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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 249. 



and three others of doubtful names. Other Japanese va- 

 rieties besides the above, which figured in first-prize collec- 

 tions, were Belle Paule, Bertha Flight, Comm. IVIaraignon, 

 Excelsior, Fair Maid of Guernsey, Madame C. Audiguier, 

 Monsieur Astorg, Sarah Owen, Umpire and Val d'Andorre. 



The first prize for six white flowers of a Japanese variety- 

 was awarded to a magnificent tray of Stanstead White, Ava- 

 lanche being second and third. Six flowers of Yiviand 

 Morel won the first prize for a colored Japanese variety, 

 the same variety being second, while Sunflower was third. 

 Certificates were awarded to the following new Japanese 

 varieties : Thrumpton (Tenard), a large dark bronzy red 

 flower of good promise ; Beauty of Exmouth (Godfrey), a 

 glorified Florence Percy, which has alread}^ been awarded 

 four first-class certificates. The flowei's were fully six 

 inches across, and pure white, the florets curiously curled 

 as in the favorite F. Percy, which is one of the very best of 

 the white-flowered kinds. 



The incurved section was quite as well represented as 

 the Japanese. The following kinds occurred in three or 

 more first-prize collections : Empress of India, Golden 

 Empress, Jeanne d'Arc, J. Lambert, Lord Alcester, Lord 

 Wolseley, Miss M. A. Haggas, Miss V. Tomlin, Mrs. Heale, 

 Mrs. S. Coleman, Princess of Teck, Princess of Wales, 

 Queen of England. Three varieties, Miss V. Tomlin, 

 Golden Empress of India and Mrs. S. Coleman, were in- 

 cluded in no less than six first-prize collections. For six 

 flowers of a white incurved variety Empress of India was a 

 long way first. Princess of Wales being second. A new in- 

 curved called Robert Petfield (Owen) was awarded a first- 

 class certificate, as well as the first prize for three flowers of 

 one kind. It is not unlike Lord Wolseley in form and color, 

 but paler. The large-flowered reflexed section was repre- 

 sented by Cullingfordi, Dr. Sharp, Chevalier Domage, Cloth 

 of Gold, King of Crimsons, Pink Christine, Golden Christine 

 and Peach Christine. These occurred in several first-prize 

 collections. 



The large Anemone-flowered division was abundantly 

 represented, the best of them being Gladys Spaulding, Lady 

 Margaret, Thorpe Junior, Cincinnati, Nouvelle Alviole and 

 Fleur de Marie. The Anemone Pompons were shown in 

 bunches, three sprays of each kind, not disbudded. The 

 best of these did not seem to be first-rate, although the 

 light in the building was so bad by the time I got to them 

 that it is scarcely fair to express an opinion upon them. 



The aquarium is roofed with " Duroline," a patent sub- 

 stitute for glaSs, and which is made of finely woven brass 

 wire, thickly coated with a yellowish semi-transparent 

 substance not unlike a thin layer of gutta-percha. It is 

 durable, and allows a certain portion of light to pass through 

 it, but the color of the flowers is affected by its yellow 

 tint. This was most noticeable on Mr. Cannell's magnifi- 

 cent collection of flowers of Zonal Pelargoniums, which 

 were of the most extraordinary colors as seen in the Aqua- 

 rium, except when the gas was lighted. Duroline is a most 

 useful invention, and I shall not be surprised to see it be- 

 come of considerable service in horticulture, but as a roof- 

 ing for buildings, in which flowers are grown or exhibited, 

 it is not suitable. 



Mr. Cannell's Pelargoniums were even better than any I 

 have ever before seen from him. Immense trusses of 

 large flowers, the petals thick and velvety, and the colors 

 rich, as though they had been developed in July instead of 

 under the influence of November fogs and bad light. I noted 

 some of the best of them, and if any one wishes to have in 

 November a rich harvest of most useful flowers I would 

 recommend him to get a collection of these Pelargoniums, 

 and, if possible, learn from Mr. Cannell or some other ex- 

 pert grower how they should be treated. The kinds I 

 noted were Birthday, white, pale pink eye ; Ethel Lewis, 

 Beauty of Kent and Amphion, three beautiful soft pinks ; 

 Madame de Bourdeville, white, shaded and lined with sal- 

 mon ; Rev. E. Harries, large, vivid scarlet ; Lady Brook, 

 white, with a large eye and radiating lines of pink ; White 

 Lady, pure white ; Stella Massey, flesh-pink ; Mascargni, 



flesh-colored, with a salmon eye ; Sunbeam, deep salmon- 

 red ; Swanley Gem, scarlet, with white eye. Mr. Cannell 

 showed about a hundred bunches, each as large as a man's 

 head, and they were tastefully arranged upon an irregular 

 bed of wood moss, the dark green of which had consider- 

 able effect in heightening the colors of the flowers. 



