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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ December 2, 1886. 
Mr. Featlierstone has already turned them to account in an excellent 
manner. His display of plants now flowering is very extensive and 
imposing, huge naturally grown bushes being laden with a profusion of 
blooms that produce a magnificent efiect. The Camellia houses are also 
something to be proud of, great luxuriant trees studded with thousands of 
buds just showing the purity of their petals. One large house is entirely 
filled with white varieties from the ground to the roof, and the flowers 
must be a little fortune to the possessor. Other houses are filled with 
splendid Palms and other plants employed in public and private decora¬ 
tions, in the carrying out of which Mr. Featherstone is extensively suc¬ 
cessfully engaged. 
Chrysanthemums at Chilwell.— One of the most extensive, 
varied, and imposing displays of Chrysanthemums to be seen in any public 
or private establishment may be inspected in the nurseries of Messrs. 
J. R. Pearson & Sons at Chilwell, Notts. The nurseries, which contain 
some of the finest glass structures to be found in trade establishments, 
are within a mile from Beeston station, this being about five oi six 
minutes by rail from Nottingham. The chief display is in a light, lofty, 
span-roofed house 100 feet by 30 feet, the plants being arranged in 
gardenesque style, a twisting path being formed through the centre, and 
another right around the house. The plants are grown in pots ranging 
in size from 8 to 18 inches, the latter containing three plants, and as they 
have been generously grown such huge floral bushes are produced that 
are not usually seen. Some of the plants have been disbudded and 
developed handsome blooms, but the majority are flowered in the natural 
style, and as tastefully arranged produced a splendid efiect. A ten- 
minutes visit did not permit an enumeration of varieties, but two or three 
stamped themselves on the memory by their freedom of flowering, rich¬ 
ness, or other quality that arrested attention. The bloom of the show 
at the time of inspection was a Japanese with the very familiar, homely, 
English name of Grandpapa, a fine full flower, with drooping florets of 
the brightest orange red imaginable. Mr. Pearson did not appear to have 
a clear idea of the origin of the variety, which was distinct from others in 
the collection, and the nearest approach to a true scarlet of any. ft 
should be tried in many gardens for testing its constancy. Very bright 
also and excellent for conservatory decoration, and affording armfuls of 
flowers for cutting, was Source d'Or. It is one of the freest and brightest, 
showing to a great advantage under artificial light. A number of plants 
not disbudded were bearing thousands of flowers. Similarly profuse was 
Alex. Dufour, purplish magenta, and the most useful of its colour for 
general decoration. William Clark was bearing soft chestnut-coloured 
blooms of immense size, and ought to prove gcod for exhibition. Two 
other nearly equally,large houses are also filled with Chrysanthemums, 
one containing all the best of the single varieties ; indeed, the collection 
of all types appears very complete, and the great display is attracting 
crowds of visitors. Chilwell, it will be remembered, is the home of the 
best Zonal Pelargoniums in cultivation, and these are now in fine condi¬ 
tion.— J. W. 
National Chrysanthemum Society. —A meeting of the Floral 
Committee of this Society took place at the Royal Aquarium on Wednes¬ 
day, the 24th inst., E. Sanderson, Esq., President, in the chair, and a good 
attendance of the members being present. A very large number of 
flowers were staged, the sitting of the Committee being a protracted one. 
The following awards were made :—First-class certificate of merit to Mr 
Wirksworth, Child wall Hall Gardens, Liverpool, for Sir R. Brocklebank, 
a very fine yellow sport from the Japanese Meg Merrilies, regarded as one 
of the very best sports of the year. To Mr. M. Sullivan, The Gardens, 
Downshire House, Roehampton, for Japanese D. B. Chapman, magenta 
rose, large, full, and handsome flower, an extra fine late variety. 
