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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



October 29i ^ 



Prince Alfred, Lord Wolseley, Beverley, Madame D ir ier the n 

 Fmnresses. ftc. are ramdlv coming on. ' tne ^«een 



s and 



There is, as was the case several years ago, an interestincr -«n 



sypink; ur. ward and Mrs. W 

 Wonder, Prima Donna. Sautel tfc 



King 



deux Mondes 

 7 ellow ; Louil 

 Ae Hirsute. 



Chrysanthemums in the London Parks. 



Battersea Park. 



Here, as at most of the public parks, the display is arranged to please the 

 general public, and good use U made of most of the old standard sorts. The 

 collection is housed in a Urge greenhouse about 100 feet long, and is very largely 

 patronised by the local inhabitants. 



The plants are arranged in a single sloping bank, and the ends and front side 

 of the house are decorated with free-flowering plants in bush form of Margot — 

 a great favourite here— and such pompons as ^ Sunset, La Vogue, Soeur Melaine, 

 Rosinante, Golden Mme. Marthe, and Precocity. A free use for the purposes of 

 colour is made of M. William Holmes, William Seward, and John Shrimpton, 

 whose various shades of crimson help materially to brighten the display. 



Japanese varieties of Continental origin are fairly numerous. La Triomphante, 

 an old pink seedling of De Reydellets is in good form. M. William Holmes, a 

 deep crimson and gold October flowering variety, sent out some years ago by 

 Delaux, is also much used for its colour. Others are M. C. M olin, Brise du 

 Matin (Delaux), a pretty soft-coloured pink ; Pres. Borel, Mme. Ed. Rey, large 

 and good ; Louise, big solid, but rather pale in colour ; M. Chenon de Leche, 

 Mile. Therese Rey, Mme. Carnot, Calvat's Australian Gold, L'ami Etienne, all 

 well-known varieties of M. Ernest Calvat's raising, are conspicuous by the excel- 

 lence of their cultivation. Older sorts comprise novelties of long ago, almost 

 forgotten by present-day exhibitors at societies' shows, but still preserved at the 

 parks for their usefulness in groups, and of these Hamlet, a beautiful bright shade 

 of deep rosy salmon ; Comte F. Lurani, a charming rich pink on a white ground ; 

 Ed. Audiguier, deep purple maroon with a reverse of silver ; Val d'Andorre, 

 golden chestnut ; Bouquet de Dames, white ; Mile. Lacroix, white ; Jeanne 

 Delaux, deep crimson and gold ; and Charlotte de Montcabrier, pale pink, are 

 the best. 



Chrysanthemums of English and American origin include some very good 

 examples of James Salter, Lady Selborne, both very old sorts ; with a mingling of 

 A. H. Fewkes, J. II. Runchman, Sunflower, Gloriosum, W. H. Lincoln, Edith 

 Tabor, Modesto, in yellows ; John Shrimpton, William Seward, Edwin Molyneux, 

 G. W. Childs, in crimsons ; and W. Tricker, pink ; Florence Davis, white ; 

 Puritan, Eda Prass, Mrs. H. Weeks, very large white ; Lady Byron, same colour ; 

 Good Gracious, and the new sport from Vi viand Morel, called Lady Hanham. 



Interspersed here and there are some freely-flowered plants of that pretty little 

 globular pompon, colour pale pink, Mdlle. Elise Dordon, which helps to lighten the 

 arrangement. M. R. Bahaunt, a big rosy-crimson incurved, is always striking and 

 useful on account of its earliness ; Col. W. B. Smith, golden bronze, is another ; 

 and among the Urge number of varieties grown, which amounts to something like 

 2,200 plants, the incurved family are numerous. It will suffice to mention the 

 names of a few to show the value that may be attached to this group. Golden 

 Empress of India, Empress of India, Mrs. W. Shipman, Baron Hirsch, Golden 

 George Glenny, Lord Alcester, John Lambert, Queen of England, Mrs. Robinson 

 King, John Doughty, Princess of Wales, Jeanne d'Arc, Globe d'Or, Refulgens, 

 Mr. Bunn, Alfred Salter, C. H. Curtis, Princess of Teck, &c. 



