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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
November 12, 1887. 
more efficient government. It may happen 
that certain taxes now allotted to the imperial 
exchequer may be transferred to the local 
exchequers, but the probability is not great, 
for the obvious reason that the national 
exchequer cannot now spare a single penny of 
its gigantic income. Somehow we pay about 
eighty millions for imperial purposes ungrudg¬ 
ingly, but grumble terribly over some twenty 
to thirty millions being devoted to purely local 
purposes, and purposes which come home to 
us perpetually. Perhaps if we could cleanse 
the imperial Augean stable we might find the 
local burden more easily to be borne. How¬ 
ever, we shall watch the results of the 
intimated action of the Trade Association with 
exceeding interest. 
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The Dublin Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show 
will be bold on Thursday next; and Chrysanthemum 
shows will be held on Tuesday next at Clonmel, and on 
Friday at "Waterford. 
Mr. David Kemp, for several years gardener to 
S. Scrase Dickens, Esq., Coolhurst, Horsham, has been 
engaged as gardener and farm bailiff to Wilberforce 
Bryant, Esq., Stoke Park, Slough, and is succeeded at 
Coolhurst by his brother, Mr. Andrew Kemp, who for 
the last nineteen years has been gardener to Francis 
Aberdien, Esq., of Keitlock, Brechin, N.B. 
The third annual exhibition of the North Wales 
and Border Counties Pomological Society will he 
held at Wrexham on the 23rd and 24th inst. 
We are requested to state that the address of Mr. 
William Dean, florist (late of Walsall), is now Mill 
Lane Nursery, Solihull, Birmingham. 
The National Co-operative Flower Show, 
organised by the Agricultural and Horticultural Asso¬ 
ciation, 1, Norfolk Street, Strand, will he held next 
year at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday, August 18th. 
Mr. James W. Laird, son of Mr. E. B. Laird, of 
the firm of Messrs. W. P. Laird & Sinclair, nurserymen, 
Dundee, was married on Wednesday, to Jeannie, 
younger daughter of James Shaw, Esq., Adderley, 
Monifieth. 
At a meeting of the committee of The Gardeners’ 
Orphan Fund, held on the 4th inst., John Lee, Esq., 
and N. N. Sherwood, Esq.—the former chairman of 
the committee, and the latter one of the trustees of the 
Gardeners’ Koyal Benevolent Institution—were unani¬ 
mously elected vice-presidents. Having the sum of 
over £650 in hand, the committee decided to at once 
invest £500 in Consols. Replies were read from a 
number of gentlemen accepting the office of local 
honorary secretary in their respective districts, and the 
whole were duly elected, among the number being seven 
in Ireland, five in Scotland, and four iu Wales. 
The annual recurrence of bad weather at this season 
of the year reminds us of the fact that wet feet may he 
of daily occurrence ; and as such cannot he experienced 
with impunity, the question arises how we are to sur¬ 
mount the difficulty. For our part, it has been 
overcome by the receipt of several boxes of Gishurstine, 
for which we have to thank the manager of Price’s 
Patent Candle Company. Gishurstine is both cheap 
and a first-class article, which, when rubbed on the 
soles of boots, prevents water from penetrating the 
leather ; and when applied to other parts, not only 
keeps them watertight, hut preserves the leather in a 
soft and pliable condition. We have used it now for 
several years, and have no hesitation in recommending 
it as the best article of its kind in the market. 
A fine large tree of Magnolia grandiflora 
may he seen in front of the mansion house at 
Gunnersbury House, Acton, hearing a considerable 
number of its collective fruits. We frequently see 
the latter in an incipient or small state persisting for 
some time after the fall of the flowers, or even for a 
lengthened period, although they never develop to a 
much larger size than they are when other floral organs 
drop ; hut in this case they vary in size to a great 
extent, some being as large as a fowl’s egg. It is very 
questionable whether they will ever ripen any seeds ; 
hut the mere fact of their attaining to such a size would 
indicate that the past dry and warm summer has had 
some material effect in bringing about the present 
results. The tree has been a great ornament in the 
gardens of this country for the last century and a half ; 
but the large, leathery evergreen leaves are liable 
during heavy snow storms to cause large branches to be 
wrenched off, causing much loss where fully exposed. 
