NoV EMBER «. I*?* 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



733 



AT THE N 



Mr. H. J. Jones* 



all done remarkably well. The great drought seems to have had no iU-effect on 

 them at all ; several varieties of the Novi Belgi section have been rather smaller 

 m the individual flowers than usual, but have all flowered most profusely. New 

 and improved forms are much in evidence. The best is a fine variety of A. 

 amellus called Framfieldi. The flowers of this truly handsome daisy are much 

 Dusmc^ — *>< ,| k e pt collection 01 cnrysanineniuui^ « ^w*™— ^ ^ larger and brighter than in the type, but its chief value lies in the fact of its being 

 prchensive and \f c h arm ingly arranged groups which in late years have * m ° nth * ater than the ordinary stock of amellus. Other good novelties are 

 public exhibitions D J . ' th exce llence of which may be attributed to Mr. A. Mrs. F. Rayner, a very bright rose-pink; and Mrs. C. W. Earle, a most 

 r^i in much auenuun, , _ . __ Ai.~u„*A e^f,™ delicate shade of pale lavender 



* Nnrserv, over which Mr. H.J. Jones presides with so much 

 THE Ryecrolt i>" . q cultivat i on> has long been renowned for its very corn- 

 business energy an co ii ec tion of chrysanthemums, as evidenced at all the 



^KpnQive and well-Kepi ia/ j „^ lirwu ,h.rh in late years have 



public exhiDuw"* / tf the excellence of which may be attributed to Mr. 



excited so m »cn inent> where so much talent is displayed m setting up 



Jones' visits to Mf W nmpn^ th* T*x,*rrr>ft collection, which Mr. Tones 



similar groups 



? t the present moment the Ryecroft collection, which Mr. Jones Early chrysanthemums in the open border are later in blooming this year than 



similar groups, a ^ Qxed ffom the p ] ague 0 f rust that is troubling so many of usual, some varieties being quite a fortnight later than last season, and several of 

 tells us has in no w y f „ burst of co i our# xhe plants are well arranged in three * he new j varieties do not come up to expectation. It may be that the abnormal 

 his countrymen,^ in 1^ rnmnrise nov elties from all quarters of the globe. heat and drought has been the cause of this. Such old favourites as Foucher de 



Lanel, Harvest Home, Ivy Stark, Ambrose Thomas, Flora, Madame Eulalie 

 Morel, Piercy's Seedling, Mrs. Cullingford, Madame Marie Masse, O. J. Quintus, 

 Samuel Barlow, and Queen of the Earlies are amongst the finest. M. Gustav 

 Grunerwald and its several sports are not first-rate ; after flowering in fits and 



starts during summer they grow straggling and weedy just when they are most 

 wanted. 



his countrymen, 1 comprise novelties from all quarters of the globe, 



large houses, a 1 , _ tQ home . grownsee dlings, the French, perhaps, 



Althoug^^^ and of these the seedlings received from M. 



claim the e a erand-looking incurved called Topaze Orientale, beauti- 



^h^^^^ form > and ° f a P leasin ^ ? ade of clear pale yellow. 

 faIly • rnnn/eisadeep golden shade with long florets. President Bevan, a 

 Fra f^ lS .r nf its tvDe is big and massive with numerous narrow grooved florets 

 D0bl i *°ClJinz 2ff of a deep golden-bronzy shade. Marie Calvat is rather 

 *"? S^f^^tBaJjlv^n^ colour white faintly tinted. Le Grand 

 ough and loose PJ on , s n J 0V ^ lties , ' very fine long florets, drooping and of 



Sum width, a rich golden orange-yellow faintly streaked with red. The green 

 1^ Madame Ed. Roger, is curious, and Secretaire Rivoire, a Japanese of pale 

 ^^ ^bL'sia best of Calvat's 1898 seedlings is M Fatzer, a 

 JL of ereat size and substance, the colour a deep rich pure golden yellow. 

 (Ee is white, streaked purple, large but not very taking ; the same 

 SSbe said of General Paquie, which has flat recurving florets and is of a very 

 25 and distinct shade of golden terra-cotta. President Nonin is another, some- 

 ffsimilar in build and colour. M. Hoste is older, a large white Japanese 



^foiTof'the Colonials here, as elsewhere, do credit to the raisers in the 

 Antipodes, who seem to understand the kind of flower most likely to appeal 

 ?En2sh tastes. Oceana, Australie, and Pride of Madford are all well known, 

 and to them must now be added Chatsworth, a fine deeply-built Japanese of pale 

 oink • Mrs. H. Briscoe, a large Japanese with long florets, colour pretty rosy 

 mauve with reverse of silver ; Miss Mary Underhay, one of the finest and best, 

 and of a lovely shade of rich buttery yellow ; an incurved Japanese Beauty of 

 Adelaide, long florets, colour rosy pink ; Nellie Pockett, white ; and Miss Vera 

 May Fraser, a charming shade of golden terra-cotta with a goldem reverse. 



Here there is an unquestionable difference in the two yellow Carnot sports. 

