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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[ October 26, 1893. 
W. Tricker, Florence Davis, and of new ones Chas. Blick, Col. Smith, 
\V. Seward, J. Shrimpton, Beauty of Exmouth, Lord Brooke, Mrs. 
C. H. Payne, and Chas. Davis. The incurved are also most promising, 
and include Queens, Princess, and sports, Mons. R. Bahuant, Jeanne 
d’Arc, Madame Darrier, Baron Hirsch, Ami Hoste, and Madame 
F. Mistral. 
Alleeton Beeches, 
There are about 340 plants grown here, and Mr. Edwards will doubtle.ss 
give a good account of himself this season. The plants are dwarf and 
healthy. The incurved are likely to produce good dowers, the Princess 
family, Baron Hirsch (grand), Lucy Kendall, and Vice-President Jules 
Barigny being very good. The Japanese are splendid, the best being 
Stanstead White (superb), Mrs. F. Jameson, Mrs, Irving Clarke, 
E. Molyneux, G. C. Schwabe, the newer ones being Chas. Davis (grand), 
Lord Brooke, Beauty of Exmouth, Alcazar, Majestic, W. Seward, John 
Shrimpton, Kentish Yellow, Miss Watson, Mrs. Hubback, Viscountess 
Hambledon, Col. W. B. Smith, aad Primrose League. 
Dove Paek, Woolton. 
Mr. Carling has 300 or 400 plants, the finest being Viviand Morel, 
Mrs. F. Jameson, La Verseau, E. Molyneux, W. H. Lincoln, Florence 
Davis, W, Tricker, Mdlle. Marie Hoste, and Mons. Bernard : and in the 
newer section Charles Davis, Colonel W. B. Smith, Princess May, Princess 
Victoria, G. W. Childs, Ruth Cleveland, W, Seward, J. Shrimpton, Lord 
Brooke, and Beauty of Castlewood. Incurved varieties include Princess 
and Queen families, also Jardin des Plantes, Lord Wolseley, Baron 
Hirsch, Alfred Lyne, a useful sport from Novelty ; and Madame Frederic 
Mistral. 
Camp Hill, Woolton. 
Mr. Jellicoe has grown about 600 plants. The Japanese are 
strong, and give great ])romise of superb flowers. The best are Bouquet 
des Dames, Mrs. F. Jameson, W. Tricker, Etoile de Lyon, Gloire du 
Rocher, Viviand Morel, Puritan, Mrs. E. W. Clarke, Florence Davis, 
W. K. Woodcock ; and of the newer ones Robert Owen, Ruth Cleveland, 
Mrs. C. H. Payne, Princess May, G. C. Schwabe, Lily Measures, Mr. G. 
Herring, J. Shrimpton, Mrs. E. D, Adams, Beauty of Exmouth, William 
Seward, and Charles Hubback. Amongst the incurved thirty plants 
of Mons. R. Bahuant in different stages are conspicuous. Baron Hirsch 
is also well grown, the blooms being large and massive. The Queen and 
Princess types are all with good clean buds. Amie Hoste, Madame 
Darrier, Jeanne d’Arc, and Madame F. Mistral are fine. 
Mr. Jellicoe had pieces of clean white tiffany stretched about 1 foot 
from the roof over all his best blooms. He fully believes that damping 
is prevented by doing this, and I can fully bear him out, for there was 
not a decayed pe’al. Those not covered damp badly. 
Hillside, Alleeton. 
Three hundred plants are grown here, and very promising they look 
but are rather late. Queens and Princess types are fine, particularly the 
latter. Hero of Stoke Newington is very good. The best Japanese are 
W. Tricker, Gloire du Rocher, Puritan, Mrs. F. Jameson, Mdlle. Marie 
Hoste, Felix Cassogneau, J. T. Kendall, Beauty of Exmouth, and Le 
Verseau. If Mr. Healey can get h’s best blooms out he will be hard to 
beat. I noticed here a fine reflexed variety named Mr. M. Sullivan. 
