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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
November 20. 
exhibitors attend both, there will be very little difference 
in the show. 
The following are the leading show Chrysanthemums, 
and we give the list confidently, as we live among a 
collection of nearly all there are in cultivation :— Anne 
Salter, canary yellow; Campestroni, rosy carmine; Duke, 
blush; Dupont de lEure, light carmine and orange; 
Golden Cluster, rich golden yellow; Goliah, white; Jenny 
Lind, rosy buff, changing to sulphur; Lysius, reddish 
salmon; Madame Poggi, crimson chesnut; Princess 
Marie, rosy lilac; Pio Nino, Indian red with gold tips; 
Queen of England, splendid blush white; Temple of 
Solomon, bright yellow; Two-coloured-incurved, salmon 
and orange; The Warden, deep orange. The Pompon 
varieties have very small flowers, and are best shown as 
plants in pots; of these there have been an immense 
number imported, but those which can be recommended 
are comprised in the following; they are also called 
Lilliputian varieties : — Criterion, golden yellow tinted 
rose; Daphnis, carmine purple; Elise Meillez, deep 
rose; Elegantissime, yellow and rosy carmine ; Gil Bias, 
carmine red; Henriette Lebois, rose and white; La 
Gitana, white and rose; La Fiance, white; La Sapajou, 
bronze, orange, and cinnamon ; Modele, blush; Madame 
Lemachez, lilac; Pouledetto, rose and white centre. 
There is yet another class of flowers generally aban¬ 
doned by florists, as stand flowers, but show grand as 
plants, we mean the quilled kinds, viz :— Fleur de Marie, 
\ fine white; Gluck, golden yellow; Madame Godereau, 
white and lilac; Nancy de Sermot, white, inside of quills 
tinged yellow; Heine Marguerite, white; Sulphurea 
I Palida, sulphur colour. 
| The vast improvements that have been made since 
i the flower was adopted for exhibition in single blooms 
< like Dahlias, have left many old varieties in the shade, 
and its culture is becoming general. To obtain the 
blooms of a large size, only one flower is permitted on 
a shoot; the plants are grown in strong soil, and as 
they begin to bloom, they are moistened with manure- 
water. 
We have received three Calceolarias. Shrubby habit, 
but in a bad state, of which one (yellow) looks like 
rugosa, a fine bedding plant; one has no flower, and a 
third with a brownish-orange. If it be of the same dwarf 
habit, it is a good contrast; but we have half-a-dozen of 
much the same character, and only different from each 
other in name. The Geraniums are not good enough to 
grow, and have been superseded long ago, if they ever 
were named. A sprig of an Acacia-like plant (No. 6) 
beats us, if it he not one. 
We have given elsewhere our opinion on the Dahlias 
coming out, but have no objection to repeating them 
here by and by. 0. T., of Manchester, may try W. 28 
next year, but the other six are hopeless. It is, however, 
impossible to say any thing to the flowers of seedlings 
which have escaped the frost and only blooming now. 
Mr. Green’s Scarlet King has been exhibited frequently, 
and had no certificate; but it has been noted down by 
every grower for cultivation. How is this? We only speak 
of London shows. The very same people who thought it 
not worth a certificate, think it worth paying lialf-a-guinea 
for. Mr. Green might, as a non-member, be entitled to 
show seedlings ; and there are people ill-natured enough 
| to say that had he sent his subscription as a member, 
he would have had different treatment. We cannot tell 
Mr. Wood who will let it out, but Mr. Green, as we see 
i by an advertisement, has sold his stock. 
A correspondent wishes to know our opinion of three 
Fuchsias, all red. The sepals and corolla the same 
colour. It is a pity raisers do not attend to the proper¬ 
ties a little. A Euchsia without a distinct contrast of 
colour cannot be good. If the colour were very novel 
it might be curious, but it could not be good. 
Dundee Pansies. All too deep in the border, and too 
small in the white field. It is just possible that No. 5 
may come better in the spring; the others may be 
thrown away. 
The Properties of the Chrysanthemum may be less 
understood than those of many other flowers, simply 
because there are so many varieties in the forms of the 
petals, so many different constructions of the flower. 
But judges have to bear one main feature in mind, the 
form of the flower as a whole. This should be half a 
ball, and the surface should have no vacancies; conse 
quently, whether this half a ball, with a close surface, be 
formed of reflexed close petals like Annie Salter, or by 
curled petals like Goliah, is not of half the consequence 
that it is to find vacancies between the petals. An open 
or loose flower is not to be tolerated; but the general 
features which must decide the fate of a flower, must be 
the form and closeness of the surface. A flower will 
then be round in the outline, as well as on the face; 
and it is only when they are equal in this respect that 
we can recognise the advantage of size, which must not 
captivate us to prefer large loose blooms to small com¬ 
pact ones. 
As we have strongly recommended June and July 
Shows of Roses to be with single blooms only, like a 
dahlia, on account of the noble flowers which may be 
had at that period, we may mention a few which from 
their size and form are calculated for that service ; but 
we must recommend those who grow them for show in 
that manner, to grow them in a quarter on which the 
main features of the garden do not depend, because, as 
the majority of them are, strictly speaking, summer 
roses, they do not flower after July :— 
Caroline de Sansel, pale flesh; General Neyrier, rosy 
lilac; Pius IX., purple crimson; Madame Guillott, 
deep pink ; Crimson Perpetual, rich crimson ; Mogador, 
crimson and purple ; Amandine, blush ; Comte de Mon¬ 
tali vet, carmine; Comte de Paris, crimson shaded; Geant 
des Battailes, bright scarlet crimson; Jaques Lafitte, 
brilliant rose colour; La Reine, glossy pink ; l’Inflexible, 
pink and lilac ; Marquess of Ailsa, carmine; Reine des 
Fleurs, shaded pink; Standard of Marengo, shaded crim¬ 
son ; Acidalie, white; William the Conqueror, pale rose; 
Cloth of Gold, pale yellow; Madame Breon, bright rose; 
Comte de Paris, blush; Blanche Fleur, French white; 
Boula de Nanteuil, purple crimson; Comte Plater, cream, 
fawn centre; Chenedole, vivid crimson; Charles Duval, 
bright rose ; Comte Boubert, deep rose; Coupe d’ Hebe, 
glossy pink; D’Aguesseau, bright crimson; Eugenie 
Dessauzais, pink and blush; Frederick II., deep crim¬ 
son ; Henri Barbet, pink; Ohl, rich crimson; CEillet 
parfait, striped red and rose ; Paul Perras, shaded rose ; 
Princess Clementine, white ; Striped Unique, white and 
pink; Triomphe de Jaussens, crimson; Village Maid, 
purple and white; Comtesse de Segur, pale flesh ; Bren- 
nus, carmine; Leopold d'Beaujfremont, pink; Auguste, 
glossy pink; Blanch de Beaulieu, flesh and pink; Louise 
Peyronny, pink; Madame Rivers, flesh; William Grif 
flths, bright lilac. From these anybody might challenge 
all the rest of the Roses for single blooms. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS CULTURE. 
the ranunculus— {Continued from page 102). 
Propagation. By Seed. —In all the various pursuits 
that men follow, there are always to be found some 
who are anxious to distinguish themselves above their 
fellows, by producing something superior in the parti¬ 
cular business or pursuit by which they gain profit, or 
pleasure, or honour. The same laudable spirit actuates 
even the quiet florist. Year after year, with praiseworthy 
perseverance, he sows his carefully-chosen seed, watches 
its first appearance above ground, waters the plants, 
transplants them into fresh soil, and tends them daily 
and hourly till the anxiously-looked-for variety blossoms; 