Hairy varieties receive a somewhat smaller share of recognition, the only 

 prominent ones being Louis Boehmer, Hairy Wonder, Beauty of Truro, Esau, 

 Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, Spartel, and Mrs. Dr. Ward. 



... Finsbury Park. 



This collection is housed in the same greenhouse, as usual, near the Manor Gate 

 entrance, and is somewhat tastefully arranged by being set up within a kind of 

 serpentine border, and sloping in undulating form towards the front. English 

 novelties form a conspicuous feature of the collection, and comprise the Yellow 

 bunf ower, Edith Tabor, Marjory Kinder, all good and fine ; while in whites 

 Emily bilsbury is large and freely shown. William Seward, Mrs. J. Shrimpton, 



the newer Mary Molyneux, Mrs. H. Weeks also help to maintain the renown of 

 home raisers. 



American novelties at the time of our visit were not to be found in any great 

 numbers, the best, perhaps, being the deep velvety crimson Jap G. W. Childs; 

 Mrs. fc. U Hill valuable on account of its site and earliness ; the Egyptian ; 

 gorgeous, a noble yellow Japanese incurved, colour deep golden yellow ; Eda 

 beSs Crcamy P mk ; Hair y Wonder, rich and bright ; and one or two more 



Australie, the big Colonial raised novelty of a few seasons since, rather dull 



purple in colour and having a silvery reverse, is as massive as ever ; while in the 



r.airy section King of the Hirsutes, a long petalled pale yellow variety, struck us as 



being veiy well done. Alfred Chantricr, a large yellow Japanese, with tubular 



florets, we go cot remember seeing before. Source d'Or, a medium-size rich 



golrfcn bronre variety, veiy useful for decorative purposes ; it is one of the old 



kinds that never seem to fall into disfavour in such displays as the one we are now 

 noticing. r J 



Brighter and livelier shades of colouring are to be found in some very good 

 examp.es of President Borel, 1'iefet Robert, Edouard Audiguier, rich purple- 

 mauve with silvery reverse; the old Triomphe du Nord, Baron Hirsch, a rich 

 mixed 1D Jo rV golden " chestnut b ™rze variety that always gives a good effect to a 



It is only possible to mention just briefly some of the many other sorts in this 



M cCon dt £^^£ ?°}?' ^ JuMee ' EtiennC ' IDClies was allowed > which I consider none too much. Anotner 



We noticed 1 that' M f ! ^"J att f ntl ° n * I I u t I b >' P lantin S earl r va ' ieti « * good distance apart is that you can crop better . the 



usefully emledllLr^ if" 7 < ^ mCUrV1 ^ P ink J a P aneS? ,' - 1S rows without damaging either crop, the potatos coming off first Our best crop 



T^i r Lc ru 1 i! j I. f row P ,ant here . as elsewhere, w uh good effect, and in ^ , Mcrm w K^JTZt^ ^,. "J?...u- 1 1 „,y; r h h.m,H nut at the rate of nearly 

 pinks Chailotte de Montcabrier and If. Tarin always seem to find favour in the 



<™ows P ° P " althou E h *« y have long since been discarded by exhibitors at 



K.;»v?»f tlC 'i a S*. reflexin g Japanese, colour pale ochre-yellow; Descartes, a 

 Dugntly-coloured Japanese anemone ; Mrs. C. Harman Payne, big and compact 

 as usual; the old variety La Triomphante, and Marquis de Paris, a large white 

 nTM^' i 3 • Banish centre ; and Mr. C. E. Shea, the pale yellow sport 

 f^K.. • ;• Lacr ? 1 ?' are a,so cocjpicuous by the excellence of their culture. 

