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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, October 25, 1859. 
They have been grown on the pegging system (a very reprehen¬ 
sible one, in my opinion). They have not wanted for water or 
liquid manure. Their last shift was into eight-inch pots the 
latter end of July last. Wliat, in your opinion, is the cause of 
their disappointing me ?—Z. 
[1. lou may procure a copy of the rules by sending a letter 
(enclosing a stamped envelope) directed to Mr. A. Wortley, 
Secretary to the Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Society, 
Stoke Newington Common, near London. The rules will give 
you full information how to form a Society for this especial pur¬ 
pose. The number of the managing committee, the times they 
meet, and the amount of prizes given, may, of course, be altered 
to suit your convenience. 
2. The above Society insists upon the plants being grown on 
single stems. The branches may bo either pegged down or tied 
out as the cultivator pleases. I should say the tying out woidd 
be the fairest and best mode for all exhibitors. The Crystal 
Palace Directors in their rules for Chrysanthemum exhibitors, 
also have a stringent rule that all plants of Chrysanthemums 
shall be shown grown on a single stem. Both, also, restrict the 
size of pots for the large varieties to not more than eleven inches 
diameter, and the Pompones to not more than eight inches di¬ 
ameter. In order, however, to show what can be done with a 
number of plants in one pot, oiler prizes for single specimens so 
grown. 
3. Refers to the properties of the Chrysanthemum as a florist’s 
flower. On this point Mr. Glenny has some sensible remarks, 
which I take the liberty of quoting. “ It is impossible to select one 
less fit to exhibit, cut from the plant, and that individually there 
is nothing to hope for in the bloom itself that should raise it to 
the dignity of a florist’s flower; but as there is great merit in 
growing the plant well in pots, and as the plant is showy when 
there is a scarcity of bloom in a house, they ought always to be 
Bhown in pots only, and the merits of the plant be taken into 
account quite as much as that of the bloom, and as such we shall 
notice both. 
“ First. The plant should be dwarf, shrubby, well covered with 
green foliage to the bottom, the leaves broad and bright, the 
flowers well displayed at the end of each branch, come in abun¬ 
dant quantity, and be well supported by the stems. (To which 
I would add, that the plants be exhibited with one stem only.) 
“ Second. The flower should be round, double, high in the 
crown, perfect in the centre, without disk or confusion, and of 
the form of half a ball. 
“Third. The individual petals should be thick, smooth, broad, 
circular at the ends, according with the circle of the flow r er, the 
indentations where they meet hardly perceptible. 
“ Fourth. The petals must not show their under sides by 
quilling, and should be of such firm texture as will retain them 
all in their place. Size of bloom to bo large in proportion to 
their foliage; but size only to be considered when the plants in 
all other respects are equal.” 
These are Mr. Glenny’s rules to decide on the properties of 
the Chrysanthemum. I venture to differ from his dictum in two 
points. 
I think a fine quilled Chrysanthemum is very handsome, and, 
therefore, ought not to be considered as a defect. Also, that the 
varieties of the Chrysanthemum have been so much improved 
since Mr. Glenny wrote the above in 1847, that it has now raised 
itself to the dignity of a florist’s flower, even when cut from the 
plant. The Stoke Newington Society and the Directors of the 
Crystal Palace think so too, as is evident from the fact that they 
both offer prizes for stands of cut blooms. 
I would suggest a property of colour to be taken into con¬ 
sideration. All self-coloured flowers should have the different 
colours clear, bright, and distinct. Whore there are two or more 
colours in one flower, each colour shoidd shade away into the ad¬ 
joining one regularly throughout every petal. 
4. There is no restriction in the mode of growing the plants 
previous to potting them ; but after their final potting they must 
be exhibited in the pots in which they have bloomed. The 
Crystal Palace rule on this point is : “ Plants exhibited in pots 
others than those in which they w'ere grown will be disqualified.” 