To Mr. W. E. Boyce, nurseryman, Highgate Archway, for Pompon Rubra 
perfects, rich bright chestnut, like s small Cullingfordi, regarded as inter¬ 
mediate between Cullingfordi and Bob, singularly bright in colour. To 
Mr. E. Mizen, Mitcham, for incurved Mr. Norman Davis, a very fine 
broad-petalled and handsomely incurved flower, a yellow sport from Prince ; s 
Teck, and like that a late variety. To Mr. Robert Owen, nurseryman, 
Maidenhead, for Pompon Osiris, dark amber flushed with rose towards 
the base, a charming flower of excellent form. To Messrs. Henry 
Cannell & Sons, nurserymen, Swanley, for single Japanese Marigold, 
bright red with slight flakes of white and golden centre, fine and distinct, 
for Japanese L’Or du Japon, roiy crimson base with deep gold and paler 
centre, a fine flower of great substance and distinct character ; and for 
large Anemone-flowered Mrs. William Holmes, a very pretty blush variety 
of excellent form and good size, in the way of but paler in colour than 
Prince of Anemones. To Mr. Kendall, The Gardens, Templeton House, 
Roehampton, for Japanese Moonlight, a pure white variety of the form 
and build of Madame C. Audiguier, and an excellent addition to the ex¬ 
hibition flowers. 
The following were commended Japanese Syringe, an incurved pale 
pink variety, large, full, and promising from Mr. Martin, Deptford. 
Charles Hall, a hybrid, large-flowered variety, clear pink in colour, tubular 
florets, likely to prove a good decorative Chrysanthemum ; and Iona, an 
incurved large-flowering type, a little rough as shown, the petals hand¬ 
somely fimbriated, and commended on this account, both from Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Tottenham. Chrysanthemum coronarium Cloth of Gold, with well 
formed deep yellow single flowers, from Mr. E. Owen, Maidenhead. 
October Chrysanthemums.—M r. A. Young will find William 
Holmes, Roi des Pr6coces, and Simon Delaux capital crimson varieties of 
October flowering Chrysanthemums, and make good companions to 
Madame Desgranges and G. Wermig. It may be serviceable to many 
readers if I give a list of those varieties that I consider would make a 
good collection for blooming from the middle of September to the end of 
October. It must be unperstood that I am writing upon free-flowering 
decorative varieties, and do not touch upon the numerous list of Japanese 
Chrysanthemums that are forced into bloom in October merely by being 
strongly grown in exhibition style; nor does the list include varieties 
that naturally bloom earlier than the dates mentioned. It must also be 
borne in mind that I speak from my experience as a southern grower,, 
but at the same time think that the list might be suitable for more 
northern parts if the cuttings are struck in November or December, 
instead of in February, which time I find the best for all ordinary decora¬ 
tive Chrysanthemums. 
In the following list those marked with f are for pot culture only, 
those with an * are best suited for the open ground, but all can be grown 
in pots:—* Alexandre Dufour (Japanese), purple ; *Alice Butcher (Pom¬ 
pon), orange red; fA. Villatte des Prugnes (Japanese), rosy pink; 
f Blanc Prdcoce (Japanese), white; *Blushing Bride (Pompon), lilac- 
blush; fBouquet Estival (Japanese), light purple; fDame Blanche 
(Japanese), white ; fE. G. Henderson et Son (Japanese), orange ; Elame 
(Japanese), white ; Et6 Fleuri (Japanese), light amaranth ; Fleur d’Etd 
(Japanese), light purple; *Plora (Pompon), yellow; *G. Wermig 
(Japanese), yellow ; Isidore Feral (Japanese), rose lilac ; f Lady Selborne 
(Japanese), white; Lakmd (Japanese), orange; *La Vierge (Reflexed), 
white; *Lyon (Pompon), purple; Margot (Japanese), salmon rose p 
fMandarin (Japanese), rose and cream; fMaitha Harding (Japanese), 
orange; * Madame C. Desgrange (Japanese), white; Mrs. Cullingford 
(Pompon), white ; Mdlle. Elise Durdans (Pompon), rose pink; fMdlle. 
