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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ January 15, 1835. 
Guernsey, which generally brings us in our northern climate well up to 
the end of December. Then comes Ethel, which is not so floriferous as 
most varieties, but is altogether indispensable, carrying us forward into the 
middle of January. This, unless strongly grown and allowed a little heat 
to develope, sometimes shows a black centre, a fault which makes the 
flower all the more charming. This variety stands for several weeks 
when cut. At this time (January 7th) we have Mrs. Charles. Carey 
coming on in a temperature of 50° to 55°, to follow Ethel and Virginale in 
the bud state to come last of all. The yellow varieties we like are Mr. 
Glenny, Mrs. Dixon, Golden CedoNulli, and that most beautiful Japanese 
variety, Peter the Great. The only really good crimson variety is Julie 
Lagravere. We are still cutting this from out-of-door plants growing on 
a mound by a sheltered wall. 
Chrysanthemums are such good-natured plants that under very 
different modes of treatment success may in the end be secured. For 
instance, very different times for taking cuttings and modes of striking 
are recommended. I find they do well at any time from December until 
April. We have already a large batch rooted. The main point we look 
to is to keep the plants so cool until they can be placed out of doors 
that scarcely any growth is made until that time arrives. Another 
point I insist on is a simple compost of pure fibreless loam and cow 
manure to pot them in, and that to be rammed as firmly into the pots as 
possible. Then there must be no stint of water at any time, and manurial 
help is indispensable as soon as the roots have taken well to the soil. We 
had our past season’s stock growing in 4-inch pots up to the second week 
of August, and I am convinced that by no other treatment as regards 
compost, mode of potting, and watering would these plants have been 
worth further attention. Then for several seasons we have surface- 
dressed the pots at the time of housing, and this, with plenty of water 
and with artificial heat as required to keep the plants in continuous 
growth, brings out the flower-producing qualities of the plants to the 
highest point. Plants for lat-r flowering should be kept quite cool until it 
ie time to bring on the flowers, then place the tops of the plants near to 
the glass, and allow a low stove temperature to open the flowers fully. 
As to the size of the pot that is a matter of slight importance. We had 
plants quite as good this season in 6-inch pots as in any other. Some 
complain about the foliage falling from the stems in the case of late- 
dowering sorts. There is no good reason for this, and we have the 
foliage quite as fresh and fine now as in October.—R. P. B. 
Late-flowering Chrysanthemums. — Some inquiries have been 
made lately regarding late flowering Chrysanthemums, and on page 7 
Mr. Orchard recommends Ceres and says it will keep until Christmas. I 
do not know this variety, but we have a variety here which does not open 
its flowers before Christmas. To-day (January 5th) it has only two or 
three fully expanded blooms. The variety is Splendens, and is described 
in catalogues as yellow tinged with red, very late, and the plant we have 
fully answers to this description. I cannot say whether the climate 
(Perthshire) has any great influence in causing this variety to bloom so 
late or not, and I will be happy to hear the experience of others who know 
it. Our other sorts are just past and will be cut down in a day or two.—• 
W. Little. 
The National Chrysanthemum Society. —Mr. W. Holmes, Hon. 
Secretary of the above Society, sends the following general conditions of 
affiliation of local and provincial Societies : — 
1, That every affiliated Society pay an annual affiliation fee of half a 
guinea. 
2, That the medals of the National Chrysanthemum Society be supplied 
to affiliated Societies at ost price, also two certificates annually, free of 
charge ; and, in addition, each affiliated Society shall have the right to 
elect one of its members to the General Committee of the National Chrys¬ 
anthemum Society, who shall be entitled to two free tickets of admission 
to the annual Exhibition. Each affiliated Society shall be supplied with 
an official catalogue of Chrysanthemums free of charge for the use of its 
Committee. 
3, That the medals, in morocco case, be supplied at cost price as 
follows :—Gold medal, £5 5s.; silver medal, 15s. 6 d .; bronze medal, 8s. 
Each medal to be l^-inch diameter. 
4, That the Society’s medals and certificates be awarded only for 
classes for specimen plants or cut blooms of Chrysanthemums. 
5, That those Chrysanthemums bracketed as synonyms in the National 
catalogue cannot be exhibited in the same stand, and that being so shall 
be a disqualification in all classes in which the Society’s medals are 
offered. 
