Mr. Walter Coles, Claymont, Del., writes: "I have sent you to-day, per mail, one bloom of my new Chrysanthemum (Mrs. J. B. Wilson). Will you kindly give your opinion on it as to its merits in Gardeners' Monthly? You will see by the weak stem that it is a flower from a side shoot, hence the flower is not near so large nor has it the substance that it would have from a main stem. This is really a valuable variety for Christmas".

[This is of the semi-double class, with a flower 5 1/2 inches over; petals, 2 1/4 inches long and 5/8 inch wide, with the single eye 7/8 inch in diameter. Color, white, with a faint tinge of pink. It is a very fine bold flower of its class. - Ed. G. M].