October 



22 



1898. 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



693 



1 will probably suffice, but more room should be given if the corms are of a 

 * to justify a hope of their flowering. Plant the corms from two to three inches 

 dSp, the latter depth for the larger sizes. 



Early- flowering Chrysanthemums.— T. R., Hampton: One of the 



t useful reports upon early-flowering chrysanthemums that has hitherto been 

 m °blished appeared on p. 578 of our issue of September 18, 1897. This report 

 V 1 made after an examination of the large trial held at Chiswick ; chirty-two of 

 the best varieties are fully described, and their heights, habit, and size of flowers 

 en These varieties are grouped according to colour. A further report 

 8 Dt>eared on p. 650, in the issue of October 16, 1897, when all the varieties 

 famine an award of three marks at Chiswick on October 4 were briefly de- 

 scribed. Appended we gave a list of the varieties then on trial, which had a few 

 half-opened buds, or at most but two or tbree open flowers, on October 7 of that 

 year • also a list of varieties that had no flowers open on that date, and conse- 

 quently could have no claim for consideration as early-flowering chrysanthemums 

 for border culture. It should be remembered that the climate and soil of Chiswick 

 Gardens are such that varieties proving unsuitable there as early-flowering would 

 ost likely be equally unsuitable a good deal further south. The taste for early- 

 flowering chrysanthemums is growing rapidly, and to meet the demand nursery- 

 men have of late introduced a number of continental and other varieties, so that 

 there seems to be a pressing need that the Royal Horticultural Society should 

 continue to extend its trials of these beautiful autumn flowers at its Chiswick 



Gardens. 



Names of Plants. 



Under this heading we can only undertake to name 



Specimens should 



7 £iirS: p 8 T? r . ou S h : *• Pitmaston Duchess ; 2, Duchesse d'Angouleme : 



T m p° * 5 4 i Pnncess i 5. Marie Louise ; 6, Nouveau Poiteau. 

 a F^rn'c p ? - y 5 -5 Y orksh ire Beauty ; 2, Tibbett's Pearmain ; 3, D'Arcy Spice ; 

 4 ' P p ?T Ppm ; S > Mank ' s C o<"in ; 6, Thompson's. * P 9 



w. ° range ' 



m^IV r C Alver3t w ke: ! » Tower of Glamis ; 2, Cambusnethan Pippin; 3, Froe- 

 more Prolific ; 4, Margil ; 5, Autumn Nelis ; 6, Beurre de Capiaumont. 6 



ar Jr Weston: The bulk of the apples were Calville Rouge Precocee : one 

 a PPje, just going rotten, appeared to be Emperor Alexander. 

 PL , ' Wimbledon: I, Bishop's Thumb; 2, Beurre d'Amanlis ; 3, Comtede 

 ^nambord ; 4. Withington Fillbasket ; 5, London Pippin ; 6, Northern Greening. 



w w b " lldf ° rd: i ? a form of Blenheim Pippin; 3, Rymer. 



n- W., Penshurst: 1, Cornish Aromatic ; 2, Frogmore Prolific; 4, Oaeen 

 v.aroime ; 5 Lane s Prince Albert ; 6, American Mother ; 7, Emperor Alexander ; 

 9) Autumn Bergamotte. 



J. S., Glasgow: You have not complied with the rules we publish con- 

 cerning the naming of fruits. The fruits were not gooi specimens, and fixing the 

 numbers on with tin tacks mads them worse. We have named the best 5 if you 

 send good samples of not more than six others we will do our best to assist you. 

 If Uutch Mignonne ; 2 and 5, Dumelow's Seedling ; 3, probably a local seedling, 

 a good apple, however; 7, Court Pendu Plat ; 11, Blenheim Pippin ; Nj. 2 pear 

 is Autumn Bergamotte. 



species and specific varieties of plants, and not florists 5 flowers 

 be packed in stout boxes with damp moss or leaves as packing material to ensure 

 their reaching us in a fresh state. It is essential that flowers must accompany 

 specimens of flowering plants, that fern fronds be fertile, and that the numbers be 

 legible and firmly attached to the specimens. We cannot promise to name more 

 than six specimens at one time from any one correspondent. 



W. A., Newcastle-on-Tyne : Dendrobium chrysanthum, which see. 



J. S., Glasgow : I, Cydonia japonica ; 2, Berberis stenophylla ; 3, B. Darwini. 

 The Cydonia (or Pyrus) japonica fruits freely in the southern counties but not so 

 readily in the north. A preserve can be made from the fruit. Grow the shrub 

 against a wall. 



J. C. B , Warwick : 1, Aster Novi-Belgi densus ; 2, A. cordifolius elegans ; 

 3, A. ericoides ; 4, A. multiflorus. 



C. G., Exeter: 1, Rudbeckia speciosa ; 2, Ligustrum ovalifolium aureo- 

 rariegatum ; 3, Crataegus pyracantha Leelandi. 



A. B., Romford : 1, Tecoma radicans; 2, Hibiscus syriacus. 



Names of Fruits. — We are pleased to assist our readers as far as it is 



possible to do so in naming fruits, but it is absolutely necessary that they should 

 send us good specimens carefully packed, as it is only when characteristic examples 

 reach us in perfect condition that we are able to determine their names. We are 

 compelled to insist on the observance of this rule, as so many specimens now reach 

 us. We cannot undertake to name more than six varieties at one time ; and both 

 apples and pears should be sent when approaching maturity, but before they are 

 fully ripe, that we may have the assistance of their distinctive colours in determining 

 their identity. 



L. E. B., Uxbridge: 1, Autumn Bergamotte; 2, Marie Louise d'Uccle : 3, 



a Arcy Spice. - J 



Week 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 

 Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Rainfall. 



In 

 I nches. 



In Centi 

 metres. 



Loadon', „ M , 



Croydon 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton .„ „„ 



Norwich M 



Nottingham..... 



Liverpool , 



Huddersfield 



Bradford , ' 



Hull 



60-5 



6o'8 



56-5 



6V6 



58*7 



53*5 

 6o*a 



58-0 



41*0 



36-5 

 41-8 



35*o 

 3i 



• mm 



3 



37*8 



38-6 



38-0 



43'4 



3i f o 



49*5 

 47 '4 



47'4 



46- 6 



49*6 



47- 6 



47 § 3 

 5i'5 

 47'i 



9*7* 



8' 5 6 



io*6i 

 8' 5 6 



9'78 

 867 



8 50 

 10*83 



8\J9 



0*42 

 0*32 



0*52 

 0*38 



0*04 

 0*27 

 o'jo 



0*25 

 0*24 



I '07 



o'8r 

 0*38 



l'3* 



0*07 



o'io 

 0*69 



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061 



was 



iuc Aucrriioineicr 49- 5, me lauer oeing i v '2 i>eiow tne wccks average in tne 50 year-. 

 1—90. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal movement of the an !»cing 

 , per cent, below the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bright 

 s unshine in the week was 12*5 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to 0*42 of an inch. 



184 

 29 per 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



T. S. Ware, Hale Farm, Tottenham.— Bu \h\ and Plants. 



Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston, Mass., U.SA.— Hardy American Plants. 



M. M R 1 voire ET Fils, Lyons.— Bulbs and Fruit Trees. 



J. Unite, Edgware Road, N.— Tents, Flags, Tarpiulins, &c. 



H. Cannell and Son, Swanley.— Bulbs aid Small Fruits. 



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