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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 7, 1886. 
were really acquainted. The present import of Oranges 
to England was 4J million bushels a year, which, 
estimating a hundred oranges to the bushel, represented 
a very large quantity of the fruit. Jamaica exported 
.£274,000 worth of fruit to America; the Bahamas, 
£?48,000 worth of Pineapples; Trinidad, .£50,000 worth 
of Cocoanuts ; and British Honduras, large quantities 
of various fruits. There were many tropical fruits that 
were only fit to be eaten in the tropics, but there were 
others that contained most wholesome and refreshing 
juices that might very well be introduced into this 
country. The lecturer exhibited a basket of West 
Indian fruit that had arrived on the preceding day, 
and which was, he said, the beginning of a large 
industry between the West Indies and this country. 
Daffodils.—Mr. W. Baylor, Hartland, Patrick 
Street, Cork, has just issued a third edition of his 
quaint “Little Booke of Daffodils,” which contains 
much information of interest to lovers of these favourite 
flowers of spring. 
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FUCHSIA ISLAND. 
It was undoubtedly an odd coincidence that when I 
took up my quarters for a few and all too short days in 
the Isle of Wight recently, it should be at Fuchsia 
Cottage. I have dubbed this whilom garden of England 
Fuchsia Island, because it seems a far more pleasing 
and appropriate one than is the bold geological appel¬ 
lation of Isle of Wight—an appellation, as most school¬ 
boys know, derived from the chalky whiteness of its 
cliffs, with the difference that whilst we have altered 
the spelling of the term as applied to colour, we have 
left it untouched as applied in geography. 
Now, few things strike the garden visitor to the 
island with greater force, or present to his mind more 
evidence of garden beauty, than is found in the beautiful 
Fuchsia trees and bushes which everywhere abound. I 
refer chiefly to the district of Ryde because I have seen 
most of that part of Fuchsia land, and these Fuchsias, 
in glorious blood-red bloom, may be found as common 
as Lilacs and Laburnums in spring over on this side of 
the Solent. The most abundant kind certainly is the 
old Fuchsia Riccartoni, introduced some fifty years since, 
and in my boyish days grown as a good greenhouse 
variety. This beautiful kind crops up everywhere in 
various forms and sizes about St. Helen’s Green, where 
the residents look out over Brading Harbour and some 
lovely hill and dale scenery, with the sea in the 
distance ; I saw quite trees of this Fuchsia I should 
think from 12 ft. to 14 ft. in height, blooming grandly. 
One garden—alas ! too enclosed to obtain more than a 
passing glance of—seemed planted entirely with Fuch¬ 
sias in great variety ; and at Appley Towers, Lady 
Hutt’s beautiful place, overlooking Hyde, there is quite 
a long hedge of this Fuchsia—in fact, it is seen every¬ 
where. I also met with the old Coccinea and the once 
favourite Globosa, and the larger Corallina in big 
bushes, and occasionally more modern sorts, all of 
which seem untouched by winter frost. It must in¬ 
deed be a glorious climate where Fuchsias will grow so 
freely and so beautifully as they do in the Isle of Wight. 
Then I observed in many places that the pretty bloom¬ 
ing half-tender forms of Veronica do well. I came 
across, in a cottage garden, a bush of V. Hendersoni, 
full of flower, and some 9 ft. across ; whilst bushes of 
the more abrupt-flowered Andersoni and the pretty red 
Traversii were plentiful. 
The most interesting garden in the island, however, 
is, without doubt, that of Appley Towers. It is not 
only a grand place, though not now kept on its merits, 
but it contains plants which, in every ninety-nine other 
places in the hundred, would be found in conserva¬ 
tories and greenhouses, rather than be seen growing 
out on the lawns as ordinary hardy shrubs. Palms of 
the Fortunei section do grandly ; and, indeed, one big 
bed of Palms and Aralias presents as noble a piece of 
what we commonly call sub-tropical foliage as may be 
seen anywhere. We must remember, too, that this is 
not planted out here in the spring. The whole of these 
things remain as if only Laurels or Rhododendrons. 
Aralia Sieboldi is indeed grand here ; its fine leaves of 
glossy green hue present a marked contrast to the 
sombre leafage of the over-hanging and noble Palms. 
