CHRYSANTHEMUMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19932, 28 April 1928, Page 5 (Supplement)

CHRYSANTHEMUMS

EXHIBITION VARIETIES. The following list of chrysanthemums las been carefully compiled from exhibition stands, and should be a useful guide in the selection of types for October planting:—Louise Pockett, largest and best white; Yellow Louise Pockett, one of the best yellows; Rose Day, beautiful •pink; Steven Brown, salmon, old gold reverse; Mrs. R. C. Pulling, rich lemon yellow; Edith Cavell, light- chestnut and gold reverse; Annie Hamilton, splendid pure white; Autumn Tints, rosy salmon buff; Lady Swanson, white, tinted pink; Lady Stradbroke, white, shaded heliotrope; Harry Clements, golden buff; Golden Champion, golden yellow; William Turner, large pure white; Gallipoli, light .mauve pink; Glenattney, salmon gold reflex; Doreeu, chestnut, old gold reverse; Lady Talbot, pale vellow; Florence, delicate blush pink; Pink Pockett, pink, silvery reverse; Mrs. H. P. Fleming, rosy lilac, white ground; Majestic, golden amber; Lady Brunton, delicate shell pink; Alec. Aikman, chestnut and gold; Sir William Brunton, dark crimson, gold reverse; Mrs. A. J. Witcher, pale heliotrope ; Mrs. Lloyd Wigg, pale yellow; Alex de Lacy, crimson; J. H. Perry, purple crimson, silvery reverse; Mrs. R. C. Pulling, rich lemon yellow; Mrs. R. Luxford, Indian red; Pockett's Crimson, rich crimson; Bessie Cook, pink, silvery reverse; F. S. Vallis, bright yellow; and R. M. Quitten, crimson, gold reverse.