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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ November 13, 1890. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETIES AND SHOWS. 
The following list has been prepared at the request of numerous 
correspondents, who have supplied us with the particulars here given, 
and it will, no doubt, be found useful by many who are concerned with 
exhibitions during November. The name of the society, date of show, 
with the Secretary’s name and address are given in that order. 
Banbury, 19th Nov. ; H. F. Bennett, 46, High Street, Banbury 
Bath, November 12th and 13th ; B. Pearson, 14, Neilson Street 
Batley and District, Nov. 22nd ; John T. Booth, Batley 
Bedford, Nov. 19th and 20th ; J. Sanders Clarke, 49, Linden 
Road 
Bedford and Bedfordshire Chrysanthemum Society, Nov. 19th and 20th; 
Oliver C. Coombs, 28, Mill Street, Bedford 
Birmingham and Midland Counties, Nov. 12th and 13th ; J. Hughes, 
Northwood Villas, Metchley Lane, Harborne, Birmingham 
Bournemouth, Nov. 12th and 13th; Charles Brown Carnarvon, 
Cavendish Road 
Bristol, Nov. 13th and 14th; F. Wilford Jones, Hill Avenue, Totterdown, 
Bristol 
Cardiff and District, Nov. 18th and 19th ; C. R. Waldron, 96, St. Mary 
Street, Cardiff 
Chelmsford, Nov. 12th and 13th ; P. Edwards, 100 High Street 
Cheshunt, Nov. 14th and 15th ; R. Archer, Hatton Road 
Chorley, Nov. 21st and 22nd ; James Sargeant, 64, Market Street, 
Chorley 
Cornwall Royal Polytechnic, Nov. 12tb, 13th and 14th; John P. 
Cregoe, 7, Tehidy Terrace, Falmouth 
Cranbrookand Weald of Kent, Nov. 13th and 14th ; Albert Baker, The 
Hill, Cranbroob, Kent 
Crediton, Nov. 13th ; G. Lock, Belle Parade Cottage, Crediton 
Dawlish, Nov. 13th ; H. L. Friend, 3, Priory Terrace, Dawlish 
Derby, Nov. 14th and 15th; G. Sutherland, Arboretum Square 
Devon and Exeter, November 7th ; G. D t Cann, 16, Queen Street, 
Exeter 
Diss (Norfolk), Nov. 18th ; Rev. F. Page Roberts, Scole Rectory 
Eccles, Patricroff, and Pendleton, Nov. 14th and 15th ; H. Huber, 
183, Worsley Road, Winton, Patricroft . 
Green Street and District, Nov. 19th and 20th ; W. G. Ray, Mount 
Pleasant Nursery, Green Street, near Sittingbourne 
Guildford, Nov. 12th and 13th; Arthur Jupp, Greencroft, Stoke, Guild¬ 
ford. 
Hampstead, Nov. 12th and 13th; Robert Frisby, 47, Flask Walk, 
Hampstead, N.W. 
Hartlepool, Nov. 18th and 19th ; B. C. Laycock, 147, Studley Road, 
West Hartlepool 
Hitchin, Nov. 14th and 18th ; Pearson T. Harris 
Hull and East Riding, Nov. 19th and 20th ; Edward Harland and James 
Dixon, Manor Street, Hull and 2, County Buildings, Hull 
Kettering, November 14th and 15th; H. T. Fa veil, 8, Mill Road, 
Kettering 
Kingston-on-Thames, Nov. 11th and 12th ; G. Woodgate, Warren House 
Gardens 
Leicester and Midland, Nov. 14th and 15th; H. F. Anthony and E. E. 
Waite, Knighton Church Road, South Knighton, and 12, Diseworth 
Street, Melbourne Road, Leicester 
Liverpool, Nov. 18th and 19th; E. Bridge, 3, Cedar Terrace, Tarbock 
Road, Huyton 
National Society.—Great Festival, Nov. 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th ; 
R. Dean, Frampton Park Nurseries, Hackney 
Norfolk and Norwich, Nov. 20th and 21st; John E. T. Pollard, 7, Lady’s 
Lane, Norwich 
Northamptonshire, Nov. 12th and 13th ; E. Draper, 2, Primrose Hill, 
Northampton 
Ramsbottom, Nov. 15th ; H. H. Nutter, 14, Crow Lane, Ramsbottom, 
near Manchester 
Rugby, Nov. 19th and 20th ; William Bryant 
Scarborough, Dec. 2nd and 3rd ; Thomas Henry Pexton, 136, North 
Marine Road, Scarborough 
Scottish Horticultural, Nov. 20th, 21st, and 22nd ; R. B. Ferguson, 
6, South St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh 
Southend-on-Sea, Nov. 13th and 14th ; John Brown, Recko House, 
Hamlet, Southend-on-Sea, Essex 
Street, Nov. 14th and 15th ; A. D. Porter, Street, Somerset 
Swansea, Nov. 19th and 20th ; Messrs. T. Kneath and W. Roberts 
Taunton, Nov. 13th ; Edgar Poynter, Castle Green, Taunton 
Teddington, Nov. 13th and 14th ; David Anderson, The Nursery 
Tiverton, Nov. 20th; R. P. Cosway, Lime Cottage, Tiverton 
Tunbridge Wells, Mid-Kent, and East Sussex, Nov. 12th and 13th • 
Ernest Charlton, 37, Ye Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells 
Twickenham, Nov. 18th and 19th ; J. J. G. Pugh, 2, Heath Road 
Wellington (Somerset), Nov. 14th ; Charles Tite, Shutes House, Welling¬ 
ton, Somerset 
Westerham, Nov. 19th and 20th ; Frank George Remnant, High 
Street 
Wimbledon and District, Nov. 13th and 14th ; Dr. Geo. Walker, 12, 
Lingfiold Road, and W. W. Thomson, The Nurseries, Hill Road, 
Wimbledon 
Winchester, Nov. 13th and 14th ; Chaloner Shenton, 74, High Street, 
Winchester 
Yeovil, Nov. 19th ; E. H. Oakley, Eason Terrace, Yeovil 
York, Nov. 19th, 20th, and 21st; J. Lazenby, 8, Spurriergate 
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM IN TASMANIA. 
