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L November 5, 189J. 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
and Queen of England, Violet Tomlin, Princess of Wales, Miss M. A 
Haggas, Lord Wolseley, and Mrs. Naisli. George Glenny and Mrs. Dixon 
here find a home in spite of the smallness of their flowers as compared 
with the present day rage. Such Japanese as Avalanche, Etoile de 
Lyon, Puritan, Stanstead White, A. H. Neve, M. Bernard, and Annie 
Ciibran represent this section thoroughly well. 
Stanstead Park provides space for a considerable number of plants 
for all purposes. Not less than 700 are grown on the large bloom method, 
while for lace use bush plants are provided. The plants altogether look 
as well as could be wished ; the former are late compared to others in 
the ne’ghbourhood. Late home decoration is more of a consideration 
than early exhibition. The growth is somewhat tall, the plants carry 
large glossy leaves which are characteristic of liberal treatment, and 
will no doubt result in a fine display later on. The Queen family are 
grown in considerable numbers, and being arranged together in two 
long rows make a very heavy display. In addition to these Mrs. Cole¬ 
man, Princess of Wales, and Jeanne d’Arc are developing finely. Condor, 
Mr. H. Cannell, Avalanche, Soleil Levant, and Edwin Molyneux pro¬ 
mise equally well. On the whole Mr. Hoskins must be congratulated 
on the promise of a fine show of blooms. 
Leigh Park, the seat of Sir F. Fitzwygram, Bart., M P., is noted for 
the general sound quality of the Chrysanthemums grown here every 
year. Not less than 600 plants can there be this season; exceptionally 
tall they are, which shows the variability of the plants even in a small 
area. The blooms are developing fast, and appear to be “ timed ” about 
right for the different shows when required. Alfred Lyne, Princess of 
Wales, Miss M. Haggas, Mrs. Coleman, Lord Wolseley, Avalanche, and 
Sunflower were a few among many that were noteworthy. 
The Victoria Park, Portsmouth, has for some years now produced a 
capital display of Chrysanthemums. Not only large show blooms, but 
fine groups have been arranged at the Portsmouth Show from the 
very limited glass space at command of Mr. Hatch, the Park Super¬ 
intendent. This year is no exception to the rule ; good plants again 
afford much pleasure to the Portsmouth townspeople, who flock in large 
numbers to see them in the greenhouses in the park. The Anemone 
section is well represented, fine blooms of M. Panckoucke, Nelson, Sabine, 
Lady Margaret, and Mrs. Judge Benedict are notable. Space forbids a 
detailed list of names being given, but I could not omit such as 
Hamlet, Advance, Sunflower, Puritan, Jeanne d’Arc, and several of the 
“ Queen ” family.— Northerner. 
Chrysanthemums in the Isle of Wight. 
The outlook was very promising here in the early part of the season, 
but the spirits of the cultivators fell with the barometer, for during the 
storms and gales experienced here last week damping set in fearfully 
amoDgst the blooms, both the tips of the late ones and the full flowers 
of the early blooms being affected. But as the wind changed and the 
barometer rose the damp to a great extent disappeared, and the hopes of 
more than one Chrysanthemum grower rose with it. It has certainly 
been a very pleasant and acceptable change all round. I send a few 
notes of some gardens I have visited in the neighbourhood. 
The Castle, St. Helens (W. S. Ridley, Esq ) 
Here are some well-known plants, some on the natural and others on 
the bush system. The gardener, Mr. G. Wilkins, is a careful and 
observant cultivator, getting some timber into his plants, which here in 
the sunny south ripen well. Unfortunately his houses for flowering are 
not so well adapted for developing the large buds as others I am 
acquainted with ; they come on much too quickly, but nevertheless 
produce some fine blooms. Foremost amongst the new Japanese must 
be placed Vi viand Morel, the flower of the season ; Gloire de Rocher ; 
Bouquet de Dame, early white ; Louise Boehmer; R. C. Kingston, 
purple, very promising; Kioto, deep yellow, improvement on Mr. H. 
