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sport from White Queen. F.C.C, N.C.S., 

 October 21; A.M., E.H.S., October 22. Mr. 

 C. Beckett, g^ardener to the Hon. J. Ward, 

 Chilton, Hungerford. 



Master E-ex. — A very distinct and hand- 

 some Japanese variety, with loosely curling 

 and twisting florets that niake up a capital 

 bloom. The colour is bright amber. F.C.C., 

 N.C.S., October 21. Mr. G. Mileham, 

 Leatherhead. 



Mrs. Joan Miller. — A wide Japanese 

 variety with broad florets that narrow and 

 curl a little at the tip«. The colour is bright 

 rose-pink with silvery reverse. F.C.C., 

 N.C.S., October 21. ' Mr. G. Mileham, 

 Leatherhead. 



Vera Potterton. — A very solid, reflexing 

 Japanese variety of medium size. Tbs inner 

 florets are short, blunt, and broad. A fine 

 pink shade. Commendation, N.C.S., October 

 21. Mr. Thos. Page, Hampton. 



Charles' Kingsley. — Another grand single 

 variety with substantial florets of a lovely 

 shade of deep yellow. There is also the 

 faintest possible tinting of bronze on some 

 of the florets. F.C.C., N.C.S., Oftol)er 21; 

 A.M., E.H.S., October 22. Mr. Norman 

 Davis, Fraiflfield. 



Phyllis Cragg. — A useful light pink re- 

 flexed Japanese variety, evidently a good 

 substantial market variety, colour, stem, and 

 form being alike good. Commendation, 

 N.C.S., October 21. Met>srs. Cragg, Harri- 

 son, and Cragg, Heston, Hounslow. 



J. W. Streeter. — A ])rinirose-ycllow in- 

 curved variety, the flower shapelv and solid. 

 A sport from the white H. W. Thorp. F.C.C.. 

 October 21 ; A.M., E.H.S., October 22. 

 Messrs. Cragg, Harrison, and Cragg. Houns- 

 low. ■ 



Miss M. Borrer. — A large, free-flowering 

 single variety, producing fine sprays of 



EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA. 



The three speoios of eucryphia wlii<-b are 

 in cultivation are al! natives of the SoutluMii 

 Hemisphere, two being found in Chili and 

 other parts of South Ameri<a, and tlie 

 other in Tasmania. Tlio two Americau 

 species are more ornamental than the other^ 

 and of the two K. pinnatifolia is the best 

 known, for, although not a common plant, 

 good sjHH'imons are met with in gardens 

 here and there throughout the southern 

 counties, where its large whit<^ flowers, 

 which l)earsome resemblance to th(^ blossom.s 

 of a single camellia, areat tluMr best in July. 



The second species, K. cordifolia. is less 

 well known, although an oc<*asional speci- 

 men is seen. Its native habitat is said to 

 be the humid lorr^-w oi Clnli. Cliiloc and 



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SCOLOPENDRIUM Yl LfiAlM: 

 A noble hardy fern with bcaiitit'uUy-frilied fronds 



CKISPUM NOBILf:, BOLTON'S BROAD l'nl!M. 

 F.C.C., B.H.S. Octol>er 22. Mr. W. B. CranHeld, East Lodge. Enfield. 



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Mrti. John Maher. A medium sized Japan- 

 ese variety, the graceful, refined flowers 

 being carried on long, st iff stenus. 

 white. F.C.C, N.C.S., Oetobt^r 21; 

 R.H.S., October 22, Mr. Thomas 

 Hampton. 



Sussex Yellow. — A very distinct rich yel- 

 low single variety with sieveral rows of broad 

 florets that recurve at the tips. A hand- 

 some variety. F.C.C., N.C.S., October 21. 

 Mr. Norman Davis, Framfield, Sussex.^ 



Ideality. — A lovely white single variety 

 with broad florets, that recurve a very little 

 •at the tips. This variety is the result of 

 crossing Mary Anderson with Mensa. 

 F.C.C., N.C.S.; October 21. Mr. Norman 

 Davis, Framfield. 



Mrs. Loo Thomson. — This is a large single 

 variety of great promise, as it ie a l)eautiful 

 primrose sport from the well-known Mensa. 

 FCC, N.C.S., October 21. A.M., R.H.S., 

 October 22, Mr. Norman Davis. 



shawlv rose-pink flowers. A.M., R.H.S., Oc- 

 tober *22. L. F. Harristm. Ksq. (gardener, 

 Mr. A. H. Chapman), Orchards, East Grm- 



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AVhite Beauty.— A lovely medium-sized. 



.single variety of the purest whiteness. A 

 charming chrysanthemum grown in spray 

 form. Commended, N.C.S., October 21. Mr. 

 Philip Ladds, Swanley Junction. 



Primrose Queen.— A good Japanese variety 

 of elegant shape and refined appearance. 

 The colour is light yellow, shading to pale 

 primrose towards the tips of the outer petals. 

 F C C. N.C.S.. October 21. Mr, Martin 

 Silsbury, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. 



Tomatoes. 



Tho-r r:ii>ed early in Oc- 



t(>l)er will rc(|Uire pnttiu- into tliumb pot.s. 

 V^v \ s;ni Iv conn>(>st, and when potted place 

 (,u shelves in a house with a temperature ol 

 o3 to m deg. Be very carefid not to over- 

 water the young plants.— G. E. 



X'aldivia, where it forms a Iar[>;<^ bush or 

 small tree. It may be <[istinf^ui>Iie<l from 

 F. pinnatifolia by its simple instead of 

 pinnate leaves. These are broadly obloiio:. 

 2in. to 3in. long, and about I'iin, in widtii, 

 and, like those of the other s]}o<*ies, ever- 

 green in mild winters but deciduous when 

 severe frost cwurs. The >\ hite flowers, 

 which are about 2in. across, app(^ar singly 

 from the loaf axils, the colour of tlie petals 

 being relieved by the central mass of golden 

 stamens. 



It is sai<l to have flowered for the first 



time out ot doors in tlu* Coomho Wood nur- 

 s*M'v oi Messrs. J. \'i'il<b ami Sons, ill 18f)7. 

 .Vs Ys tbo case witli the brtter know n >pe< ios 

 it dislikes root <list urltaiu^o, an<l np]K'ar.s io 

 trive most satisfa< torv results wIhmj plauteil 

 in ratlier light, we!l-«lrain(Ml loam into winch 

 a little peat has been dug. W. D. 