 Both are grand blooms, but G.J. Warren is certainly several shades deeper in 

 tone than the pale primrose yellow of Mrs. W. Mease, which, to our taste, is by 

 fer the more chaste and pleasing. Mrs. W. Popham is big, solid, and substantial, 

 1 Japanese incurved, very deep in build, colour pale purple with silvery reverse. 

 H. T. Wooderson, of the same section, close and compact, colour bright deep 

 rosy pink. In yellows, Lady Oporto Tait is large, and Mrs. Mahng Grant, 

 different in form, is deep golden buff streaked bronze ; Princess Charles of 

 Denmark is golden yellow, James Brooks another, and Mrs. J. W. Barks is a fine 

 bronzy-yellow sport from Edith Tabor. Very deep in its own peculiar shade of shiny, 

 glistening golden yellow is J. Hooper Pearson, a Japanese with rather broad- 

 pooved florets. Lionel Humphrey, of the Japanese type, is large with flat-droop- 

 ing florets of great length, colour deep crimson chestnut with a golden reverse, 

 .obert Powell, Julia Scaramanga, and Vicar of Bray are but varying and deeper 

 ihades of the primary colour of our popular flower. 



Not large but very pretty is the graceful pale pink Mrs. F. A. Bevan, and Mr. 

 Peter Keary, a Japanese with drooping reflex florets, and of a fine shade of velvety 

 purple, reverse silvery, is also most attractive. A deep golden yellow sport from 

 ie well-known Edwin Molyneux ought to be a good thing judging from its present 

 tppearance, and for richness of colour Royal Standard, a striking bright crimson 

 wd gold Japanese, is at once effective and rich. A few others of the best are 



The indoor early sorts are grown in enormous quantities. A special favourite 

 seems to be Lady Fitzwygram ; over two thousand plants are grown of this, its 

 pure white blossoms being in great demand. Barbara Forbes is a splendid market 

 variety, and five hundred plants of Ryecroft Glory are very fine, the colour on 

 many of them being almost red. A peculiar feature of all the plants grown here 

 is the beautifully bright and clear colours developed throughout. Many thousands 

 of later varieties, grown entirely for market, promise to recoup well for the extra 

 labour devolved during the past dry summer. 



Coming to the exhibition varieties, the chief attention is evidently paid to 

 novelties and seedling plants. The older and less important varieties are, from a 

 specialist's point of view, perhaps scarcely so good as last year on the whole. The 

 scarcity of water has perforce put the commoners on short rations. When it is 

 mentioned that only two days' rain fell from March until the recent change it is 

 surprising that the plants look so well as they do. The most striking feature of 

 the present show lies in the magnificent array of Madame Carnot and its sports. 

 These are arranged the whole length of a house two hundred feet long, and look 

 most promising. The later buds will probably give better blooms this season than 

 usual. Another favourite here is Western King, of which there are over one 

 hundred plants, all perfectly healthy, and swelling up clean and promising buds ; 

 these are all terminal buds, which is the only way to obtain the clean, broad 

 florets and finely built flowers such as Mr. Davis has shown so well during the 

 past three years. Soleil d'Octobre is a splendid yellow in its season, and fine 

 blooms were to be seen, also some enormous mops of Madame Gustav Henry ; 

 this latter is so easy to grow that anyone may produce large blooms, though the 

 quality of the flowers is not of the best. 



Amongst the novelties of the season which promise well are R. J. Upton, a 

 beautiful dwarf yellow, having very large buds just opening, of a shade deeper than 

 Australian Gold ; it looks like proving a sensational variety. Ed. Spurge is a 

 seedling of an intense glowing crimson colour, and will probably be a good thing. 

 Madeline Davis, which was so fine a seedling plant last year, will probably make 

 its mark ; the colour is charming, here it is pearly white, delicately tinted and 

 flushed violet. A magnificent large incurved, at present unnamed, is opening 

 well and will no doubt soon be placed before the Floral Committee. There are 

 sores of most promising seedlings; but it is rather early for a fair judgment of 

 their merits at present, and a careful and exclusive selection will be made to avoid 

 disappointing growers with novelties that are not desirable, or which have no 

 merits beyond existing varieties. Mr. Davis makes his list of novelties as concise 

 as possible, recognising the bewildering effect which lengthy lists of names and 

 coined adjectives of the superlative order have on those who would fain rely on 

 the plain English, so desirable as a guide in the purchase of new varieties. Joseph 

 Chamberlain promises to sustain the reputation which the raiser gave it last year, 

 thouchonvery early buds it may be disappointing. The long-expected white 

 Viviand Morel has been found in Mrs. Ritson ; of some sixty plants grown here 



«u goia Japanese, is at once ettective and ncn. A iew omers 01 uic uc»l ^ © - . foumJ in Mr$# R ltson . 0 f SO me sixty plants grown Here 



MrL A. J. Baker, large and globular, narrow florets, curly at the lips, colour pure ^TL^er ls opening pure white, and on late buds, too. 



ptper white; Duke of Wellington, big, solid and globular, a Japanese every -novm : ^ Yvat'/oovcltics mre likely to sustain this miser's hi K h reputation. 



incurved, with broad florets of rich golden bronze; Mrs. L. Humphrey, several wv „ _ M _ . .„ 



krge Japanese, colour pale primrose or canary yellow ; Lady Hanham, Mr. A. 