5. Six kinds are not sufficient for a grower to contend for and 
win prizes. He ought, at least, to procure a dozen of each class— 
that is, large varieties, and Pompoue varieties. The following 
will be found suitable for exhibition, and may be procured for 
9s. the dozen of any respectable grower. Larger plants and newer 
kinds would be, of course, higher in price:— 
TWELVE SELECTED LARGE-FLOWERED CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Ascania, golden yellow ; large and double. 
Aimee Ferriere, silvery white, tipped with rose pink. 
Captain Thoubais , dark cinnamon, with bright red disc. 
Elizabeth, pure white, incurved ; fine. 
Gloire Toulouse , snowy white, imbricated ; good form. 
Lothario, light ruby red, incurved; good. 
Louis Vilmorin, carmine red. 
Madame Lagarique, amaranth rose; very double a lid im¬ 
bricated. 
Madame Ijeo, ivory white; very high centre; extra fine. 
Monsieur Deschamps, canary yellow ; flowers large. 
Progne, bright crimson carmine ; a most brilliant flower. 
Stellaris globosa, carmine crimson and white, incurved ; a fine 
show flower. 
TWELVE SELECTED POMPONES, OR SMALL-FLOWERED. 
Aureole, crimson scarlet and orange; fine. 
Crocelle, cinnamon maroon; the points of the petals tipped 
with gold ; very double. 
Filletto, pure white, changing to rose pound the border ; very 
double and imbricated. 
Francois the First, reddish orange; very full and fine. 
General Canrobert, pure yellow ; free; good for show. 
Iphegenie, lilac rose ; the form of a Ranunculus ; superb. 
Josephine Latrouche, pure white, imbricated; very gooa. 
Madamoiselle Flize Cassaigne, rose tipped with yellow; very 
double and imbricated. 
Marmouset, cinnamon carmine tipped with gold ; very double 
and imbricated. 
Mr. Lebois, striped carmine rose tipped with gold; a fine 
round flower well imbricated. 
Peine des Panaches, white beautifully striped with rosy lilac; 
very double, imbricated, and unique. 
Thetis, clear yellow ; very double and well formed. 
To suit our correspondent I have selected the above twenty- 
four varieties out of older kinds, because of their price. It is 
probable, however, that some of our readers may wish for new 
kinds, regardless of their price. To suit such, I give the names 
and descriptions of twelve of the new kinds, the price of them is 
about 2i'. (id. each. 
SIX SELECTED NEW LARGE VARIETIES. 
Aurora , clear ochre yellow ; very full and fine. 
Golden Queen of England, golden canary; fine, full, and 
incurved. 
Julia Lagravere, dark velvety crimson ; compact dwarf habit 
and free bloomer. 
Madame Clos, beautiful rose lilac; very double; extra fine. 
Prince Albert, bright crimson; large, double, and a free 
bloomer. 
Una, pure white; fine form ami very large. 
SIX SELECTED NEW POMPONE VARIETIES. 
Baron d’Adsvoaerd, blush tipped with rosy lilac; very double 
and fine. 
Esmeralda , red, salmon, and orange; double, and a free 
bloomer. 
Golden Cedo Nulli, golden yellow, with brown points; very 
fine. 
Maid of tiarragossa, rose and blush; free, double, and fine 
habit. 
Miss Talfourd, pure white; double and fine. 
Mr. Shirley Hibberd, bright rose, lilac, and gold centre; very 
fine and distinct. 
0. The best time for ordering the plants from a nursery is just 
now. They will either be in flower or progressing towards it, 
and, consequently, their qualities can be proved at once; and, 
besides that, the plants will afford abundance of cuttings at the 
j time for propagating. They might, of course, be ordered in tbe 
i spring, but from the suffering by the way, and not being under 
the care of the cultivator early, theywould not make such good 
specimen plants that season. 
Lastly. Our correspondent, by what he says in a postscript, 
seems not to have been successful in growing some Pompoue 
varieties. I think he has injured his plants by delaying the last 
pottiug till late in July. He does not say whether the plants 
have been plunged during the hot summer months. If they 
have not been plunged, the hot sun in spite of all his watering 
