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JOTJKNAL OF HOBTICTTLTTJKE AND COTTAGE GAEDENEE. 



[ November 17, 1863. 



amongst them was Jean Baptiste Guillot, a flower with a 

 bud as hard as a cricket-ball, which one can never get to 

 open. And so it will always be : we must only give our 

 own judgment, and let others modify it according to their 

 own tastes. 



In giving the following notes I hare tried to distinguish 

 by B and e those which ai'e suited for bedding and exhibition 

 purposes. A bedding Verbena, I think, ought to be short- 

 jointed and fi'ee-floweriug, the colours distinct and not 

 diverse, eyed flowers bieing objectionable ; the size of the 

 pip and shape being of less imjjortance, although where all 

 the points of excellence are combined so much the better. 

 For exhibition the shape and size of the pip and truss are 

 of the fii-st importance. Edged flowers are here desii-able, 

 although they requii'e self-coloured flowers to relieve them 

 in a stand. I will take them as I did the Eoses. 



PEF.KINS & CO. 



iMrd Leigh, E. ^Brilliant scarlet, with square yellow eye. 

 This I regard us the finest flower of the year. It is, indeed, 

 in colour very like Colossus and Foxhunter, but is distinct 

 from them. Several times it has been, I fancy, exhibited as 

 such, and in more than one instance has been detected. In 

 the garden it is easily distinguished from either of them by 

 its robust habit : for tliis reason it ■will, I think, make a 

 good bedding plant also. 



DOWKIE, LAIRD, & LAING. 



Lord Oi-aven, z. — Beautiful in colour — viz., a blight purple, 

 but I fear it does not bear a sufficiently good truss ever to 

 make a good exhibition flower. It may, I think, fahly have 

 another year's trial. 



TEEEN. 



Ritgly Hero, e. — Light rose with cai-mine eye. Some 

 strange mysteiy hung over this flower, for it was eleai-ly 

 none other than L'Avenir de Ballent, which is unquestion- 

 ably one of the very best exhibition flowers we have, and 

 for those who do not dislike eyed flowers in their bedding- 

 out plans it is excellent also. The foliage is good, the 

 flowers abundantly produced, and the individual truss large. 



E. G. HENDERSON & SON. 



Admiral Mitford, E. — Eich scarlet crimson flower with yel- 

 lowish eye, a most refined flower. The growth is also short 

 and good, but too flat for bedding purposes. It will be 

 indispensable for the exhibitor, and may well be grown in 

 the most select eoUeotion. 



White Lady. — Good for neither exhibition nor bedding. 

 Nothing can better show the impossibility of determining 

 the future career of a flower than this. I know that Mr. 

 Henderson thought very highly of it, and that the some- 

 what glowing description in his catalogue was a reflex of 

 his OTVTi judgment. The flowers are very small as well as 

 the pip. 



Blue King, b. — Sojnewhat in the style of Purple King, but 

 lighter.iu colour. Likely to be an acquisition. 



Eulalie. — Paint and washy in colours. Condemned. 



Ejgie Deans. — Scarlet crimson with white eye. At one 

 time I thought tl.is would prove a good flower, but I fear 

 not. 



Glendower. — .Dull purple. Of no use. 



Nora. — Reddish-purple. Of this the same must, I fear, 

 be said. 



Peep o' Bay. — Sosy salmon, with dark eye. After much 

 consultation we came to the conclusion that tliis, too, must 

 go into the black list. 



Stella. — Biu^s at the edge, at least with us here it did. 



Priixress. — Violet crimson. This also we condemned. 



St. Clair. — Plum-coloured, somewhat in the style of Purple 

 Kilig, but I fear not likely to be kept in our lists. 



LOW & SON. 



Flmra. — Pink, with white centre. Poor. 



ifuiy, B. — Deep ruby colour ; of excellent habit, very fi'ee- 

 flowering, and liiely to be useful for bedding. It will, too, 

 if I mistake not, often be fcaind in the stands of exhibitors. 



Sosalie, E., — Deep saln;on rose. A good flower, which will 

 merit another trial. 



Purple Emperor. — Good in colour, but I fear its growth is 

 too small and delicate ever to make it a good bedding plant. 



Ama,rantk. — Another Lnditferent grower. The colour is 

 good, but itj habit wUl condemn it. 



Chieftain, e. — Scai-let, white centre. A veiy good and 

 effective flower, bright in colour, and with large pips. 



ArJ:anso,s. — Somewhat dull in colour, and therefore con- 

 demned. 



