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Sevin, and Peter the Great have also lost caste in prizewinning 
society. 
Nothing very exceptional occurred in the weather of 1889. 
The summer was hot and the autumn fine, like the present 
season, which suited the growth of the plants. Cultural conditions 
were therefore normal. 
For the first time since I have kept a record Empress of India 
has been deposed, and her throne occupied by her handsome 
offspring. Golden Queen, on the contrary, has, together with 
Barbara, Mrs. Heale, Mrs. W. Shipman, and Mr. Brunlees, ex¬ 
perienced “ betterment.'” As these are all old and well tried 
varieties their promotion is presumably due to sheer merit. Of the 
two novelties of 1888, Charles Gibson has greatly and Lord 
Eversley slightly, improved in position ; but Miss Yiolet Tomlin, 
who merely tied with Angelina (48) in 1888, we now find at the 
fifteenth place, and included in twenty-five prizewinning stands. 
The most phenomenal success, however, is that of the debutante 
Miss M. A. Haggas, who in her first season has compelled “ our 
•only general ” to share his laurels with her. 
Among Japanese the changes are startling, amounting as they 
■do to a social revolution amongst the “ mums,” Avalanche having 
in three seasons risen from the bottom of the list to the top, where 
it now divides premier honours with Ralph Brocklebank, a recent 
upstart. Others novelties, such as Sunflower, Etoile du Lyon, and 
Sarah Owen have been equally triumphant, G. Daniells and 
Condor also proving themselves dangerous rivals to the older 
kinds. Indeed the fate of Jeanne Delaux, Madame C. Audiguier, 
and Comte de Germiny makes one inclined to moralise on 
the mutability of Chrysanthemum existence, and to exclaim 
sadly, “ How are the mighty fallen ! ” A remark which also applies, 
though in a lesser degree, to Belle Paule, Fair Maid, Marguerite 
Marrouch, Thunberg, Yellow Dragon, and several others. While 
of former sure prizewinners Fernand Feral and Grandiflorum 
have now disappeared from the list altogether. 
Duchess of Albany, however, again proves its sterling and 
reliable qualities by maintaining exactly the same position for 
three seasons out of four. Triomphe de la Rue des Chalets re¬ 
appears, though in reduced circumstances, after enforced absence 
in 1888, owing to the frosts of that autumn. 
In concluding my analytical remarks I cannot forbear adverting 
to the evidence afforded by these tables of how surely the new 
race of sturdy, “ stocky,” albeit somewhat coarse, growers are, in 
the struggle for show existence, ousting both the old “ mop on a 
maypole ” varieties and those with such miserable constitutions 
as Jeanne Delaux, &c.—B. D. K. 
FIRST FIFTY PRIZEWINNERS OF 1889. 
1886 | 
Position in 
1887 , 1888 
1889 
Incurved. 
No. of 
prizes. 
1886 
Posit 
1887 
Lon in 
1883 
1889 
Japanese. j 
No. of 
prizes. 
7 
2 
o 
0 
1 
Lord Alcester . » 
58 
47 
15 
1 
Avalanche . 
51 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Empress of India 
57 
... 
15 
6 
2 
Mr. Ralph Brocklebank 
51 
6 
5 
3 
3 
Queen of England 
53 
7 
8 
4 
3 
Boule d’Or . 
50 
2 
4 
2 
4 
Golden Empress 
52 
... 
44 
2 
4 
Edwin Molyneux 
48 
6 
7 
7 
5 
Alfred Salter 
40 
1 
3 
5 
5 
Jeanne Delaux 
39 
13 
15 
in 
a 
f Emily Dale (19) (■ . 
39 
2 
1 
1 
6 
Madame C. Audiguier 
39 
j Golden Queen (20) ) 
10 
4 
9 
7 
Meg Merrilies 
38 
4 
ii 
8 
7 
Princess of Wales 
37 
• • • 
... 
... 
8 
* Sud flower 
36 
5 
3 
6 
8 
Jeanne d’Arc 
35 
i 8 
7 
3 
9 
Val d’Andorre 
34 
3 
6 
5 
9 
Lord Wolseley . . . 
32 
... 
... 
22 
10 
Madame Baco . 
29 
... 
. .* 
... 
10 
Miss M. A. Haggas 
32 
6 
9 ' 
25 
11 
Japonaise 
25 
18 
13 
17 
11 
Barbara .... 
31 
35 
14 
14 
12 
Madame J. Laing 
25 
17 
18 
14 
12 
Mrs. Heale . 
31 
41 
32 
13 
13 
Gloriosum 
24 
9 
8 
12 
13 
John Salter 
30 
... 
36 
14 
Stanstead White 
24 
12 
19 
19 
14 
Princess of Teck . 