Fruit, vegetables, cut flowers and table-plants were all 

 represented by very fine collections. ]\Iessrs. Suttons' 

 prize competition for vegetables raised from seeds supplied 

 by them produced a great display of gigantic well-grown 

 carrots, cauliflowers, leeks, potatoes and everything else 

 good and seasonable in the vegetable line. Such exhibi- 

 tions serve the purpose of a grand advertisement and at 

 the same time give the general public some idea of the per- 

 fection to which vegetables may be grown. Of course, 

 we must always bear in mind that a good show-vegetable 

 is not necessaril}' a first-rate one for the table. 



In conclusion, I may say that the best of the new Chrys- 

 anthemums at the exhibition was, in my opinion. Beauty 

 of Exmouth, and the most striking in the whole of the col- 

 lections were E. Molyneux, Viviand Morel, the greenish 

 Florence Davis, and Sunflower. Of course, all the Queen 

 family of the incurved kinds were supreme as ever. 

 Messrs. Pitcher & Manda's prize of ;^20 for the best seed- 

 ling raised from the exhibitor's own seed was awarded to 

 Mr. W. Gilbert for a Japanese seedling unnamed. Other 

 certificated new kinds besides those already mentioned 

 were Dorothy Shea (Shea), a cross between E. Moly- 

 neux and Sunset ; Mr. C. Shrimpton (Shrimpton), a chest- 

 nut-red Japanese variety ; Charles Blick (Blick), rich yel- 

 low, with broad petals ; Rosy Morn (Carter & Co.), a 

 Japanese rosy purple, large-flowered variety ; Ed. Lons- 

 dale (Pearson), crimson Japanese ; Brookleigh Gem (Caute), 

 a purplish sport from Jeanne d'Arc ; La Deuil (Jukes), a 

 Japanese Anemone, flowered variety, large, full, crimson- 



T.o?d,in. W. Walson. 



Cultural Department. 



Propagating New Strawberries. 



OF all the occupations or pastimes of the horticulturist the 

 originating of new varieties of Strawberries is one of the 

 most fascinating. The method is so simple, and the result so 

 speedy and apparent, that it never loses its charm. Besides, 

 there is always a chance that something of real value will be 

 produced. 



With scarcely an exception all the kinds of any value now 

 in use originated in the judicious crossing of different varie- 

 ties, so as to unite as many good qualities and as few poor 

 ones as possible in the same plant. Many had their origin at 

 haphazard from the chance crossing of nature, but few have 

 stood the test of time. The Hoffman was found growing in 

 a hedge near Charleston, South Carolina, and it was a find of 

 unusual value. While not perfection in itself, it may prove 

 the variety from which the ideal berry of the future will be 

 derived. It has size, color, firmness, and adaptiveness to dif- 

 ferent soils and climates in a marked degree ; its extreme 

 earliness is another valuable quality, and it needs only greater 

 productiveness. 



Varieties selected for crossing should have diverse merits, 

 so that, if these merits are combined in a single seedling, this 

 would have the greatest possible number of good qualities. 

 This ideal berry will possess, in eminent degree, size, earli- 

 ness, productiveness, flavor, attractiveness and firmness. The 

 market gardener, as a rule, requires size, earliness, pro- 

 ductiveness and attractiveness, and if he lives remote from 

 market, also firmness, so that his berries will carry well. The 

 amateur gardener above all desires flavor, with productive- 

 ness and size as close seconds, and with earliness and beauty 

 not far behind. The Hoffman has good size and is early. In 

 the Bubach, Sharpless and in other varieties flavor, or at least 

 palatableness, as well as largeness and productiveness, are to 

 be had. Possibly the long-sought berry may be an off- 

 spring of the Hoffman and Bubach, which possess, together, 

 about every desirable quality. 



To achieve this result my plan is to set a sufficient number 

 of the pistillate Bubach plants in a Hoffman field where their 

 blooms will be thoroughly impregnated by the pollen from 