Close by is a big mass in full bloom of that ancient 
garden favourite, the Lemon plant or sweet-scented Ver¬ 
bena, Aloysia citriodora. A little farther off, growing 
against an arched wall, are white and red Lapagerias, 
thriving admirably, and near a very fine plant in pro¬ 
fuse bloom of the climbing Rhyncospermum jasminoides. 
This specimen thus growing in the open air is as big as 
the finest seen at exhibitions, and is far more vigorous 
and healthy. 
On the east side of this wall is found a variegated 
form of this Ehyncospermum, and no doubt the ten¬ 
derer also, but it thrives well, making luxuriant growth. 
Gunnera scabra, a gigantic Ehubarb-like plant, is a 
very attractive feature, and specially so are such ordi¬ 
narily treated tender plants as Leptospermum lanigerum, 
with growth something like that of the Cotoneaster, 
and covered with spikes of white flowers ; Desfontanea 
spinosa, a holly-like shrub, bearing reddish yellow 
flowers ; Colletia bictonensis, a very curious shrub, 
with solid fleshy foliage, placed alternately on the 
branches, and presenting a veritable monkey puzzle ; 
Camellias, Escallonias, &c. ; in fact, things innumer¬ 
able, which literally make one stare to see them 
growing so grandly out in the open. Some noble Blue 
Gums have not a leaf injured. The Camphor Laurel 
and the Cinnamon tree stand side by side, thriving 
luxuriantly ; noble Spiraeas, such as Hooperii, carrying 
large spikes of bloom from 18 ins. to 20 ins. long ; also 
serifolia, having hardly less beautiful flowers ; a 
glorious plant, feathered to the ends, and some 9 ft. 
across, of Acer polymorphum deeussatum, a beautiful 
specimen, are all attractive features, amongst many 
more. 
Appley is indeed a garden to see and rejoice in ; 
and few places possess more interest, especially when 
chaperoned by Mr. Miles, the gardener, who points 
out with intelligent appreciation all those features in 
shrubs or trees which merit attention. After all, I 
think the Isle of Wight is most happily named the 
“garden of England.”— A. B. 
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ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 
CHRYSANTHEMUM IN VIEW OF 
COMPETITION. —V. 
In my last article I discussed the merits of the 
Incurved and Japanese sections, and will now take up 
the reflexed varieties, which are more compactly built 
than the Japanese, and in the fullness of flower rather 
resemble the incurved, with the exception, that they 
turn the petals of the flower outwards, or from the 
centre to the circumference, from which circumstance 
they derive their name. Among this class there are 
some very handsome flowers, though in point of size they 
are inferior to the incurved. A few of the best are as 
follows:—Chevalier Domage, Crimson Velvet, Dr. 
Sharpe, Felicity, Geo. Stevens, King of Crimsons, Mrs. 
Forsyth, and that newly-introduced one, Cullingfordii, 
which is spoken of as being superior to any in the list ; 
we shall see at the end of the coming blooming season. 
It may be well to mention in passing (though I shall 
have to deal with the subject afterwards), that the re- 
flexed class is probably the best adapted for selecting 
exhibition plants from ; as a rule they all make good 
bushy trees and produce plenty of flowers. 
Now for the Pompon, which may be considered the 
Chrysanthemum in miniature, and which for the sake 
of variety is well worth growing, but where space is 
limited it has often to be excluded; these make 
splendidly bushy plants, and for a window I do not 
think any plant looks much better, when well grown. 
A few of the best kinds are the following :—Golden 
Madame Martha, Sceur Melainie, Cedo Nulli, Vulcan, 
Model of Perfection, and Snowdrop. 
Just a few words on the Anemone-flowered section, 
which possesses considerable attractions, yet as a rule 
the flowers are not generally so much appreciated as 
the other classes ; nevertheless, for the sake of variety, 
they are very good in their place, and in this class 
there are perhaps more traces left of what the Chrysan¬ 
themum was in its original state previous to the 
florist’s interference with nature. If one of these 
flowers were compared with a large Ox-eyed Daisy, no 
great stretch of imagination would be required to 
discern a wonderful relationship between them in the 
broad smooth centres, and the circumference of petals 
with which each of them is furnished. Some of the 
best in this section are, Fleur de Marie, Lady Margaret, 
Marguerite de York, Prince of Anemones, Sceur 
Dorothea Souille, and Empress. 