Its great leaves and huge, deliciously scented flowers 
are sufficient guarantee to ensure its continued culti¬ 
vation. 
NEW PLANTS CERTIFICATED 
By the Floral Committee of the R. H. S. 
November 8th. 
Calanthe Hallii. 
With the exception of the tips of the lateral sepals, 
which are pale green and a faint creamy yellow tint on 
the middle of the labellum, the flowers of this new 
hybrid are pure white. The plant is the result of a 
cross between C. Veitchiiand C. vestita luteo-oculata, 
exhibiting its relation to the former in the large three- 
lobed labellum, and to the latter in the habit of the 
plant, its hairiness, and the white colour of the flowers. 
The pseudo-bulbs, at present, are simply smooth and 
conical, and not constricted in the middle, as are those 
of C. Veitchii. There were two flower-stems on the 
plant exhibited about 15 ins. in length, stout, arching 
towards the top, and bearing about fourteen or sixteen 
flowers in various stages of development. It gives 
promise of being a fine thing when it attains its full 
size. Exhibited by Mr. Hall, 14, Upper Tulse Hill, 
S.W. 
Begonia Adonis. 
The plant shown at the last meeting was again 
shown at this, exhibiting a better condition than on the 
former occasion. It is a hybrid between a seedling of 
the summer-flowering tuberous-rooted kinds and John 
Heal — itself a hybrid between a tuberous-rooted 
summer-flowering kind and B. socotrana, which flowers 
in winter. Its value arises from the fact of its being a 
winter-flowering kind. The stems are about 12 ins. or 
15 ins. in height, bearing upright branching flower- 
stems, with comparatively large, cup-shaped rosy 
carmine flowers, fading to a paler tint towards their 
base. The flowers produced are mostly male and very 
attractive at this season ; the leaves are large, cordate 
orbicular, oblique, thickly clothing the stems, and over¬ 
lapping one another. 
Chrysanthemums. 
Ralph Brocklebank. — In this new Japanese 
variety we have a clear canary-yellow sport from Meg 
Merrilies. The flower-heads are about 7 ins. to 8 ins., 
or even more, in diameter, and very striking. The 
florets are loDg and clavate, tubular at the base, and 
entire or variously toothed or jagged at the apex. A 
bloom of the parent form was exhibited alongside of it, 
which showed off by contrast the distinctness of the 
sport. It would seem to he constant, as several 
successful exhibitors have been showing it on their 
stands elsewhere. Exhibited by Mr. T. Winkworth, 
The Gardens, Childwell Hall, Liverpool. 
Edouard Audiguier. — Plants of this fine Japanese 
variety were shown, from which, and from evidence 
elsewhere, it appears to he of dwarf hut robust habit, 
keeping its foliage well. The flower-heads are of 
medium size, with regularly recurved deep crimson 
florets that are purple on the reverse side. This latter 
colour is only seen in the hud state, or before the 
florets of the centre become expanded; while ulti¬ 
mately the outer ones become somewhat twisted. For 
grouping, at all events, this is almost certain to 
become popular, owing to its dwarf habit. Exhibited 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. 
By the Floral Committee of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society. 
November 9 th. 
Chrysanthemums. 
Edwin Molyneux.— Well-grown specimens of this 
new Japanese variety produce large heads of globose 
shape. The florets are broad, incurved in a similar 
way to those of Comte de Germiny, crimson on the 
upper surface, and nankeen-yellow on the reverse side. 
The leaves present a hold and fine appearance when in 
their best form. 
Putney George.— The flower-heads of this Japanese 
variety, raised by Messrs. H. Cannell in 1S87, are of 
medium size, with densely-arranged and somewhat 
reflexed florets of a deep crimson, minutely three¬ 
toothed, and yellow at the extreme apex. The fine 
colour and close arrangement of the florets are very 
telling in this variety. Exhibited by Messrs. H. 
Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent, who were awarded a 
Silver Medal for a stand of twelve new varieties. 
Lady Lawrence. —The large and very effective 
heads of this Japanese variety are white, or of the 
faintest creamy white. The florets are broad, and more 
or less densely incurved, giving the heads almost the 
massive appearance of Comte de Germiny. 
