November 26, 1887. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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POSTPONEMENT OF SHOW. 
T HE EIGHTH GRAND CHRYSAN¬ 
THEMUM and FRUIT SHOW will be held in St. George's 
Hall on the 29tli and 30th of November. 
The following Special Prizes are offered for competition A 
Silver-plated Tea Service, presented by Messrs. J. Williams & Co., 
Manure Manufacturers, 62, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, for forty- 
eight cut blooms of Chrysanthemums, and the Veitch Memorial 
Medal and £5 for thirty-six cut blooms. 
Entries close November 22nd. 
The Spring Show will be held on March 21st, 1S88. 
Schedules ou application to the Secretary, 
EDWARD BRIDGE. 
3, Cedar Terrace, Torbock Road, Huyton. 
Next Week’s Engagements. 
Monday, November 28th.—National Chrysanthemum Society ; 
Meeting of General Committee at 7 p.m. Bulb Sales at 
Protheroe & Morris’s, and Stevens’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, November 29th.—Chrysanthemum Shows at Liverpool 
and Edinburgh (2 days). Sale of Orchids in Flower at 
Protheroe & Morris's Rooms. Sales of Greenhouse Plants 
at the Nursery, Temple Mills Lane, Stratford ; and of Roses, 
Plants, &c., at the City Auction Rooms, Gracccliurch Street, 
by Protheroe & Morris. 
Wednesday, November 30th.— Dutch Bulbs and Lily Sales at 
Protheroe & Morris’s, and at Stevens' Rooms. 
Thursday, December 1st.—Sale of Dutch Bulbs at Protheroe & 
Morris’s Rooms. 
Friday, December 2nd.—Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris’s 
Rooms. Sale of Greenhouse Plants at Low Hill, Bushbury, 
Wolverhampton, by Heath & Son. 
Saturday, December 3rd.—Sales of Bulbs at Stevens’, and 
Protheroe & Morris’s Rooms. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
Amasonia calycina. 203 
Amateurs’ Garden.199 
Apprentice System . 202 
Bambusa Fortunei. 202 
Bocconia frutescens. 202 
Chrenostoma hispida. 203 
Chrysanthemum Mdlle. 
Elise Dordan . 200 
Chrysanthemum Notes .. 19S 
Chrysanthemums outdoors 200 
Chrysanthemum Shows .. 203 
Gardeners’ Calendar. 205 
Horticultural Societies.... 202 
Ivies in Scotland . 200 
Johnston, the late Mr. G .. 196 
Leek Show at Kelso. 196 
PAGE 
Nerine undulata. 203 
Orchid Notes . 206 
Pansy, the . 201 
Passiflora racemosa . 196 
Primulas at Birmingham.. 203 
Publications, new. 196 
Rose Growing, hints on .. 198 
Royal Horticultural Society 196 
Scottish Notes . 199 
“ Some other Classes ”.... 195 
Thuja gigantea . 200 
Violet, the Laurel-leaved.. 196 
Waddon House . 201 
Wasps, destruction of .... 202 
Window Gardening . 197 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
IpiartamitgllfiA 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1887. 
“Some other Classes.” —Visitors to late 
autumn flower shows, and these are chiefly 
flower shows devoted to the Chrysanthemum, 
must often be thankful that committees kindly 
consider a few other things, as not only worthy 
of encouragement, but as adding interest and 
beauty to the shows. The most intense 
admirer of Chrysanthemums may, after a 
round of some half-dozen exhibitions, feel 
satiated, but when that half-dozen is extended 
into a score, and the primary dish at every such 
feast is the Chrysanthemum, those whose lot 
it is to critically report upon such gatherings, 
are very pleased indeed that beyond the 
Chrysanthemum the schedules include “some 
other classes.” In not a few shows at this dull, 
indeed of late, gloomy time of the year, some 
bright colouring is found to he specially wel¬ 
come, and under the gas-light clusters of 
scarlet, pink, white or other coloured Zonal 
Pelargoniums show out with marked effect. 
