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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
[ Mirch 1, 188S. 
Housing .—The proper time to house the plants can only be learned 
by experience of the different varieties and the locality. Some varieties 
require a much longer time to develope than others, and should be 
housed earlier to be in full bloom at the same time ; but this with other 
peculiarities of various kinds can only be learn* d by experience, and 
notes should be taken all through the season for guidance in the future. 
Generally speaking the first week in October is the best time for housing, 
but any showing colour before that? time can be removed under cover 
at once, or they will damp as the flowers expand. Frequently, as was 
the case this season, a slight frost, with a prospect of more to follow, 
makes it advisable to house immediatelv. Indoors they should have all 
the light and air possible, with a little fire heat in dull damp weather. 
Staging. —Large-flowered Chrysanthemums are seen to the best 
advantage arranged so as to form a sloping bank from back to front. 
Bushes appear best when mixed with the usual occupants of the con¬ 
servatory, especially dark foliaged plants, such as Camellias, &:c. 
Standards and trained specimens may stand isolated where they can be 
seen well from all sides. Cut down those that have flowered, and keep 
them in a cool house as near the glass as possible, with the object of 
rendering the suckers stocky until propagating time, when the same 
routine as before will be followed, with such alterations as each indi¬ 
vidual may consider necessary according to the success or otherwise 
which has attended his previous eSorts. 
INCURVED AND JAPANESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
AT THE NATIONAL SOCIETY’S EXHIBITIONS. 
No one examining the accompanying tables can fail, I think, to be 
struck by the very conservative character of the incurved Chrysanthe¬ 
mums as compared with the Japanese, among which changes little short 
of radical are year by year taking place. For instance, in the case of 
the first forty varieties of the former the average date comes out as 
1867, while the mean date for the same number of Japanese is only 1879. 
In-other words, while the average age of the best incurved is twenty 
years, that of the Japanese is only eight years. Again, sinee my analysis 
came out last year there has been only one addition made to the 
list of the incurved, and this a sport coming in at the very end of 
it, and which, therefore, in no way disturbs the relative positions of 
the older varieties. Whereas the following new kinds find places for 
the first time in the list of Japanese—La Triomphante, Ralph Broekle- 
bank, Madame J. Laing, Monsieur Freeman, Mr. H. Cannell, Mr. C. 
Orchard, Gloriosum, Mdlle. B. Dutour, and Mr. Matthew, several of 
which take quite prominent positions, thereby lowering the status of 
many of their elder brethren. 
The Novtimber Show of the National Society was last year not quite 
so rich in incurved blooms as in 1886, a fact which was no doubt in a 
great measure accounted for by the trying nature of the summer and 
early autumn. On the other hand, the Japanese appeared in even 
greater force than before. The total number of flowers staged in each 
section at the three shows has been as follows - 
1885 
Ineurved, 
839 Japanese 
835 
1886 
1080 „ 
1026 
1887 
964 
1221 
2883 
3082 
The relative positions of the different varieties in the two tables are 
regulated by the average number of times they were shown at the three 
last November Exhibitions of the Society. In the case of those sent out 
in 1884 it has, however, been considered advisable to take only their 
last two years’ average ; while for the still newer sorts, those of 1885 and 
1886, the number of times they were shown at the 1887 Exhibition has 
alone been considered in placing them. 
INCURVED VARIETIES. 
Position in Present 
Analysis. 
Average Number of 
Times Shown in the 
Three Years. 
Number of Times 
Shown in 1887. 
Name. 
Date of Introduction. 
Raiser’s 
or 
Introducer’s 
Name. 
Colour. 
1 
530 
55 
Empress of India . 
1859 
Laing . 
Pure white. 
2 
45-0 
53 
Queen of England . 
1849 
Salter . 
Blush. 
3 
44-3 
40 
Golden Empress of India . 
1875 
Loader . 
Pale yellow. 
3 
44-3 
54 
Jeanne d’Arc. 
