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was continued until a late hour, and great interest was evinced in the 
proceedings. Miss Mackie’s Chrysanthemums have been open to the 
inspection of the public, and the privilege so kindly accorded has been 
highly appreciated. 
Ayrshire Chrysanthemum Show. 
We understand that a proposal has been made to provide a silver 
•cup for competition at the Chrysanthemum Show of the Ayrshire Horti¬ 
cultural Society next year. This is to encourage the cultivation of 
Chrysanthemums in that district. 
Sport from Mrs. H. Cannell. 
I am sending you by this post a bloom of Chrysanthemum, a yellow 
sport from Mrs. H. Caunell. Kindly inform me if it is new. It has all 
the properties of Mrs. H. Cannell, and is a late bloomer, which is a great 
advantage.—W. E. Tidy. 
[Your primrose sport from Mrs. H. Cannell is certainly worth 
growing well. The colour is very pleasing, and the florets broad and 
smooth. We have seen very similar blooms of Mis 3 Kate Mursell, a 
sport from Lady Lawrence.] 
Chrysanthemum Richard Parker. 
I have not seen this variety exhibited anywhere this autumn, nor 
have I noticed any account of it being shown, not even before the Floral 
Committee of the N.C.S. Richard Parker was sent out last spring at 
the high price of 10s. 6d. each plant, with a glowing description ; but 
with me I cannot see any difference between that variety and Miss 
M. A. Haggas. Have any of your readers seen good blooms of it ?—G. F. 
[We have reason to believe that many Chrysanthemum growers do 
not consider Richard Parker and Miss M. A. Haggas sufficiently distinct.] 
Queen Sport. 
I have sent for your inspection three flowers of Chrysanthemums 
cut from one plant. Will you kindly say if No. 2 is worth keeping, as it 
seems to me to be distinct from Queen of England and Empress of India? 
No. 3 can only be a curious freak, and the peculiarity would presumably 
not be perpetuated. No. 1 is from the original.— Wm. Grix. 
[No. 1 is the true Queen. No. 2 is a larger, a very delicate flesh-tinted 
bloom with narrow florets, distinct, but of doubtful value ; still, it might 
be fixed with the view to testing its character. No. 3 is half Empress 
of India, pure and good ; the other half not Queen of England, but 
Alfred Salter in its best colour. Four varieties were, therefore, presented 
by this sportive plant and all distinct. 1, The Queen (original) ; 2, the 
tinted sport ; 3, Empress of India ; 4, Alfred Salter ; both varieties 
clearly defined from the same receptacle. It may be added that Alfred 
Salter was a sport from the Queen of England.] 
Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Show. 
The magnificent silver cup, presented by the magistrates and Council 
of the city to the Scottish Horticultural Association for competition at 
the Chrysanthemum Show recently held in the Waverley Market, and 
won by Mr. R. Parker, gardener to Mr. J. Corbett, M.P., Impney Hall, 
Droitwich, Worcester, is circular in form, with two massive handles. 
The body is fluted, and in the front and back there are shields bearing 
respectively the arms of the Association and the following inscription 
u Presented by the Magistrates and Council of the City of Edinburgh to 
the Scottish Horticultural Association. The Right Honourable James 
Alexander Russell, Lord Provost.—November 1892.” The cup was 
specially designed and manufactured by Messrs. Brook & Son, goldsmiths 
to the Queen, 87, George Street, Edinburgh. 
Premier Blooms. 
These are always objects of special interest at Chrysanthemum shows, 
and wherever selected are considered as highly honoured by the possessors. 
In some shows these classes have fallen into disuetude, notably as I 
learn for the reason that it is found the awards invariably go to exhibi¬ 
tors of the prize collections. That is, of course, natural. At one large 
suburban show an effort has been made to revive the premier bloom 
class, and, to give every exhibitor a chance, it is proposed that, beyond the 
flowers in the respective cut bloom classes, it be open for anyone to 
stage a single bloom for the premier competition. It is proposed to have 
flowers on plants, as it is difficult for judges to compare these with other 
blooms. It may be that some growers who have not enough good flowers 
to compete in an ordinary class yet can show one bloom of exceptional 
merits.—D. 
English-grown Blooms for New Zealand. 
To reciprocate the services of Mr. J. Earland, Wellington, who sent 
Chrysanthemum blooms frozen in ice for exhibition in this country 
early in the autumn, the National Chrysanthemum Society have, 
through Mr. R. Ballantine, made arrangements for sending some English- 
grown flowers to New Zealand. Twelve of the best Japanese blooms 
were selected from the forty-eight, which secured Mr. W. Herbert 
Fowler, Taunton, the first prize at the recent Royal Aquarium Exhibi¬ 
tion, and a similar number of incurved flowers from Mr. W. Mease 
gardener to A. Tate, Esq., Downside, Leatherhead, and shown at 
Kingston. These were, under the guidance of Mr. Kaye, the manager 
of the Blackfriars Cold Storage Works, placed with the cups and tubes 
in zinc vessels (one bloom in each), 15 inches in depth and wide enough 
to admit of 3 inches of water being around the blooms. They we°re 
then frozen, which process occupied four days, and the vessels were 
packed in sawdust in strong wooden cases, which are being despatched 
to the Antipodes. It is expected that the blooms will reach New 
Zealand in time to be exhibited at the Wellington Chrysanthemum 
Society’s Show in April. 
