December 28, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



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NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SO- 

 CIETY. 



On the 4th and 5th December last 

 the above society held its annual win- 

 ter show in the Crystal Palace, Syden- 

 ham. The weather on the opening 

 day was rather unfavorable, but In 

 spite of that disadvantage there was 

 a very effective and interesting dis- 

 play. A large gold medal was award- 

 ed to H. J. Jones for a fine group. A 

 row of immense porcelain Japanese 

 vases were arranged at intervals at 

 the back, each filled with massive 

 blooms of Japanese chrysanthemums, 

 one color in each vase. Then there 

 was a row of bamboo supports, con- 

 taining a mingling of large show flow- 

 ers of various kinds, the whole being 

 mingled with choice little groups here 

 and there of singles and decoratives. 

 Bamboos, palms, foliage plants and a 

 front edging of maiden hair ferns 

 completed this artistic floral composi- 

 tion. Henry Cannell & Sons put up 

 a fine exhibit, eighty feet in length, 

 comprising a grand selection of their 

 zonal pelargoniums and chrysanthe- 

 mums, for which they received a gold 

 medal. A grand display of begonias, 

 Turnford Hall, Ensign. Myra and 

 Nitida in great quantity occupied the 

 middle of this important group. W 

 Wells & Co. staged a composite group 

 of singles, decoratives and big show 

 flowers. 



The competition in the cut bloom 

 classes was very well maintained, 

 there being numerous entries in each 

 class. The Incurved were remarkably 

 fine and the Japanese were also in as 

 good form as might be expected 

 earlier in the season. The classes for 

 chrysanthemums in vases, in baskets 

 and in other floral designs were also 

 of a high order of merit, and were 

 numerous. Groups of chrysanthe- 

 mums and other flowering plants ar- 

 ranged on the ground level were most 

 daintily shown. Mr. W. Howe set up 

 two first prize groups of this kind that 

 were much admired for the great taste 

 displayed in their arrangement, and in 

 which he is an adept. John Laing & 

 Son staged a group of palms, ferns 

 and foliage plants, John Peed & Sons 

 had a nice lot in the begonia class, 

 consisting of some finely flowered pots 

 of Gloire de Sceaux, and Mrs. L. de 

 Rothschild. William Dane had an at- 

 tractive lot of conifers, etc., compris- 

 ing some choice specimens of abies, 

 retinospora, cypresses, taxus, juni- 

 perus, euonymus, berberis, ligustrum 

 etc., in variety. Fruit was shown by 

 the Nova Scotia Government, . prin- 

 cipally apples. A gold medal was 

 awarded for this exhibit. One lot con- 

 sisted of apples packed in baskets, an- 



A CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW IN SCOTLAND. 



We present herewith a view in what 

 has been pronounced the record dis- 

 play of chrysanthemums at the Glas- 

 gow Corporation Camphill Gardens. 



We are advised by the Parks Depart- 

 ment that it is not only the finest dis- 

 play they have ever made but that it 

 stands unequalled in Scotland. Forty- 

 one varieties were represented. 



other lot were in boxes and a third 

 lot and the most varied in extent was 

 set up on plates. 



A great feature of the show was the 

 numerous exhibits of single-flowered 

 chrysanthemums, miniature pompons, 

 and thread-petalled varieties which 

 are of great artistic value in floral 

 work at this season of the year. Num- 

 berless instances of these were on 

 view. A good competition in the class 

 for 18 Japanese brought some grand 

 blooms. The large incurved class 

 was also remarkable for the large 

 number of big, massive blooms, mostly 

 dressed to perfection. 



Market Chrysanthemum Show. 

 The anual show of market chrysan- 

 themums under the auspices of the 

 National Chrysanthemum Society, was 

 held on December 11th in the Foreign 

 Flower Market, Covent Garden, London. 

 There was a good display, but the ar- 

 rangement, as may be expected, was 

 purely a commercial one, very little at- 

 tempt at artistic display being made. 

 Philip Ladds was first in Class 1 for 

 a collection of market blooms in 

 bunches to fill a table space 15 feet by 

 3 feet. His best bloms were Snowdrift, 

 Yellow Victoria, Framfield Pink, W. H. 

 Lincoln, Mme. Paolo Radaelli, Tuxedo, 

 Golden Age, etc. Class 2 was for a 

 similar collection to fill a table space 

 10 ft. by 3 ft. Butler Bros, were 

 awarded first, with Mme. Rene Ober- 

 thur, W. H. Lincoln, Yellow Thompson, 

 Nagoya, A. J. Balfour, Lord Brooke 

 and many others. The second prize in 



the same class went to J. Tulley, who 

 had Niveus. Red Canning, Mile. T. 

 Pankoucke, Mrs. Hermann Kloss, Papa 

 Villiard, Mrs. Judson and others. 

 Class 3 was for singles. We noted 

 Single Victoria, Horton, King of Siam, 

 Kitty, Robt. Morgan, Linton, Gen'l 

 Bullough, Roupel Beauty. A fine dis- 

 play was made in Class 4. Twelve 

 vases of market blooms, 12 blooms in 

 each vase, disbudded. Philip Ladds 

 was first, R. Weir second and J. & F. 

 Chatfield third. The best blooms 

 staged by these exhibitors were But- 

 tercup, Snowdrift, Mme. P. Radaelli, 

 Mme. Rene Oberthur, Framfield Pink, 

 Guy Hamilton, Mrs. J. Thompson, Mile. 

 Lawrence Zede, F. Pilon. Golden Age. 

 Class 5 was for a collection not dis- 

 budded. Good blooms were staged of 

 Niveus, Nagoya, Winter Cheer, Heaton 

 White, etc. All the above classes were 

 open to market growers and nursery- 

 men. 



In the second division, open to com- 

 mission salesmen, not growers, there 

 was also a class to fill a table space 

 15 ft. by 3 ft. The third division was 

 open to all, and consisted of classes 

 for three vases of yellow market va- 

 rieties, three of bronze, three of white, 

 three of pink, three of crimson, three 

 of singles, three of plumed, three of 

 spidery. 



Provision was made for groups of 

 pot grown market chrysanthemums. 

 There were some good lots shown, but 

 they were flat in their setting up and 

 not at all attractive from an artistic 

 point of view. There were six entries 

 in the class for the best packed two 

 boxes of market chrysanthemums, 

 only one variety in a box. R. Weir 

 was first, with Winter Cheer and 

 Snowdrift. 



With this show the chrysanthemum 

 season for 1907 closes. 



C. HARMAN PAYNE. 