Mrs. H. Cannell. — In this we have another 
Japanese variety, of the purest white, with large and 
bold flower-heads. The outer rays are tubular almost 
to the tip, and spreading somewhat loosely; while all 
the central part of the head is filled in with broad flat 
florets that are closely incurved. Exhibited by Mr. J. 
Snow, South Park, Wadhurst, Sussex. 
Mr. H. Wellam.— The florets of this variety are 
broad, less densely arranged than in the above-men¬ 
tioned kinds, ultimately somewhat twisted, with the 
tips spreading in all directions. This variety belongs 
to the Japanese section, and is pure white, with the 
exception of a few red streaks, which, however, may 
not he constant. 
Mr. H. Cannell.— The huge bright yellow flower- 
heads of this Japanese variety have a very telling 
appearance when well grown, as they certainly were in 
this case. The florets are broad, densely arranged, 
somewhat twisted sideways at the tip, and closely in¬ 
curved. This variety, together with most of the above, 
promises to be a good exhibition kind. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM, AMY FURZE. 
There seems to be some difference of opinion among 
' growers as to which class this fine new variety should 
be placed in, the Japanese or the reflexed, hut to 
whichever it may properly belong, it may be said of it 
that it will become a great favourite for decorative 
work, and, probably, has a future before it as a 
market flower, on account of its good shape, pleasing 
colour, and lasting properties when in bloom. It was 
well shown last year at Kingston by Mr. Coombes, 
under the name of Amy Furze, and was then cer¬ 
tificated ; but it was raised by Mr. James Townshend, 
of Putney, about four years ago. Mr. Townshend, we 
believe, intended to name it after one of his sons, 
Henry, but was forestalled by Mr. Coombes, to whom 
he had given some cuttings to grow for trial; con¬ 
sequently, except as the raiser, his name cannot now 
be identified with it. 
The flowers of Amy Furze, of which we give an 
illustration, measure about 5£ ins. in diameter, or over, 
with beautifully and evenly reflexed florets. The 
general aspect of the whole head as regards colour, is 
that of a fine soft pink, flushed with rose, while the 
centre during expansion is more or less twisted, very 
full and tinted with golden yellow. The under surface 
of the florets, at the time our drawing was made, was 
of a brighter rose colour than the upper. The foliage 
is of good substance, and rather deeply cut, although 
the individual leaves are only of medium size. It 
grows only of moderate height, and the blooms keep 
fresh much longer on the plant than many other sorts. 
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WINDOW GARDENING* 
The art of window gardening is not new ; hut in 
introducing my subject it may not be out of place to 
make the explanation that I do not come before you 
with any new-fangled ideas purporting to revolutionise 
the existing state of matters, but merely to foster the 
art, encourage old members of the occupation, and 
induce others to take it up, especially those who have 
not yet tried their hand, nor have been initiated into 
the secrets of plant growing. The inducements to 
amateurs to vary their daily routine of life by an occu¬ 
pation of this kind are manifold, and have been 
reiterated from time to time, so that it will be unneces¬ 
sary to dwell at length upon this point. That it tends, 
to elevate the moral tone of society there can be no 
question, for an hour or two spent daily in tending a 
collection of plants, after the day’s work is over, pro¬ 
motes a healthy action of mind and body, and, in fact, 
constitutes an enjoyment and recreation in itself of no 
ordinary kind, and at the same time detains a man 
practically within the pale of his own domestic circle, 
thereby preventing him from unnecessarily squandering 
his means, in ways that are hut too well known, for 
that which brings him no essential good. It is true 
that the occupation harbours within itself hut little of 
an excitable kind ; and except for the healthy emulation 
caused by a neighbour’s greater success, or the short¬ 
lived and annual recurrence of the excitement of a local 
exhibition, the prosecution of the art tends to a life of 
contentment. 
A cottage rendered gay by plants in the windows, 
whether out or inside, speaks in plain terms of the 
well-regulated minds, trained intellects, and industry of 
the inmates. As a further encouragement to amateurs, 
it may be stated that recreation and enjoyment of the 
kind mentioned is neither fanciful or impracticable 
where a sufficiently-lighted window or windows are at 
* Read by Mr. J. Fraser before a meeting of tlie St. Peter's, 
Hammersmith, and District Horticultural and Cottage Garden 
Society. 