Cannell; Cassare Costa, good colour, but showing too much of the dull 
turnover; Ada Spaulding, blush incurved Japanese; W. G. Drover, 
good ; Lilian B. Bird, large quilled variety, fleshy pink ; Etoile de Lyon, 
President Lincoln, Annie Ciibran, Mr. Wellam ; Madame Robert Owen, 
hybrid Anemone, pure white ; Lady Lawrence, Wm. Robinson, M. J. M. 
Pigny, Madame C. Audiguier, Mrs. J. Wright, Edwin Molyneux, and 
other older Japanese were looking well. 
There is not much new in the incurved section but Alfred Lyne, 
which has come very well and a gojd colour, but the old-established 
ones are well represented. The Queen family, especially Lord Alcester, 
Venus, White Venus, Yellow Perfection, Princess of Wales, Mrs. Cole¬ 
man, Empress Eughnie, Mrs. N. Davis, Mr. C. Gibson, Isabella Bott, 
Lord Wolseley, Hero of Stoke Newington, Lady Hardinge, Jardin des 
Plantes, good. The bush specimens are well grown in the decorative 
style, wirh about twenty to fifty blooms on a plant, which show well 
in the fine large conservatory. 
Yarborough House, Brading (J. J. Darley, Esq.) 
This garden is a multum in parvo. The outdoor Peach trees in the 
spring and summer are such as are rarely seen. The huge clumps of old 
fashioned herbaceous plants are a pleasant feature, and now Chrysan¬ 
themums fill the houses, giving evidence, as do the other things, of the 
ability of the gardener, Mr. George Burt, one of the most genial and 
hardworking of the old school of gardeners. Mr. Burt is very careful in 
his selection of varieties, trying most of the new ones two years, and 
then discarding them if they do not come up to his standard, which is 
colour, refinement, and freeness of growth, and flower for decorative 
purposes as a cut bloom, for mo3t all are sent away to London in the 
season. The flowers are all distinguished by high colouring and true 
character of form. Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, as a small plant, looks 
develop'ng a good flower, and also the counterpart, Louis Boehmer, 
which I do not think will ever be such a favourite as the white variety. 
Gloire de Rocher has six fine flowers highly coloured on the plant and 
looks well. A. H. Neve is striking, being a soft peach colour. Mrs. Irving 
Clarke, rose, promising flower ; R.C. Kingston, purple, cominglarge; W. W. 
Coles, brick red ; Miss Emma Hartzhorn ; Sunset, fine spreading florets, 
very striking, but I am afraid won’t fill up ; Viviand Morel, eleven 
flowers on the plant, large and good colour ; Bouquet de Dame, white, 
very pure; President Hyde, reflexed Japanese, bright yellow, striking. 
Amongst other older varieties Mis 3 Gorton is a good variety, soft pink ; Mr. 
Matthews, terra cotta ; Mr. 0. Orchard, a favourite on account of the 
habit and showy orange colour ; Mr. Falconer Jameson, Avalanche, 
Madame Louise Leroy, Val d’Andorre, M. J. M. Pigny and others are 
grown well as fine bushes, carrying well developed blooms. 
Chrysanthemums Around Liverpool. 
The following list of places may be taken as representing some of 
the leading growers in the Liverpool district. There are many 
collections grown which do not figure on the exhibition board, some of 
which I may refer to in some of the future issues; but as the greater 
portion of the following will be exhibitors this season, they may, 
perhaps, be taken first:— 
Camp Hill, Woolton, 
The residence of F. H. Gossage, Esq. Here Mr. Jellicoe is much 
superior in the Japanese class as compared with last year, and the best of 
which are Avalanche, Criterion, Val d’Andorre, F. A. Davis, Mdlle. 
Paule Dutour, Madame Louise Leroy, Etoile de Lyon, Geo. Daniels, 
Fimbriatum, Stanstead White, Geo. Atkinson, Sunflower, Stanstead 
Surprise, Mrs. F. Jameson, and Bouquet de Dame (grand), Condor, A. H. 
Neve, Volunteer (very fine), Sarah Owen, Madame Laing, and Belle 
Paule. In incurved Empress types, John Salter and the Tecks all good. 