The Bride. — Light rose ; somewhat like Ida, but not so 

 good. 



TUBNER. 



Miss Lahouchere. — Not novel in colour, and therefore con- 

 demned. 



G-rande Bonle de Neige, B. — This promises to be a very fine 

 flower. The coloiu- is pui'e and the habit good ; not nearly 

 so straggling as Mi's. Holford, and much more abundant in 

 blooming. 



Ruby King, B. — A good-habited flower of a bright i-uby 

 coloiu'. The flowers are very freely produced, and I have 

 little doubt that it will be a very desirable Viu-iety. 



Fa.b-y. — Too faint and dull. 



BULL. 



The Clipper, B. — A good flower, intermediate in colour 

 between Lord Eaglan and Genei-al Simpson. It is also of 

 good habit, and ivill, I think, be a useful flower. 



Such were the results of oui- notes. It will be seen, then, 

 that the only flowers of the past season that we really con- 

 sidered Srst-rate were Lord Leigh, Admii-al Mitford, Ruby, 

 Chieftain, Grande Boule de Neige, and Euby King ; that of 

 second-rate flowers there were Lord Craven, Blue King, 

 Eosahe, and The Clipper ; and that the rest were considered 

 to be out of the field altogether. There were, I know, other 

 Verbenas advertised, but we have not seen them, and I am 

 inclined to think tiiat they are not iu any way acquisitions. 

 They have not appeared as such at the metropolitan exhi- 

 bitions, nor have I heard of any one who so considers them. 

 I have not named L'Avenii- de Ballent, as it was a flower 

 of the pi'evious yeai'. It may, perhaps, serve as a guide 

 to others if I add to this the list of those which we deter- 

 mined to retain : — Foxhunter, Lord Eaglan, Brfllante de 

 Vaisse, Nemesis, Geant des Batailles, Admiral Dundaa, 

 General .Simpson, Miss Hughes, Madame Mahar, alias Ma- 

 dame Hermann Stenger, Mrs. Haii'ison, Striata Perfecta, 

 Eeine des Amazones, Fairest of the Fah-, Mrs. Holford, 

 Snowfiake, Le Bon Nicholas, Bladame Jensow, Faust (this 

 splendid flower I do not see in any of the catalogues, it is 

 one of the vei-y best we have). Miss Elphinstone, Zampa, 

 Topsy, Thormauby, Mad.ame Zoudier, Gi-and Eastern, Paul 

 Tircas, Madame de hi NaUine, and Victory. — D., Deal. 



STOKE iS'EWINGTON CHEYSANTHEMUM 

 SOCIETY. 



The seventeenth annual Exhibition of this Society took 

 place on the 9th and 10th inst., and the display as usual 

 was excellent both as regards jjlants and cut blooms. Fine 

 blooming plants were ranged all roimd the room, whilst the 

 central portion was occupied by the cut blooms and a row of 

 pyi-amid Pompones, which in the denseness of their growth 

 offered a marked advance on those seen at last year's Show. 



For six plants the prize was awarded to Itfr. Forsyth, 

 nurseryman, Stoke Newington, who had Prince Albert, 

 Defiance, Alma, Annie Salter, Aregina, and Lady St. Claii-. 

 Ml-. Howe, exhibiting in an extra class, was fu'st with ex- 

 cellent plants of Lord Eanelagh (orange red). Lady Harding, 

 Orange Perfection, Draco, Helene, and White Cluistine. 



In Six Pompones, Mr. Forsyth was first with capital plants 

 of Cedo NuUi, Duruflet, Golden Cedo NuUi, General Cau- 

 robert, Helene, and Rose Trevenna. Mr. Howe was second. 

 Excellent single specimens of Mr. Astie and Annie Salter 

 were also shown. 



The three pyramid Pompones, Genei-al Canrobert, Cedo 

 NulU, and Helene, from Mr. Howe, were beantifid examples 

 of that style of training ; and those from Mr. George, gar- 

 dener to Miss Nicholson, Stamford HiU, who. was second, 

 were also good. 



Of cut blooms there were several very good stands. In 

 twenty -fours. Mi-. Heals, of Westerham, had the first prize, 

 having amongst yellows Plutus and Jardia des Plantes ; 

 Cassy, orange; Beauty; Queen of England; Mrs. W. Hol- 

 born, and Lucidum ; Her Majesty, a new silvery blush ; 

 Alfred Salter, Eifleman, Eaynaoad, Hermioae, and Fabius. 



