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September 20,1894. 
a “ break ” of maiden Apples, chiefly, 100,000 on various stocks according 
to suitability and the character of trees required. Here he thought he 
should gain an idea of the more popular kinds by noting the breadths of 
each, and out came the book. Among them he found Bismarck, 
Bramley’s Seedling, Cox’s Pomona and Orange Pippin, Duchess’ 
Favourite, Gascoyne’s Scarlet, Gold Medal, Golden Spire, Grenadier, 
Lady Sudeley, Lord Grosvenor, Newton Wonder, Worcester Pearmain, 
Ribston Pippin, Potts’ Seedling, Warner’s King, Yellow Ingestrie, and 
White Transparent, the last one of the most in demand of early Apples 
for market. He hopes to grow all he set down and more, and it is 
likely he will do so, for he means business, which is more than can be 
said of all nursery-visiting enthusiasts. 
He had a peep into the reed-lined fruit room, and dragged himself 
reluctantly from the serried lines of crimson, yellow, scarlet, and other 
tints which Apples assume; and after all this he wanted to rush 
through the Roses, and as he buried his nose in Augustine Guinoisseau, 
he declared it the sweetest of all the tribe, while he thought Caroline 
Testout should also be grown in every garden because of the great 
profusion of its charming silvery pink blooms, and hundreds more to 
follow. He was got out of the Allington grounds at last, and though 
he had read the advertisement on the back page of the Journal of 
Horticulture on the 6th inst., which had arrested his attention and 
possibly excited his curiosity, yet he was constrained to say the results 
in this great fruit nursery exceeded his “ wildest ” (his very word) 
anticipations. 
The next time he goes to Maidstone he intends taking a new book, 
and going through Mr. Bunyard’s other nurseries, where Vines, Straw¬ 
berries, and other trees are grown. His time and space were exhausted 
on the present occasion, and he returned to London a happy man, except 
just in one respect ; he found he had lost a shilling by not taking a 
return ticket from Victoria to Harming (the station for the Allington 
Nursery) in ignorance that the return half would take him back by 
either the Chatham and Dover or South-Eastern Railway from Maid¬ 
stone .— The Senior. 
Chrysanthemum Lady Fitzwygram. 
I DO not wonder that an award of merit was granted to this early 
flowering variety on Tuesday.-I'Sst by the R.H.S. When Mr. Agate, 
Havant, raised it from seed, grew it, and exhibited it at the Portsmouth 
show in July some four years since, I was much impressed with its manner 
of flowering. Planted in the open border it is one of the best of white 
flowering varieties. The growth is dwarf, 2 feet, and very compact, 
and the pure white flower heads are freely produced, and very showy 
they are.—E. M. 
Chrysanthemum Golden Wedding. 
I HAVE been growing Chrysanthemum Golden Wedding with five 
shoots in a No. 9 pot. It has received the same treatment as my other 
Chrysanthemums with regard to water and manure, and these are most 
healthy and fine. About a month ago I noticed one flower shoot 
withering, and it shortly dropped off just as if it was burnt. The 
remainder of the shoot below the flower is sound. The roots are also 
healthy. I have since lost all the shoots except one, and this looks 
unhealthy. There is nothing in the plant’s immediate neighbourhood 
calculated to injure it. Could you kindly give me a reason for the 
above? No trace of insects.— The Boy. 
Mr. E. Molyneux has examined the specimens referred to, and 
favours with the following remarks :— 
“From many quarters come complaints of the behaviour in the 
growth of this Chrysanthemum, which is most disappointing. I had 
formed a very high opinion of its merits, regarding it as one of the best 
yellow flowered sorts in the Japanese section. The behaviour of the 
plants under my charge appears identical with those of your corre¬ 
spondent ; even in instances where all the branches on one plant are 
dead the roots are in a healthy condition, which induces me to come to 
the conclusion that it is the cold, sunless and moist weather experienced 
during the greater part of July that is the cause of the trouble, as I 
note all plants of this variety date their decay from about the same 
time. Golden Wedding is naturally a sappy growing kind, the wood 
under adverse weather conditions being soft and unable to bear the 
sudden bursts of hot sunshine experienced during August, and therefore 
collapsed as though the plants had received an excessive dose of sulphate 
of ammonia or nitrate of soda. I notice a single shoot on one plant 
especially is quite healthy, this being situated at the back of the plant, 
and thus away from direct sunshine. This fact influences me consider¬ 
ably in the opinion formed as to the cause of premature decay. Plants 
which have received no stimulating food whatever since they were 
potted have ‘ gone off ’ in exactly the same manner.” 
Stopping Chrysanthemums. 
I fear Chrysanthemum growers generally are just at present too 
much engrossed in contemplating the coming beauties of their flowers to 
settle down to the comparatively prosaic task lof recording their this 
season’s experience in regard to stopping. I entirely agree, however, 
with Mr. A. Young (page 196) that information on this point is greatly 
wanted, as the matter is a most complicated one, and has not at any 
time been thoroughly and systematically thrashed out. Still, I doubt 
if the practice will ever become quite so general or satisfactory as some 
seem to anticipate, because our seasons vary so much, and it will 
frequently be found that plants retarded by stopping in the spring, if 
the season prove a late one, will not have their flowers fully developed 
in time for the principal shows. 