 M Twu ? "W ??^ d form comprise such well-known sorts as Werther, 

 rich \Ze ' «' Baha " lt » «6 solid, always early, and useful for its deep 

 coed t E ° UqUe c de Dames ' a " old ^hite Japanese, is shown in very 



Sm e c clou r I m i 1 a° ' r S0UVenir de Peti *e Amie, and several others in the 

 & % -stains a foremost position as a ' 



Her Ior ' uc k groups as we see at the parks. 



^^^^^^^^^ pft »ow in g° od fo ™' and 



and judiciously arrayed Arr ?T* The a ^angement is tasteful and artistic, 

 plants, palms, &c that h*l chrysanthemum plants are various foliage 



most places, predominate Yu?th° V? be,lish lhe display. Japanese here, as at 

 promising blooms nf C ir A ne 0l( * * v pe of incurved is not neglected, for some 



1 U [L Curtis, M. R. Bahaunt, Mr. Bunn, D. B. Crane, 



a large pale yellow. 



English standard varieties of acknowledged merit are to h P (*■ a • 

 crimsons like William Seward, of which there are several verv Sv g °°^ 

 examples, Edwin Molyneux, &c Yellows comprise Marjory kS 

 Shrimpton, Charles Davis, Sunflower, J. H. Runchman and H L S - 1 

 while whites include Lady Byron, Emily Silsbury, Mrs. C. Blick and fh? 1 ^ 

 Lady Selborne. Others of home or colonial raising are the deep golden vl\u 

 Oceana, large and good ; Master H. Tucker, deep crimson; Pride of MadfoT 

 purple amaranth ; Miss Ethel Addison, and Australie. 1 



Among Continentals, Gldre de Mezin, a pretty globular Japanese of golden 

 bronze, is striking and effective ; Descartes, a rich wine-coloured lapanece 

 anemone, is also good ; Commandant Blusset, purple ; Prefet Robert, Madame 

 Marius Ricoud, a pretty bright rosy pink ; the famous Madame Carnot M 

 Panckoucke, yellow ; N.C.S. Jubilee, silvery pink; Louise, Phcebus, and a charm- 

 ing variety called Gambetta, which is a beautiful shade of soft, golden, *almon 

 rose, with a golden reverse, stands out in striking contrast to its surroundings 

 The deep orange and bronze M. C. Molin is useful in that tint, Charlotte de 

 Montcabrier, pale pink, old Source d'Or, and a few others from the same source 

 are all worthy of note. 



Miscellaneous novelties include G. W. Childs, a good velvety crimson; W. 

 Tricker, a pretty and useful pink ; Mutual Friend, Gloriosum, Gloiredu Roche/ 

 very fine and brilliant in its shade of golden terra-cotta, Interocean, &c. ' 



Victoria Park. 



The collection under Mr. Moorman's charge at Victoria Park is not quite so 

 far advanced as the one at Finsbury, but it bids fair to be a very effective display 

 in the course of a week or ten days. The plants are arranged on each side of the 

 greenhouse with a central path, and the front of each bank is lined with a selec- 

 tion of pompons. Very pretty are some freely-grown plants of Ryecroft Glory, 

 Mdlle. Elise Dordon, and Emily Silsbury ; but, of course, the majority of the 

 blooms have been grown for the purpose of obtaining good specimens, and of 

 these the incurves are generally well represented, C. Curtis, the Rundles, Prince 

 Alfred, the Beverleys, Globe d'Or, M. R. Bahaunt, and Baron Hirsch forming 

 the most meritorious at the present moment. Very useful on account of its earli- 

 ness is Madame Ed. Rey, a bold, large pink Japanese ; Louise, big, solid, and 

 compact, colour delicate pale pink, which are grown in fairly good number ; as 



also are Marjory Kinder and President Borel, another useful, highly-coloured 

 variety, and early. 



Among Japanese of Continental origin Viviand Morel, La Triomphante, Mrs. 

 C. Harman Payne, in the pinkish shades, are noteworthy, while yellows are rather 

 better represented by such excellent sorts as Calvat's Australian Gold, Globe d'Or, 

 Amiral Avellan, Phcebus, M. Molin, &c. Yvonne Desblanc is a very large, 

 globular, incurving variety, pure white in colour, but as big, compact, and solid as 

 Louise, although paler in colour, being almost, if not quite, a pure white. 

