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may be^ad‘in e hu ngthened P ? ri ° t d durin ST which hardy perenni vis 
£tValimn J J°° m ’ of which 1 enclose that you may also 
plants 0 toThich mm! at Ieast - Z f , the f worth y autumn-flowering 
^ TA vprv fine raore m ‘g ht easily be added.—J. H. E. 
L ry ne assortment of flowers accompanied these notes.] 
notes on chrysanthemums. 
topping PLANTS—EARLY BLOOM?. 
* in c do w^somefoft 1 ^ t' ,¥ ur P lly s remarks (page 288) I agree with cut- 
lwlZrw f2w^ growers especially Madame C. Audiguier. We 
SIS, Jn nO f fl0WerS wil1 not be 0 PCn for a month 
weeks , on other plants that were topped good solid buds formed 
i ion at these (the Chilwell) nurseries will commence a week earlier 
ban expected. I am told it will be opened to visitors the first week in 
ovember. Liberal prizes are also offered for Apples and Pears, which 
will be on view during the same period.—J. P. 
CHALLENGE PLATE AT HULL. 
We have been favoured by the Secretary of the Hull Chrysanthemum 
society with an illustration of the several pieces of plate that are to be 
cornpe e for on November 16th. It is an imposing display, especially 
for a young Society, and indicates enterprise on the part of the Com- 
ee ’ ■,‘T? will be seen, the aggregate value of the articles is consider- 
apie, and that the Society has generous supporters. The references are 
given according to the arrangement of the plate, and the classes in the 
schedule indicated in each case. 
Class 24 and 25. 
Value £8 8s. 
Presented by the Hu l 
Amateur Floral and 
Horticultural Society. 
Won in 1885 by E. 
Goddard, Esq. 
Won in 1886 by A. W. 
Stanley, Esq. 
Class 30. 
Value £10 103. 
Given by the Society. 
Won in 1886 by G. Lawson, Esq. 
Class 1. Value £15. 
Presented by G. Bohn, Esq., 
Chairman of the Society, 
1883-6. 
Won in 1885 by Sir T. 
Edwardes-Moss, Bart. 
Won in 1886 by 0. W. 
Neuman, Esq. 
Class 13. 
Value £10 10s. 
Presented by 
B. Falconer Jameson, E?q. 
Chairman of the Society, 1»87. 
Not yet competed for. 
Class 43. 
Given by Geo. Bohn, Esq., 
Chairman of the Sooiety, 1883-6. 
Won in 1886 by Miss Jameson. 
Fig. 40.—Chrysanthemum Challenge Cups. 
on stems about 7 feet, and will be open in three weeks. Belle Paule is 
quite unsatisfactory ; both on unchecked plants of 10 feet and topped 
plants the buds look puny, and do not plump up freely, although the 
plants are vigorous enough. It is quite the reverse with Fair Maid of 
Guernsey, for good buds will [be open in three weeks on plants fully 
10 feet high. The Queen family were mostly topped, the result being 
some gwd buds, but irregular ; height averaging 4 feet. My experience 
os this family is, for lar-e bloom they should be grown naturallv, pro¬ 
ducing three flowers on an average. The kinds opening earlier here are 
Chinaman, La France, Mdlle. Lacroix, Lady Selborne, Criterion, Jeanne 
d Arc, fine ; Alexander Dufour, Alfred Chantrier (new), Madame Free¬ 
man, M. Mousillac, LaW, Comte de Germinv, Fleur d’Hiver, 
Francois Deleaux, Henri Jacotot, Margot, Annie Clark, Reine des 
Blanches, Refulgence, and Thorpe Junior. The above are showing 
colour all from crown buds, and good blooms are expected. The exhi- 
A LONG DROUGHT AND ITS EFFECTS. 
DEEP v. SHALLOW LAND WORKING. 
Permit me to say that I think the curious article on page 300 last 
week might have been more appropriately headed “ Iggulden’s Mixture ” 
As a concoction founded on facts and fancies, especially fancies, it must 
surely be unique. No one else, I suspect, could have prepared such a 
mixture for the gardening community to swallow. When reading it I 
was forcibly reminded of the observation of one of the best educated 
and most accomplished of British gardeners recently. It was in these 
words—“ What is the matter with Iggulden 1 I am afraid he is over¬ 
taxing himself—writing so much in one place and another that he seems 
to be losing ballast.” I was scarcely prepared to comply, but am now 
constrained to defer to the judgment of an unprejudiced overlooker of 
the literary arena. 
