF our finest varieties