J{ElH)liT ON rOMPON DAHLIAS, 1899. 
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REPORT ON POMPON DAHLIAS, 1899. 
A COLLECTION of 12? stocks of Pompon Dahlias was planted in well- 
worked and liberally manured ground between June 5 and June 22 
as received from the donors, the distance between the plants being 
3 feet G inches each way. The season proved unprecedentedly hot and 
dry ; but notwithstanding this serious drawback the plants grew well, 
and many of them flowered abundantly. The Floral Committee 
examined the collection on three occasions, and Highly Commended 
fifteen varieties. 
F.C.C. = First-class Certificate. 
A.M. = Award of Merit. 
XXX = Highly Commended. 
I. — Flowers White. 
1. Camellieflora (as a bedding variety), x x x September 8, 1899 
(Cannell). — Height 3 feet; sturdy habit; exceptionally free flowering; 
flowers rather flat, borne well above the foliage. 
2. Dolly Keith (Cannell, Veitch). — Height 4 feet ; erect, rather 
slender habit ; free flowering ; flowers with quilled petals, blush white, 
borne well above the foliage. 
3. Eli Millard (Cannell). — Height 8 feet G inches ; vigorous habit ; 
moderately free flowering ; flowers of good form, with fimbriated petals, 
white with a delicate blush suftusion, borne well above the foliage. 
4. George Brinckman, x x x August 25, 1899 (Cannell, Turner). — 
Height 4 feet ; bushy habit ; very free flowering ; flowers of excellent 
form, borne well above the foliage. 
5. Lady Blanche, x x x September 23, 1890 (Cannell). — Height 
4 feet ; erect, sturdy habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers with 
regularly quilled petals, borne well above the foliage. 
G. La Petite Barbier, F.C.C. August 14, 1884 (Dobbie, Cannell).— 
Height 3 feet ; bushy habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers with 
quilled petals, borne well above the foliage. 
7. Little Lady (Turner). — Height 3 feet 6 inches ; compact, sturdy 
habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers rather large, blush or cream- 
white heavily edged with rosy purple, borne well above the foliage. 
8. Purity, A.M. August 27, 1895 (Cannell, Turner). — Height 
5 feet 6 inches ; rather close habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers 
jof good shape, white touched with cream, white in the centre, borne 
well above the foliage. 
9. White Aster (syn. Guiding Star), x x x September 23, 1890 
.(Dobbie, Cannell). — Height 4 feet ; compact, erect habit ; very free 
flowering ; flowers with fimbriated petals, borne on stout stems well 
>above the foliage. 
II. — Flowers Lemon or Primrose Yellow. 
10. Ceres, A.M. September 26, 1893 (Dobbie).— Height 4 feet ; 
vigorous, compact habit ; moderately free flowering ; flowers large with 
quilled petals, pale primrose-yellow, borne well above the foHage. 