Amongst the newer ones E. Delmas promising well. William Lane, a 
Japanese reflexed, bright crimson, shaded rose, a full solid flower, is 
remarkably good. Eynsford White, Mr. Jellicoe says, is not worth the 
room it occupies. Five hundred plants arc grown. 
Lingdale Lodge, Oxton, Cheshire, 
The residence of G. Cockburn, Esq., is again to the fore with a grand 
collection. The blooms are a week later than last season. The Queen 
family are good. John Doughty, grand in colour and petal, but lacks 
the size of its parent ; Princess of Wales, Mrs. Heale and sports are all 
good, as is the Teck family, Jeanne d’A.rc, Jardin des Plantes, John Salter, 
Mr. Bunn, Princess Beatrice, Lord Wolseley, and White Beverley will be 
good. In Japanese Avalanche, Sunflower, Mrs. F. Jameson, Etoile de 
Lyon, Condor, M. Bernard, Belle Paule, Edwin Molyneux, Mrs. Irving 
Clarke, Boule d’Or, Mrs. E. W. Clarke, Bouquet de Dame, M. C. Audiguier, 
La Triomphante, and R. Brocklebank are all good and grand in colour. 
Alberic Lunden, Florence Davis, W. H. Lincoln, Viviand Morel is grand, 
being of a pinkish colour, and as large as Etoile de Lyon. Louis 
Boehmer is a good sized flower, and promises to be a great curiosity. 
Robt. Cannell is, with Mr. Burden, a poor thin flower. 
Elm Hall, Wavertree. 
Mr. A. R. Cox is the gardener here, and there i3 every promise of 
some very fine blooms being had just at the right time for the shows. 
Of the newer varieties, M. R. Bahuant is a grand acquisition. Here are 
grand blooms with florets of great substance, very solid and perfectly 
smooth. A free sturdy grower, but Mr. Cox fears its weak point will be 
its natural earliness ; the first selected buds having far more substance 
than the later ones. The striped sport from Queen of England 
(which is to be sent out in due course) under the name “Noel Pragnell,” 
is for the third time coming quite distinct, every petal bearing beautiful 
delicate streaks of purple on a whitish ground. This sport was fixed by 
Mr. S. Pragnell, Broomfield Lodge, Chelmsford, who sent it to Mr. Cox 
for trial. It is far more distinct than Lord Alcester and Golden Empress, 
and should be in the hands of all cultivators. Of the new Princes3 
sport, “ Matthew Russell,’’ it is too early to speak, but up to the present 
stage is exactlv the same colour as Mrs. S. Coleman. Beauty of Hull is 
the colour of H. Shoesmith, but a decided improvement, the petals being 
as smooth as Mr. Bunn. Oriental is larger than last year. It is a beau¬ 
tiful shade, approaching Venetian red, but the fear is that it will not 
come up to the present standard of exhibition blooms. What a beautiful 
Japanese is “Annie Ciibran,” so free, and the colour so pleasing. Some 
consider this too small; but as seen here it is a grand front row flower. 
Lilian B. Bird, Mr. A. H. Neve, W. H. Lincoln, Coronet, Bouquet de 
Dames (fine), Geo. Atkinson, and W. W. Coles of the newer varieties ; 
and Sunflower, Belle Paule, Criterion, Boule d’Or, Etoile de Lyon 
(especially fine) of the older varieties, are conspicuous by large buds, 
which are certain to produce grand results. In incurved, the Princess of 
Wales types and John Doughty, John Lambert, Empress of India, 
Golden Empress, Lord Alcester, Alfred Salter, Mrs. N. Davis, Hero of 
Stoke Newington, Princess Teck, Refulgens, Mr. Bunn and Barbara are 
all good. In Anemones, Mrs. Judge Benedict, Gladys Spaulding, Lady 
Margaret, and Nelson are excellent, while the best reflexed are King of 
Crimsons, Cullingfordi, Chevalier Domage, and the Christines. The 
growth of the plants is fairly strong, and the wood well ripened, con¬ 
sidering the season, but now they are showing signs of mildew to a 
greater extent than usual. The stock is limited to 500 plants. 