Elm Hall, Waveeteee. 
Mr. J. Bracegirdle grows 350 plants. The best incurved are Princess 
of Wales, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Heale, and Miss Haggas all rightly 
timed ; Alf. Salter, John Lambert, and Mons. R. Bahuant are cer¬ 
tain to turn out well. I fear he will be a little weak in the 
Japanese as regards numbers, but substantial buds unfolding were 
Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. F. Jameson, Boule d’Or, Florence Davis, Puritan, 
G. C. Schwabe (extra), W. Tricker, Etoile de Lyon, Viviand Morel, Mrs. 
J. Clarke, Mrs. J. S. Dibben, E. Molyneux, and Col. VV. B. Smith. 
Reflexed were the most likely to pull him up a great deal, being extia 
good, 
Mossley House, Mossley Hill. 
Mr. Heaney here grows 300 plants, most of them being dwarf, and 
carrying grand massive buds. The Japanese particularly fine are Mrs. 
F. Jameson, Mrs. E. W. Clarke, Mrs. C. H. Payne (splendid), Miss 
Anna Hartshorn, Florence Davis, Boule d’Or, W. Tricker, G. C. Schwabe, 
Viviand Morel, W. Seward, J. Shrimpton, La Verseau, Harry May, 
Princess May, Chas. Blick, Puritan, Louis Boehmer, Col. W. B, Smith, 
Chas. Davis, J. Stanborough Dibben (extra good), Silver King, and 
Robert Owen. The incurved are just as good ; Queens and Princess 
types fine, as also were Madame F. Mistral, Madame Darrier, Mons. 
R. Bahuant, Jeanne d’Arc, and Baron Hirch. 
Caldeestones. 
Although not an exhibitor now, Mr. Tunnington’s w'ork is always 
worthy of a note. This year he has the finest of plants and not so early as 
many supposed they would be. He is the same opinion as others, that the 
early buds of the Queen family will be very coarse, and it will be from 
terminal buds that the best exhibition flowers will be produced. The 
older varieties of incurved and Japanese are looking well. Baron 
Hirsch is splendid, and praised by all who see it. He thinks it will 
have to be grown on terminal buds for show purposes, owing to its being 
inclined to come early. Lucy Kendall is a good yellow sport from Mrs. 
Heale, but he fears confusion with it and Miss Haggas. In Japanese 
Eda Prass is proving a good variety. Waban on early buds forms “ hen 
and chicken ” flowers ; but late buds are opening well, as is also Beauty 
of Exmouth, the same remark applying to William Seward. C. B. 
Withnal is very promising. J. T. Kendall and R. C. Kingston are 
showing remarkably fine flowers ; and Mrs. A. Jacobs, a yellow sport 
from Madame Baco, promises well. Mr. Tunnington shares exactly the 
same opinion as Mr. Jellicoe regarding the vexed question of damping, 
believing that tiffany spread over the opening buds will prevent it, for 
on a damp morning the tiffany may be seen hanging with beads of damp, 
which would otherwise fall upon the flowers.—R. P. R. 
Notes on Peize Schedules. 
At the time of writing I have before me a list of ninety Chrys¬ 
anthemum Exhibitions to be held within the space of exactly four 
weeks, commencing with Havant, October 27th, and finishing with Eccles 
November 24th. As some readers have not an opportunity of inspecting 
the schedules of prizes of the various meetings I purpose making a brief 
reference to the manner of offering the principal awards at what are 
termed the leading Shows. 
As before remarked, Havant opens the Exhibition season on 
October 27th. Portsmouth follows next on the 31st. this Exhibition 
being held in one of the finest halls in the kingdom. The prizes offered 
for competition are excellent, and some magnificent blooms are usually 
seen at Portsmouth. The principal class is that for forty-eight cut 
blooms, half Japanese and the remainder incurved, eighteen varieties 
being required in each section. Prizes of £10, £7, £5, and £3 are 
offered. As much as £5 for first is offered for twenty-four blooms in 
another class. Chrysanthemums in pots, both trained and in groups, 
receive liberal encouragement also. 