I will now deal -with another and most important 
part of Chrysanthemum culture—viz., the most ap¬ 
proved method of growing plants which are intended 
to produce cut blooms for exhibition ; and I do not 
know that there is more variety of opinion amon 
growers in any part of its treatment than on this 
subject. 
Some authorities say that in order to produce the 
largest and best blooms, you should not stop the plants 
at all, but grow them on one central stem, when at a 
given stage of their growth they will break of their 
own accord into three or more branches, each of which 
will produce a flower. 
I have no doubt but that this plan will succeed with 
certain flowers, while in others it will not answer the 
grower’s expectations, and I may Say that in order to 
grow a miscellaneous collection of plants successfully, 
it will be necessary that the grower understand the 
habit and peculiarity of each kind, and this holds good 
not only with Chrysanthemums, but with almost every 
florist flower in cultivation ; and it is, in my opinion, 
a knowledge of these constitutional differences which 
gives one exhibitor an advantage over another, for 
while the inexperienced treats all the plants on the 
same principle, the other scarcely treats any two plants 
in exactly the same way. I tried this plan of not 
stopping at all rather extensively last season ; in some 
cases it answered fairly well, while in others I succeeded 
in producing giant trunks and immense leaves ; but am 
sorry to say in a great many cases they too closely 
resembled that tree of which we have all heard, and 
which, when approached by a party of fruit-seekers, 
presented “leaves only.”— Geo. Kidson, Hull. 
( To be continued.) 
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CARNATIONS AND FINKS 
WITHIN DOORS. 
Your correspondent, Mr. W. J. Murphy, Clonmel, 
whose contributions I invariably read with pleasure 
and profit, remarks on p. 746, under the head of 
“Double White Carnations and Pinks”—“I cannot 
be persuaded the Carnation or Pink were ever meant 
to be grown indoors.” This is a kind of tantalising 
statement, for I confess I do not quite understand what 
he is driving at. No one who grows Carnations, 
Picotees, and Pinks to have them in bloom in July, 
thinks of growing them within doors. It is true that 
it is the practice of Mr. Turner, Mr. Douglas, Mr. 
Dodwell, and others, when the plants have come well 
into bloom in the open air to put them into greenhouses 
for the convenience of shading, and to protect the 
blooms from being soiled by rain ; but every light and 
door is put wide open so that there may be the freest 
circulation of air. And it must be obvious to Mr. 
Murphy that to have tree or perpetual Carnations and 
forcing Pinks in bloom in February and March and in 
May, they must be grown under glass ; they cannot be 
had in bloom in the open air during those months, 
unless in a garden of perpetual summer. 
I think your correspondent and others are a little too 
fondof having a sly hit at the “florist,”as he is somewhat 
contemptuously termed at times. The florist grows his 
choice Carnations and Picotees in his own way, because 
it pleases him to do so, and he does not in the slightest 
degree interfere with the liberty of Mr. Murphy to grow 
them in any way he pleases, or to put any restraint 
upon him. The florist, and especially he who grows for 
exhibition, shades certain flowers in order to have the 
white grounds as pure as possible, and prevent the 
running of the flaked colours ; but because he spreads 
an awning over his bed, or places his plants in a cool 
glasshouse to accomplish this, no one can say that 
by so doing he means to infer that Carnations are to be 
grown indoors. If Mr. Murphy would try to look at 
the matter a little more from the standpoint of the 
florist, he would not be betrayed into making uncon¬ 
sidered statements from which incorrect inferences can 
be drawn.— Bianthus. 
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NOTES ON LILIUMS. 
The hardy plant garden at this time of the year is 
exceedingly rich in choice flowering perennials and 
bulbous plants, some of which I have from time to 
time noted in these columns. Among bulbous-rooted 
subjects we have none to compare with the Lily for 
grandeur, none which can vie with it for gorgeous or 
brilliant colours, and none which compare with them 
in their almost overpowering fragrance. Taken as a 
whole, the genus has many admirers, all of whom are 
ready to go into ecstacies of delight at the sight of 
them. Still, ho-wever, their cultivation is limited, and 