We hesitate not to aver that a long house 
full of these beautiful flowers, such as Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons olfer to the eyes of visitors 
to Swanley during any winter, is one of the 
most beautiful floral sights to he found in the 
kingdom. It is sometimes urged that we have 
had some six months of bloom from Zonal 
Pelargoniums, especially in the open ground, 
and that a change is desirable. That may be 
so far correct, and, indeed, would be a strong 
objection were these flowers in the autumn 
and winter to be made the chief feature of the 
shows. That is, however, not the case, and 
as Chrysanthemums, though so very beautiful, 
fail to giVe many of those glorious hues that 
are found in the Pelargonium, but which are 
never more beautiful or more strikingly 
developed than in the winter, we may rather 
rejoice that it is found possible to produce 
good show plants of these, both double and 
single, and thus aid to promote interest in 
exhibitions, which otherwise would suffer from 
excessive sameness. We should very much 
like to see a class for half-a-dozen Zonal 
Pelargoniums, single or double, provided by 
the National Chrysanthemum Society, at its 
future November exhibitions. 
Chinese Primroses form one of the most 
popular and, as such, most widely grown of 
winter flowers. We have few more graceful- 
flowering plants, few under glass more easily 
grown, and in some localities few more admir¬ 
ably displayed. The weak point associated 
with their exhibition, as a rule, seems to be 
found in displaying them in lines as table 
plants, or in some other hard and undesirable 
fashion. In no way can these be more 
pleasingly shown than in a round, flat basket, 
the plants set in moss, and the basket being 
slightly tilted towards the spectator. So 
arranged the plants travel well and make an 
admirable show. For the winter gloom the 
best hues are pure white, pink, rose, carmine, 
scarlet and dense purple. The greater the 
variety the better, but, of course, if all of one 
sort, unless otherwise stipulated, and the best 
plants, the best should have the award. The 
whites, as a rule, carry the largest and most 
compact heads of bloom, hence they always find 
favour. However, all is very much a matter of 
culture and sowing. Seed sown in March 
should give very fine heads of bloom, and well 
set with good foliage in November. 
Cyclamens are sometimes found amongst 
other classes, and admirable they are when 
shown by the trade grower; but by the ordinary 
gardener, who cannot devote houses specially 
to their culture, they are seldom shown in 
decent form. What Cyclamens may be in 
November, the grand lot of yearling plants, 
shown by Mr. Warren, of Isleworth, at 
Twickenham last week was evidence. We 
thought that a very much finer effect might 
have been got from these plants had Mr. 
Warren set them up in flat baskets of twelve 
to fifteen plants in distinct colours, as mixing 
seems to deprive flowers of the fine effect 
they produce when seen in bulk. A genuine 
winter-bloomer is the Cyclamen, and long may 
it be found at our late autumn and winter 
shows in the “other classes” ! 
Pots of Mignonette present somewhat dull 
material even when in good bloom, but then 
how acceptable these are for the delicious 
perfume the plants emit! We have seen some 
admirable pots of these scented flowers in 
November, and recognise their value heartily. 
We prefer some good even clumps, and thinner 
though much larger specimen plants, and here 
again the securing of good show specimens is 
chiefly a question of sowing in time, for after 
cultivation is simple enough. If we do not 
refer to Heaths as being winter-flowering plants 
it is chiefly because they are not so commonly 
grown as are plants from seed, or readily 
propagated through cuttings. Still, a few 
good Heaths, in variety, make a very charming 
class. Table plants, of course, are often 
found at winter shows, but of these we have 
little to say commendatory, for the obvious 
reason that they differ nothing from what are 
provided at shows all the year round. 
Berried plants, and especially Solanums, are 
by no means open to that criticism ; indeed, it 
is very pleasant to be able to remark that ws 
have rarely seen better berried Solanums than 
this season. They give the satisfaction also 
of being fairly enduring, and will, with care, 
be as effective in March as now. Of course 
there are other plants which help to make up 
“ some other classes ” with good effect, but 
enough has been referred to. Last, and finally, 
at the Kingston show there may be seen 