[A Paper by Mrs. Marian Thrower, Representative of the Northern Horticultural Society 
of Tasmania, read at the National Chrysanthemum Society's Conference, Royal 
Aquarium, Westminster, November 11th, 1890.] 
Tasmania is so small a speck upon the surface of the globe, and is 
so remote from the British Islands, that it is perhaps not very surprising 
that a great many persons in England know nothing more about it than 
that such a place actually exists, and some have vague ideas that the 
inhabitants thereof are still aboriginals, with little or no civilisation. It 
is a matter for no little surprise when such individuals learn that Tas¬ 
manians keep pace as far as possible with all movements which interest 
their fellow subjects in England, and I can safely assert that in no part 
of the Australasian group is the culture of the Chrysanthemum carried 
on with so much zeal and success as it is in the colony, one of whose- 
leading horticultural societies I have the honour to represent at thi© 
Centenary Festival. 
Tasmania possesses a climate which appears to be especially favourable 
to the growth of the Chrysanthemum, being devoid of great extremes of 
heat and cold, and when the knowledge of its culture shall have been as- 
completely mastered there as it has been by the growers in England, I 
do not think I am over-sanguine in predicting that it is there it will yet be 
seen to the greatest perfection. And as it can only be by experience¬ 
extending over some years that this knowledge can be acquired, it will 
naturally be some time before our happiest results can be achieved. 
You in England are celebrating the centenary of the Chrysan¬ 
themum, whilst we, as a colony, have not yet reached so venerable an 
age. It cannot, therefore, be expected that we have arrived very far 
beyond the initiatory stages of Chrysanthemum lore, but that we are 
progressing with rapid strides must be acknowledged by anyone who 
could compare notes between the position occupied by the flower in the 
year 1886 and that to which it has attained in 1890. It is only four 
years ago since the first actual Chrysanthemum exhibition was held in 
Northern Tasmania. It is true that for many years previously the- 
flowers held a subordinate position in the schedule at the autumn flower 
shows, when very frequently no entries at all were made, for there was 
never any competition in this class among amateurs, and our pro¬ 
fessional gardeners held it go little in esteem that when at length the- 
tide of popular favour set in so strongly that they could no longer 
ignore it, the result was that they found themselves quite or nearly as 
much in the dark as to the best method of culture to be adopted in our 
far off land as were the most inexperienced amateurs. Then recourse 
was had by both professionals and amateurs to the best English authori¬ 
ties upon Chrysanthemum culture, and although much light was thus- 
obtained it may easily be understood that the rules which apply to the 
English seasons and climate are not applicable to those of Tasmania. 
In the year 1886, as I have mentioned, our first Chrysanthemum 
show was held in Launceston, it having been rather hastily improvised, 
by Mr. Ernest Whitfield, who must be regarded as the founder of our 
now flourishing autumn exhibitions ; this gentleman is now President 
and Honorary Secretary of the Society represented by me upon the 
present occasion. The flowers which were exhibited at this initial Show 
were not grown upon the principles since followed with exhibition 
plants, having been allowed to grow in the natural way ; but as most of 
those who contributed specimens upon that occasion were amateurs 
who, learning through the English horticultural press of the successful 
results which rewarded the efforts of growers of the Chrysanthemum 
“ at home,” as England is always known by us, had imported many fine 
varieties which had until then been quite unknown in Tasmania, it was- 
seen that a wide and interesting field was open to those who would 
venture to explore it. The immediate consequence of our first 
Chrysanthemum show was an increased desire upon the part of amateurs 
to improve their collections and to learn something of the methods 
which would ensure successful culture ; at that time less than 100 
varieties had found their way to Tasmania, now there is no colony in 
Australasia which grows so many. Quickly succeeding the establishment 
of Chrysanthemum shows in Launceston the kindred associations in all 
the northern provincial towns followed our lead, so that the “ queen of 
autumn flowers” may now be said to have a very firm footing in our 
island. The affiliation of the Northern Horticultural Society of Tas¬ 
mania with the National Chrysanthemum Society may be considered as 
marking a new era in its history, and that its future will be a prosperous 
and eventful one can scarcely be doubted. 
The culture of the Chrysanthemum in Tasmania can scarcely be 
followed upon the lines which obtain in England. With us pot-grown 
plants find little favour, except as bush specimens or for decora¬ 
tive purposes; the great interest of our exhibitions always centres 
around the cut specimens. For this purpose we have found that culture 
in the open ground gives the most satisfactory results. It may not be 
altogether uninteresting to learn how Tasmanian growers proceed when 
raising plants. Many strike the cuttings which are taxen from the 
first young growth which arises from the stools of plants which are left 
in the ground after they have been cut down, and these, when the cer¬ 
tainty of having propagated sufficiently is assured, are then removed 
and thrown away. Some growers strike their cuttings in small pots, 
keeping them in a cool, close frame for ten days or a fortnight, while 