1881 
. Lacroix . 
Blush, tipped rosy purple. 
6 
41-7 
49 
Lord Alcester . 
1882 
Fremantle. 
Pale primrose. 
6 
40-7 
38 
John Salter . 
1866 
Salter. 
Cinnamon, orange centre, 
7 
37-3 
40 
Lord Wolseley . 
1882 
Orchard . 
Bronzy red. 
8 
36-0 
39 
Mr. Bunn . 
1879 
Bunn . 
Bright golden yellow. 
9 
33-3 
33 
Prince Alfred . 
1864 
Davis . 
Rosy carmine. 
10 
32-3 
26 
Nil Desperandum. 
1862 
Smith. 
Dark orange red. 
10 
32-3 
29 
Princess of Wales . 
1864 
Davis . 
Blush, tinted rose. 
12 
26-3 
35 
Lady Hardinge. 
1861 
Clark . 
Silvery rose. 
13 
25-3 
25 
Alfred Salter. 
1856 
Salter . 
Lilac pink. 
14 
24-0 
23 
Jardin des Plantes. 
1860 
Salter . 
Rich golden yellow. 
15 
21-7 
26 
Mrs. W. Shipman. 
1877 
Shipman. 
Fawn colour. 
16 
20-7 
16 
Prince of Wales . 
1865 
Davis . 
Purnle. 
17 
20-3 
23 
Barbara. 
1872 
Salter . 
Bright orange amber. 
17 
20-3 
17 
Mrs. Heale . 
1866 
Heal ft . 
White, tinted rose. 
White, tinted pink. 
19 
200 
16 
Princess of Teck . 
1868 
Pethers . 
20 
190 
16 
Hero of Stoke Newington. 
1871 
Forsyth . 
Rosy pink. 
21 
18-7 
17 
Eefulgens . 
1871 
Salter . 
Bright purple maroon. 
22 
18-0 
12 
Cherub . 
1862 
Smith. 
Orange, tinted rose. 
23 
15-0 
16 
Golden George Glenny . 
1876 
Dixon. 
Bright rich yellow. 
23 
15-0 
19 
White Venus. 
1872 
Shrimpton. 
Pearl white. 
25 
14-7 
22 
Beverlev. 
1863 
Smith. 
Cream white. 
26 
13-7 
17 
Golden Queen of England. 
1859 
Salter . 
Canary yellow. 
27 
12-7 
16 
Princess Be.atrice. 
1868 
Wyness . 
Rosy pink. 
28 
12-3 
8 
Mr. George Glenny . 
1870 
Waters . 
Bright primrose yellow. 
29 
12-0 
8 
Venus. 
1865 
Salter. 
Lilac, tinted peach. 
30 
11-0 
10 
Emily Dale . 
1872 
Pale straw colour. 
Indian red, tipped gold. 
31 
10-7 
10 
Mr. Brunlees. 
1865 
Smith. 
31 
10-7 
6 
Mrs. George llundle. 
1867 
Rundle . 
Pure white. 
33 
10-3 
16 
Empress Eugiinic. 
1866 
Pethers . 
Rosy lilac. 
33 
10-3 
8 
Golden Eagle. 
1863 
Davis . 
Dark orange. 
35 
9-3 
9 
E ve. 
1865 
Smith. 
Creamy white. 
36 
9 0 
5 
Lady Slade . 
1864 
Smith . 
Lilac pink. 
37 
8-3 
13 
Mabel Ward . 
1881 
Martin . 
Buff yellow. 
38 
8-0 
9 
Baron Beust . 
1868 
Pethers . 
Chestnut red, tipped yellow. 
39 
60 
8 
Novelty . 
1860 
Clark . 
Blush. 
40 
5-0 
3 
Antonelli . 
1862 
Smith . 
Salmon orange. 
40 
5-0 
5 
Mrs. Norman Davis. 
1887 
Mizen. 
Golden yellow. 