Frozen Blooms to New Zealand, 
What the Committee of the National Chrysanthemum Society are 
just now doing in sending out frozen Chrysanthemum blooms to New 
Zealand, shows what it is possible for private traders to do if they 
wish in Dahlias, Roses, Gladioli, Begonias, and many similar flowers. 
Who can tell what possibilities of future trade may not be found in this 
method of sending sample flowers immense distances? The N.C.S. 
Committee have been very fortunate in sending a batch of first-class 
blooms. The Mayor of Taunton, Mr. Fowler, had had the best, though 
not the biggest, Japanese this year, and Mr. Mease of Downside had 
had some of the best incurved flowers grown. It would be specially 
interesting to be with our antipodal friends when they see these 
examples.—D. 
Chrysanthemum House in Finsbury Park. 
We are informed that the Parks Committee of the London County 
Council have considered it desirable to erect a structure as a show house 
for Chrysanthemums in Finsbury Park. It is stated that £1000 will be 
spent on the building. Similar houses should be erected in many of the 
other parks where Chrysanthumums are grown. 
Visitors at Battersea Park, 
During the annual Show of Chrysanthemums at this park, which 
closed on November 26th, the number of visitors reached the enormous 
total of slightly over 39,900, the greatest number in one day being 5890. 
These figures show an increase over last year’s total of 11,500, which is 
most creditable to Mr. Coppin, who provided a magnificent display. 
Unfortunately the structure is totally inadequate, and it would be a 
highly appreciated boon to thousands if the London County Council 
could provide better accommodation. 
Chrysanthemums in the London Parks. 
There is a rumour afloat that the London County Council intend to 
organise a competition for the most effective exhibition of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums amongst the superintendents of the parks. It will be pertinent 
to ask how a fair competition can be carried out, since the conveniences 
at the command of the different men vary so greatly. If allowances 
are to be made on this account who is to make them ? It would need 
very able judges to award the palm, and their task would be an invidious 
one. Then, again, what good purpose would be served by such a contest ? 
It may be replied that the plants would be better grown and the collec¬ 
tions more attractive to the general public, but no great improvement 
would be made in the existing displays unless (1) more assistance were 
provided, or (2) other work neglected. The various superintendents 
do not require any such stimulus in catering for the public.— Visitor. 
[Surely it would not be inappropriate to confer on these capable men 
some mark of recognition for their services.] 
Chrysanthemums at Moor Park. 
Mr. Haggart, who has been head gardener at Moor Park, Ludlow, 
for nearly twelve years, commenced growing Chrysanthemums soon 
after he took charge of the gardens. He has now one of the choicest 
collections possible to see in the neighbourhood. Not only are large blooms 
for show purposes produced, but bush plants are also grown in quantity. 
Mr. Haggart is well known for his successes with Chrysanthemums at 
past Birmingham Shows, but this year he has not exhibited, having been 
obliged to make his best display by November 1st. 
About 600 plants are grown. Amongst new varieties in a Peach case 
I recently noticed well-coloured flowers of Alberic Lunden, R. J. 
Kingston, Violet Rose, May Tomlin, W. Tricker, Richard Parker, Mrs. 
Robinson King, Madame Darrier, Camille Flamarion, Mr. E. Beckett, 
Vice-President Audiguier, Mdlle. M. Hoste, and Mrs. Irving Clarke. The 
incurved varieties were also good, the Queen, Princess, and Teck 
families being especially fine. Mr. Haggart keeps each class separate, 
which makes a visit interesting, instructive, and useful. The best dis¬ 
play was in the conservatory in the form of a triangular bank. The 
plants were 2\ to 8 feet in height, and the whole of the blooms were of 
good colour, size, and substance. Amongst Japanese, Etoile de Lyon, 
Stanstead White, Marsa, Kioto, Thunberg, Sunflower, Madame Baco, 
Avalanche, Golden Dragon, Meg Merrilies, and others were all well repre¬ 
sented. Louis Boehmer and Mrs. Alpheus Hardy had excellent flowers. 
—John Chinnery. 
Chrysanthemums at the Oldfield Nurseries. 
A visit to the Oldfield nurseries of Messrs. Clibran & Son, 
Altrincham, is always interesting, and at no time of the year more so 
than in the Chrysanthemum season. A recenc visit fully convinced me 
that they do all they possibly can to keep pace with the times, and 
succeed in doing so. The main show house is a large span-roofed 
structure 210 feet long by 30 feet wide, in three divisions; some 3000 
plants were arranged in sloping banks, the path being in the centre. 
All the best varieties obtainable were represented. I took down the 
names of some varieties which ought to prove decided acquisitions. 
In the ostrich plume varieties Enfant des Deux Mondes and William 
Falconer were very fine, the former of vigorous habit, flowers large and 
freely produced, opening clear yellow passing to pearly white, with base 
of florets shaded cream, exterior ones straight, interior florets incurved, 
whilst the hairy character is more apparent than in Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. 
The latter is a sport from Louis Boehmer, but of more robust constitu- 