6, Subject to the foregoing requlations, the Committee of an affiliated 
Society is at liberty to offer the medals and certificates a3 they think most 
advisable. 
7, That no Society will be considered to have become affiliated until 
it has received the sanction of the General Committee of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society. 
8, That each affiliated Society shall pay the amount of the affiliation 
fee by March 1st, and as early in the year as possible furnish the follow¬ 
ing information to the Secretary of the National Chrysanthemum Society :— 
1, The number of medals required for the current year. 
3, The full title of the Society. 
3, The name and full address of the Secretary or Secretaries, and also 
of the members elected to the General Committee of the National 
Society. 
4, The names of the winners of the Society’s medals at the previous 
year’s Show, and for what exhibits awarded. 
5, The date on which the next Show of the Society will be held. 
6, A copy of the schedule of prizes of the affiliated Society_ to be 
sent to the Secretary of the National Chrysanthemum Society as 
so»n as possible. 
IN SCOTLAND. 
Perth is easily and quickly reached from Crieff, a branch line con¬ 
necting these towns, so that in journeying northwards from Stirling the 
tour of the Crieff district can be made en route, and in proceeding thence 
several other good gardens could be visited before arriving in the fair 
town on the banks of the Tay. For instance, this would be the most 
convenient mode of including Methven Castle in a tour through Perthshire, 
which I had hoped to do, for my instructions stated on the best authority 
that it was well worth a visit. The frank and hearty gardener, Mr. P. 
Wbitton, I had the pleasure of meeting, hut time unfortunately would 
not permit me to extend that pleasure by a call at the establishment under 
his charge. My next destination was Perth, and thither accordingly I 
proceeded without further delay. When entering this old and celebrated 
town by rail a very imperfect idea is formed of its attractions and the 
surrounding scenery, and it is not until the visitor has climbed one of the 
Fig. 8.—Araucaria imbricata at Dupplin Castle. 
several hills near it that he can perceive its beauty and fully appreciate 
the almost affectionate pride with which it is regarded by natives. Scot¬ 
land’s great novelist refers to it in most suitable terms, and equally a3 fine 
prospects as that he so eloquently describes can be obtained from several 
positions. “ One of the most beautiful points of view which Britain, or 
perhaps the world can afford, i°, or rather we may say was, the prospect 
from a spot called the Wicks of Baiglie, being a species of niche, at which 
the traveller arrived after a long stage from Kinross, through a waste and 
uninteresting country, and from which, as forming a pas3 over the summit 
of a ridgy eminence which he had gradually surmounted, he beheld, 
stretching beneath him, the valley of the Tay, traversed by its ample 
and lordly stream ; the town of Perth, with its two large meadows or 
Inches, its steeples and its towers ; the hills of MoncriefE and Kinnoul 
faintly rising into picturesque rocks, partly clothed with woods ; the rich 
margin of the river, studded with elegant mansions ; and the distant view 
of the huge Grampian mountains, the northern screen of this exquisite 
landscape.” 
The town itself also teems with historical interest. In its immediate 
neighbourhood is the wonderfully fertile Carse o’Gowrie, while the 
valleys of the Tay and the Earn abound in beautiful estates and well- 
kept gardens, many of which would amply repay a horticulturist for a 
visit. My selection had, however, to be a most rigid one, and the day at- 
my disposal would enable me to include but two establishments in my 
round—namely, Scone Palace and Dupplin Castle, for they are in oppo¬ 
site directions, several miles outside the town. For the arrangement of 
several important details in my little programme I was indebted to the 
kindness of Mr. Macdonald of the Refreshment Room*, Perth Station, 
who is an ardent lover of Orchids, and not an admirer only, but a suc¬ 
cessful cultivator, his collection bearing the well-deserved reputat on of 
being one of the best in this part of Scotland. Like his friend, Dr. 
Paterson, he has also not been contented with enjoying his favourites 
himself, but he has made numerous converts, an 1 several increasing 
collections owe their origin to his enthusiasm. 
DUPPLIN CASTLE. 
In journeying by rail between Stirling and Perth the traveller cannot 
fail to notice on the northern side the grandly wo'ded estate of the Earl of 