 Descartes, a rich, deep wine-coloured Japanese anemone, with long, drooping 

 florets, is striking and effective ; and mention must also be made of the curious 

 novelty Madame Ed. Roger, the green Japanese incurved, which in its early 

 stages shows its peculiarity of colour in a very marked degree, and will attract 

 much attention. 



Further on we notice amongst the hairy varieties Sautel 1893, a P rett Y» bright- 

 coloured specimen of that type. Perle Dauphinoise, Pres. Nonin, M. Panckoucke, 

 and J. H. Runchman, all in varying shades of yellow, arc interesting. Lady 

 Hanham, the new sport from Viviand Morel, is coming on, and especially bright 

 and rich are the flowers of Gloire du Rocher. 



Lady Byron is a fine large white, and older known sorts in this colour are 

 represented by Elaine, Lady Selborne, Mdlle. Lacroix, Bouquet de Dames, and 

 several more. For richness of colour Mr. Moorman effectively blends such 

 valuable crimsons and purples as M. William Holmes, Mr. J. Laing, G. W. 

 Childs, Ed. Audiguier, Prefet Robert, M. Geo. Biron, and most of the well- 



known sorts in these shades. 

 The collection 



ch 



W 



as W. Tricker, A. H. Few 1 . _ 



pink Mrs. E. G. Hill are freely used. Oceana is a big yellow colonial seedling now 

 well known, and among other popular sorts Charles Davis, its parent, Viviand 

 Morel, Madame Gustave Henry, Silver King, Graphic, Edwin Molyneux, Pride 

 of Madford— another colonial-raised variety of great richness of colour— are all 

 represented by some capital examples. 



Heavy Crops of Potatos.— We have had this season some nrsi-raic yu^ 

 of potatos, and, consideiing the dry state of the soil, this is rather to be wondered 

 at, but I attribute the success to deep digging, good manure, and plenty of room. 

 All the ground was turned up two spits deep last season and worked with a fork 

 before planting, this time forking in some stable manure. We allowed three feet 

 between the rows cf short-haulmed varieties, but for Up-to-Date three feet six 

 inches was allowed, which I consider none too much. Another advantage gamea 

 by planting early varieties a good distance apart is that you can crop bet ^ cn tr \ 

 rows without damaging either crop, the potatos coming off first. Our best cr p 

 this season has been of Carter's Snowball, which turned out at the rate ot near y 

 thirty tons to the acre. The tubers were of extraordinary size, some or tne 1 

 weighing two and a-half pounds each; in fact, six turned the scale at fiftet 

 pounds. These were the largest potatos we have ever turned out, and tne> 

 not ungainly-looking either. They cook well, and are free from disease. 1 

 to these for crop and weight came Up-to-Date, Ottf fcewicst last season 

 were of immense size, and came out at about sixteen tons to tne acre. ^ 1 JJ 15 e 

 is fast becoming a popular variety. Sutton's Reliance and Sutton s Ideal 

 both excellent, and produced a rare crop of nice, handsome potatos of fine co . h. 

 quality and perfectly free from disease. These two potato* have PC* n 

 admired for their general good quality and appearance, while they y ie,a ™ ' 

 as heavily as Up-to-Date Sutton's Flourball has done extra well this seaso^ 

 and in some gardens has yielded at the rate of twenty tons per acre.— w. /v. 

 Compton Basset \ Wilts. 



SOW THE SEEDS of good h 



tree of life, uith the aid ~ r - 

 the appetite, strengthen 

 had legs become sound. 



ucuumc aounu, scoruutic skins cast on u« 

 When rubbed upon th^ abdomen, it checks all te 

 diarrhtea, and other disorders of the intestines fre 



purchaser,— [Advt ] 



f — f — » 

 Holloway 



yr prevailing ihr. ugh the summer 

 of the skin, and enlarged gUn<l 



according to instructions R» v * n 