 Btnett, quite distinct from Mrs. G. W. Palmer, the sport from Mrs. C. Harman 

 Ptpe, and several others in which perhaps individual taste will play a large part 

 m allotting the position they should occupy hereafter. 



Miscellaneous Continental and other sorts are well represented by Chrysan:he- 

 ■W Bruant, a big golden chestnut bronze Japanese i— • ******** T^r,n 

 Acyerick, deep golden ochre yellow, with broad florets, 



lOClir V* • !,» ,, . 1 1 r t :i: „ 



incurved ; Madame Leon 



forming a good Japanese 

 incurve ~ " ~ ------ - * -- - 



fw? 1 1 — • ui <x ucnu<uc Miaue ui — » - 



, • iNoel Martin, a creamy white Japanese. Others, such as Emile Nonin, golde- 

 r;«tnut, incurved ; Comtessede Boulain Court, yellow Japanese ; Abbe Brosson, 

 ^gc white Japanese ; vunr A» 1 \\ nc r*»*tt« mev ninfc. medium size, and a few 



Te Grand Dragon is an intense yellow, and Marie Calvat is a variety possessing 

 every good feafure. General Paquie is a large orange and red coloured flower of 

 excellent form, and will be much sought for. Others very promising are Chats- 

 IS Pride of Stoke (the sportfrom Pride of Madford), George Foster, Madame 

 r^hM«itt IfaTC F« ^yne, Master Tucker, Secretaire Keren* and W. 

 t ^ ThesVa^ weeks hence and there 



up-to-date in their selection of novelties. 



Clare 



Nursery, Woking. 



P-^^ctosion, the novelty hunter may do well to keep a look out for such as M, 

 ^ iebotte, purple amaranth, Sita, Tatiana, a fine yellow La Marcadion, incurved 



Nfttf to pronounced 



Nurseries 



^ an Y nurserymen who specially identify themselves with chrysanthe 



-Mr. Norman Davis may fairly claim to be one of the most enthusiastic 



>?*cious glass 

 * dfrysanthe 



es, splendidly adapted to the flowering ot a large coiiecuuu 

 Vineries and smaller houses are all turned to the best 



_ _ mm _ — _ ^m. ^» 



.' 2»i 5fcV u trai wa >' s ' and are both interesting to the visitor as well as a lOWCe 



..." . 1 10 the owner <Z*.™ n A — i.. tn th* ennrmnus business 



* u u;Kif rt r and one who has made a name for himself in many * com- 

 An old "hibitor, and one ^ ^ mbusines<on hia own account at the 



petition, is Mr. H. ^ Wc ^ d hiro a visit there a few days ago to sec 

 Claremont Nursery, \Vok ng I** Novembe r flower with which he is so 

 what attention .was given to .tne 



^llrt^^Z tfat was good and novel from the exhibitor , 



norUt, W£g^ thrown ^ *of 



nd Fmpress, Lotd Alcester. Mis. Healc, Mrs. Coleman, 



C 1 1 Curtis, Princess of Wales, &c Anemones an<l 



« .nr case almost everywhere, are not grown >n any quanUtr for 

 pompons here^asw^ncc^^ ^ eEdo ^ ;%cIy ^ vanetwi of tbt 



eng4^J &p ^ S S^ M i Australian seedlings John Pockett is a good. 

 Among the recently ■ introa ^ gMtQ ^ 



sized Japanese n 0 f lhe world the solid, massive Austral*, Oceana, 



,n,T others frura tne same r— . certainly of Con- 



Mr. Shoesmith, for we 

 sorts as Queen 

 Miss Dorothy 



' -v»* ar r l" and llower s for the wholesale markets. I he line crops 01 



Down • ■ AHcante grapes were quite a feature of this work. Tomatos 

 ** cron. ' mm ense quantities, and early in the year green peas form one of 

 ^..1? "nder glass, which give much satisfaction. Hardy herbaceous 



dford, all well 



W ess, 



these, for wc noticed 



Perennials, 



l^ebest 



*°»^'th ( 

 ^•atnmn 



or Michaelmas daisies. 



herbaceous 

 ;e at the time of our 

 The collection is one 



•**rs 



DUn a ! ln i ineus » A - cordifolius, and a very charming variety of the latter 

 "* > A. tradescanti. A. turhinfllns. and A. obloneifolius ; these have 



Ernest Carter, very nnc-v r ^ ^ promifjng of the contineotal W"?" 01 

 Selections from •°™;_ (M i] y include a special mention of M. I . Calvat s 

 recent mv^i^ ^^ &A de Mas^, a Japanese, of a velvety purple 

 edlings, of ?^™aZL reverse ; N.C.S. Jubilee, Japanese incurved, pretty 

 .or^nth shade, and a snv«, 