An exceptional season like last year was perhaps favourable to the 
practice, but I think this year’s experience will be exactly the opposite, 
at least in those instances in which stopping was practised with a view 
to delaying the formation of the crown buds. The Queen family this 
year fully illustrated the point. I have about a hundred plants of the 
various members of the family. The majority of the cuttings were 
inserted the first week in January, and three shoots taken from the 
natural break. Almost every plant so treated showed crown buds from 
the 10th to the 20th of August, a most suitable time for this district. A 
few cuttings of Queen of England, Lord Alcester, and Mrs. R. King 
were inserted early in December. Plants resulting from these were 
stopped near the end of March, and to-day, September 8th, the buds 
are not visible, though I am expecting to see them every day. 
This, I think, proves as far as the present season is concerned that 
crown buds from unstopped plants rooted slightly later than customary 
are the most reliable for the midland districts, but judging by the con¬ 
dition of our stopped plants I should think the buds would be produced 
under that system quite early enough for southern growers even this 
year. I am fully prepared to admit the great beauty of flowers of 
Mrs. F. Jameson obtained from stopped plants, but the buds of these 
are somewhat late this year. On the other hand, if the cuttings are 
inserted in December and the plants left unstopped only one bud is 
produced, this usually coming slightly too early ; but if the plants are 
rooted in February and kept in 8-inch pots good buds will usually be 
secured at the beginning of August; and I find that many Japanese 
varieties, if rooted late and kept in small pots, produce grand flowers at 
the right time.—H. D., ^S'aricicli. 
A Belgian Chrysanthemum Catalogue. 
Under the title of “ Supplement a la Liste Descriptive des Chrj s- 
anthemes d’Hiver,” Mods. 0. de Meulenaere of Ghent has published a 
catalogue of all the new Chrysanthemums sent out by American and 
European raisers since the spring of the year 1890. It was in that year 
that the original work was published, and the supplement just issued 
makes Mons. de Meulenaere’s record of Chrysanthemums as com¬ 
prehensive and as complete as it is possible to obtain. Tbis can be said 
without in any way detracting from the official publications of a 
catalogue nature issued by the National Chrysanthemum Societies of 
England and America respectively. 
In the work now under notice, which makes a very opportune 
appearance at the beginning of the season, the compiler has made a 
successful attempt to include in a single volume the names and 
descriptions of the immense number of novelties that have been sent 
out during the past five years. It would seem that something like 
3000 new Chrysanthemums have been distributed in that time, and the 
names of the raisers and dates of distribution are almost invariably 
given. The amount of material consulted must have been very great, 
for on testing the list it will be seen that besides having had recourse 
to all the Continental raisers’ lists M. de Meulenaere has gathered 
together information more or less extensive of t le seedlings of every 
English and American grower of any repute, besides including many 
sorts which have been imported direct from Japan. 
In the arrangement of his list, which is strictly lexicographical, 
M. de Meulenaere has been guided by a new principle. Heretofore, 
most compilers have catalogued the names of the varieties under the 
first letter of the first word in each name, with the obvious difficulty 
that before the name of a flower could be found it would have to be 
remembered, in the case of personal nomenclature, whether it was a 
Mr., Mrs., or a Miss. Sometimes this was not sufficient, for the name 
might consist of a Christian and surname, and then it might be found 
under any letter of the alphabet. There are many flowers bearing the 
family surnames of Spaulding, Dffiaux, Chandon de Briailles, Dorner, 
Drover, Crane, Smith, and the like that cannot possibly be found with¬ 
out a knowledge of the appellation preceding them. In M. de Meule¬ 
naere’s list this is not necessary, for each group will be readily found 
classed together, with the Christian names, titles, or other distinctions 
following. Thus, as he explains, Ada Spaulding, H. F. Spaulding, 
Master Bates Spaulding, Mrs. T. Spaulding, Mrs. H. F. Spaulding, 
Mrs. T. H. Spaulding, and Spaulding’s Black Diamond, will be 
found in previous lists in seven different places, while in his 
they are all arranged under the letter S in their proper alpha¬ 
betical order. In other cases of compound names, such as White Queen, 
Mutual Friend, American Flag, and others, the noun regulates the position 
in which the name is placed. This is a plan not difficult to understand, 
and one which must probably be followed ere long by all compilers of 
such catalogues, for its advantages are obvious. Chrysanthemum names 
are often of such length that growers frequently cut off what they 
regard as superfluous, and the identity of a flower may be lost if the 
old method is adhered to. In the enumeration of the varieties cata¬ 
logued by M. de Meulenaere he mentions the sections to which they 
belong, gives the colour, sometimes the habit, synonyms, and other 