Kent County Show, held in the Rink at Blackheath on November 1st, 
is considered one of the best of the London Exhibitions. £10 are offered 
as first prize for best thirty-six blooms, half incurved and the remainder 
Japanese. Amateur classes are provided liberally, the prizes being quite 
adequate in every respect. On the same date the annual Exhibition is 
held in the Grand Stand at Ascot. In addition to cut blooms section groups 
of Chrysanthemums are here seen at their best. The cultivators in the 
neighbourhood make a special study of this system. On Friday, 
November 3rd, the Crystal Palace Show opens. As it does not clash 
with any other important meeting in the south it is certain to be well 
attended by southern exhibitors. As is usual, the prizes are substantial 
and the classes easily filled. 
The succeeding week is a busy one ; no less than eleven shows are 
held on Tuesday, November 7th, and the same number on the following 
day. Foremost comes the Exhibition of the National Chrysanthemum 
Society at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. No less than forty-four 
classes are provided for cut blooms alone. As first prize the challenge 
trophy and £10 are offered as usual to horticultural societies for 
competition, and is certain to induce a spirited contest. The “ Holmes ” 
Memorial challenge cups are for incurved and Japanese blooms in separate 
classes. In addition £7 are added in each case for the premier award. 
No doubt the finest blooms available will be staged in these classes. 
Extremely handsome prizes are offered in many other classes. A silver 
cup and £4 for twenty-four distinct blooms in the Japanese section as 
first prize should induce a keen competition. The Exhibition at 
Kingston also opens on the same day. The interest here is increased by 
the fact of its being the final year for competition of the challenge vase 
offered in 1890, it having been won by three separate persons during 
that time. In addition a new vase is offered of the same value, 25 
guineas, as the older one, which will provide attraction to visitors and 
exhibitors alike. For twenty-four varieties of incurved blooms a silver 
cup, value 5 guineas, along with the cash prize of £3, is offered. The 
conditions binding the competitors in the challenge vase classes are 
deserving of note. The whole forty-eight blooms are confined to the 
incurved and Japanese sections, but they must be distinct. Many 
societies allow duplicates to be employed in halt-a-dozen instances, but 
with such a rapidly increasing list of varieties these large classes ought 
to be distinct. The interest is carried northwards on the 9th to 
Birkenhead, on the 10th to Bradford and Derby, all of which can boast 
of successful meetings. 
Exeter, on November 10th, deserves a mention. Some of the finest 
Japanese blooms in the south of England invariably find their way here. 
Batley, Bacup, and Crewe prefer Saturday exhibitions. In all of these 
districts Chrysanthemums are really well grown. Plymouth opens its 
Show for the second season on the 14th, and £33 are offered in one 
class for forty-eight blooms, £15 going to the first prizewinner. No 
less than fifteen shews are set down for the following day, November 15th, 
including Bristol, Birmingham, Hull, Reading, York, and Winchester. 
The first-named place has long been famed for the trained plants. 
Birmingham is an important meeting. The prizes for incurved blooms 
are good ; £10 is the sum for the premier award in tw'enty-four distinct 
varieties. Six prizes are offered in this particular class. The same con¬ 
ditions apply to the Japanese section. In other classes £3 is offered 
for the best eighteen incurved blooms, and the same for Japanese. 
At Hull the prizes are of the usual liberal character. For twenty- 
four incurved blooms £10 and a silver cup as well is offered for first 
prize Qcide Journal of Jlorticiolture, October 12tb, page 339). In the 
premier Japanese class the prizes are the same as in the former. A new 
class is provided, with a view to introducing a fresh method of arrang¬ 
ing Japanese blooms. A table space of 6 feet by 2 feet 6 inches is 
allowed to each competitor for the twenty-four Japanese blooms stipu¬ 
lated for. Plants have their share of patronage. 
The Scottish Exhibition opens at Edinburgh on November IGth, and 
handsome prizes are offered in the leading classes. Bolton, Stockport, 