29 
3 
6 
10 
15 
Mdlle. Lacroix 
23 
.. . . 
... 
... 
15 
*Miss Violet Tomlin 
25 
• • • 
38 
20 
16 
Carew Underwood 
22 
15 
14 
15 
16 
Lady Hardinge 
23 
i ••• 
... 
17 
j Etoile de Lyon . 
21 
20 
22 
18 
17 
Mrs. W. Shipman 
22 
... 
. . • 
• . . 
18 
j Sarah Owen . 
21 
8 
10 
9 
18 
Prince Alfred 
22 
14 
2 
7 
19 
Belle Paule . 
19 
35 
35 
28 
19 
Mr. Brunlees 
20 
18 
12 
11 
20 
Baronne de Prailly . 
18 
19 
9 
30 
20 
Hero of Stoke Newington 
17 
13 
11 
8 
21 
Criterion 
18 
.-36 
17 
25 
21 
Empress Eugenie 
16 
5 
9 
12 
22 
Fair Maid of Guernsey 
18 
11 
28 
20 
22 
Nil Desperandum . 
16 
9 
10 
18 
23 
Thunberg 
17 
10 
12 
11 
23 
Jardin des Plantes . 
14 
24 
24 
21 
24 
Duchess of Albany . 
15 
25 
21 
26 
24 
Refulgence . 
14 
• • • 
• • • 
30 
25 
Mrs. J. Wright . 
15 
28 
24 
23 
25 
Princess Beatrice 
13 
. . . 
... 
... 
26 
Mons. Bernard . 
14 
14 
20 
21 
26 
Cherub.... 
12 
... 
... 
45 
27 
Mr. H. Cannell 
13 
21 
16 
13 
27 
Mr. Bunn .... 
11 
11 
5 
... 
28 
Triomphe de la rue des Chalets 
13 
31 
27 
28 
Mrs. N. Davis 
11 
... 
... 
... 
29 
George Daniels . 
11 
_ , , 
36 
29 
Charles Gibson . 
10 
20 
31 
37 
30 
Comtesse de Beauregard 
10 
• •• 
23 
16 
30 
Bronze Queen , 
7 
17 
21 
16 
31 
Marguerite Marrouch 
10 
24 
41 
31 
31 
Baron Beust . . , 
6 
... 
... 
... 
32 
Condor .... 
9 
37 
26 
37 
32 
Eve .... 
6 
26 
25 
32 
33 
Mons. J. Laing . 
9 
39 
27 
38 
33 
Mabel Ward . 
6 
' ... 
... 
26 
34 
Mons. J. M. Pigny 
9 
23 
40 
22 
34 
White Venus. 
6 
4 
13 
24 
35 
Comte de Germiny . 
8 
38 
44 
35 
35 
Guernsey Nugget 
5 
I • • • 
. . . 
38 
36 
Florence Percy 
8 
29 
25 
32 
36 
Novelty. . . . 
5 
... 
• . . 
37 
Lady T. Lawrence 
8 
40 
33 
29 
37 
Beauty .... 
4 
22 
20 
17 
38 
Yellow Dragon 
8 
47 
... 
... 
38 
Lady Carey . 
4 
... 
• • • 
... 
39 
Marsa 
7 
• • • 
41 
39 
Lord Eversley . 
4 
... 
36 
48 
40 
Mdlle. Blanche Pigny . 
7 
22 
32 
39 
40 
Prince of Wales . 
4 
27 
22 
27 
41 
Maiden’s Blush . 
7 
49 
41 
Nonpareil .... 
3 
*• • 
... 
... 
42 
Pelican.... 
7 
,,, 
49 
42 
Antonelli . . 
2 
... 
... 
... 
43 
Stanstead Surprise . 
7 
45 
43 
43 
43 
Bronze Jardi i . . . 
2 
... 
... 
42 
44 
Album Fimbriatum 
6 
46 
34 
• 44 
Golden Eagle . 
2 
16 
17 
19 
45 
Elaine 
6 
45 
H. Shoesmith . 
2 
19 
29 
31 
46 
Mons. Brunet 
6 
46 
45 
46 
Isabella Bott. 
2 
... 
... 
47 
Frederick Marrouch . 
5 
• • • 
47 
Mrs. Cullingford 
2 
... 
• • • 
48 
Mrs. Falconer Jamieson 
5 
31 
39 
48 
Mrs. G. Bundle 
~ f* 
2 
... 
ii 
49 
Mrs. H. Canned. 
5 
... 
49 
Perle Prbcieuse 
2 
... 
... 
50 
Fimbriatum . 
4 
32 
... 
42 
50 
Pink Venus . 
’ 
2 
* Won two prizes in 1888. 
* Won two prizes in 1888. 
f Won three prizes in 1888. 
\ Won five prizes in 1888. 