Lacroix (Japanese), white; Mens. E. Pynaert Van Geert (Japanese), 
orange; Mons. H. Jacotot (Japanese), crimson; *Pid:ocitd (Delaux) 
(Pompon), crimson; *Roi des Prdcoces (Japanese), crimson; fRosa 
Mundi (Japanese), rose purple; Simon Delaux (Japanese), crimson p 
Soeur Melanie (Pompon), white ; f Vierge Japonaise (Japanese), white.— 
N. Davis, Camberwell. 
Chrysanthemums at Old Warden Park. —Chrysanthemums are 
now becoming very popular, and deservedly so, for what plants give more 
pleasure at this dull season of the year ? It was my good fortune to call 
at O.d Warden Park this week, and it wa3 a great pleasure to me to see 
a fine display of plants in full beauty. There were upwards of 500 pot 
plants arranged for effect. They were arranged in the early vinery and 
Peach house, forming a bank upwards of 70 feet long by 10 feet wide, 
with plants from 6 to 7 feet high at the back, and sloping down to from 
2 to 3 feet at the front, and edged with the red-berried S danum, which 
made a fine finish. It was at once patent to the practised eye that con¬ 
siderable pains had been taken in arranging the colours, which were ex¬ 
ceedingly bright and well blended. The individual blooms were not what 
may be termed exhibition blooms, because they had not been grown for 
that purpose, but simply for decoration; but we noticed some very fine 
blooms of some of the popular varieties which would have been no disgrace 
to an exhibition. I am in the habit of visiting some of the best Chrys¬ 
anthemum shows in the kingdom, but I must confess that I have not seen 
such a bright and well arranged display in any private establishment or 
in aDy public exhibition this season, and they do great credit to Mr. 
Allis and his able foreman, Mr. Charles Turner.— VISITOR. 
LAWN PLANTS. 
Evergreen trees and shrubs play an important part in the embellish¬ 
ment of grass plots. A very fine effect indeed may be produced by a 
judicious selection and arrangement of the varieties with a view to afford¬ 
ing by varied hues of foliage that interest so essential to enjoyment. 
In ornamental gardening no evergreen is at all comparable to the 
Holly. It has a peculiar fitness for geometrical arrangements from its 
submitting to be cut and kept to almost any form and size required. 
Hollies like good soil, preferably light, but will grow in any soils free 
from stagnant water. They do well in towns and on mountain slopes, 
and are suitable for growing in sunshine or in shade. Those character¬ 
istics are as marked in the varieties as in the species. The best gold 
varieties are Regina (Golden Queen) and Waterer’s; in silver, argentea 
(Silver Queen) and argentea variegata, which have bold foliage, and to 
which must be added latifolia aurea marginata. Of the small-leaved 
variegated angustifolia aurea is the best. In curious sorts Milkmaid 
(album plenum) and variegated Hedgehog (ferox foliis argenteis) are sin¬ 
gular and beautiful. The erect-growing elegantissima stricta is also very- 
fine, especially so for geometrical gardens. Of the broad-leaved Hodginsi, 
madeirensis, latifolia are the best. There are many both green and 
variegated forms which are more suitable for shrubberies than lawns. 
The Strawberry Trees (Arbutus) are very effective, but they are not to 
be recommended except for sheltered situations, and except in such are 
best omitted. Similar remarks apply to Laurustinus, they not being 
hardy except in sheltered situations. Aucubas may be named as useful, 
especially for towns, in which they succeed admirably. There is none 
finer than A. japonica, and in neat bushes of 3 or 4 feet in height is very 
beautiful, especially when covered with berries. _ . 
Box forms close symmetrical heads, best as pyramids, in which form 
they are useful in formal arrangements, but are not recommended for 
lawns. The best are Buxus sempeivirens and Handswoith broad-leaved, 
and (variegated) Variegated Tree and elegantissima. Box likes light 
soils. Double Gorse, as a lawn plant allowed to have its own way and 
