THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Zonal Pelargoniums in Winter. 
Messes. Henry Cannell & Sons’ stand of zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums was one of the leading features of the last 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society ; and this 
firm, which cannot be excelled in the art of producing 
these brilliant trusses of bloom at this season of the 
year, staged a number of varieties, the pips and trusses 
beiDg as fine in quality and as rich in colour as in the 
summer season. Really, I think that zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums take on in autumn and winter a depth and 
brilliancy in excess of any other period of the year. 
The low span-roofed houses in which Messrs. Cannell 
& Sons flawer these are admirably adapted for the 
purpose ; and the small hot-water pipe running round 
the houses, at about a level of the flower-heads, is of 
great assistance in imparting that degree of warmth 
which dispels damp and assists the flowers to expand 
in a manner that presents them to view in the best 
character. It cannot be expected that gardeners who 
have to grow mixed plants in houses can produce zonal 
Pelargoniums in winter of the same character as from 
Swanley. If they could devote a small span-roofed 
house wholly to their culture, with a command of the 
requisite heat, it might be done, but not without. The 
bastof gardeners canuot do what is practically impossible. 
The zonal houses at Swanley are well worthy of a 
visit at this season of the year. As a matter of course 
the plants are prepared for the purpose—that is to say, 
they are grown on during the summer and not allowed 
to flower, and when the time comes they are vigorous 
and in the condition to produce fine trusses of sparkling 
flowers. Some of the darkest coloured of those shown 
by Mr. Cannell were King of Purples, Henry Cannell, 
Junr., Clytie, Miller’s Favourite, and Lucy Croix, all 
of a crimson shade, more or less suffused with purple. 
Of scarlet and red shades : Hyacinth, Cannell’s 
Favourite, Radha, Mr. Herries and Lancelot. These 
five are very bright and effective. I always think the 
saknon-tinted zonals are seen at their best in autumn 
and winter, such as Rosy Morn, Lady Churchill, Beauty 
of Kent, Charles Morten, and Olivia, all very good 
indeed. The pink varieties were E. Lewis and Mrs. 
Wildsmith. the last-named a very fine variety indeed. 
The leading whites were Ladybird, A. Amphlett, and 
Swanley Single White. These make a collection of 
twenty varieties well adapted for pot culture, although 
it by no means exhausts the gems in Messrs. H. 
Cannell & Sons’ collection.— li. D. 
Fancy and Show Pansies. 
I quite agree with your correspondent “ Veritas,” in 
his remarks on fancy Pansies, at p. 232. To find out 
which varieties are most popular amongst the Scotch 
growers I asked the leading amateurs to send me 
lists of what they considered the best twenty-four fancy 
Pansies, also the best twenty-four show varieties, to 
include in the latter class six dark seifs, three white 
and three yellow seifs, six white and six yellow grounds. 
Thirteen have sent in returns in the fancy class, and' 
twelve lists of show varieties, and I send the names of 
the selected twenty-four in each class, or those which 
received the highest number of votes. As it may 
interest some of your readers, I give you also the names 
of the amateurs who voted, viz : 
Mr. John Allan, Stobhill, Gorehridge. 
Mr. Andrew Berroman, Beeslack, Penicuik. 
Mr. Alex. Kemp, Motherwell. 
Mr. John Stewart, Lennoxtown. 
Mr. "William Stewart, Woodillee, Lenzie. 
Mr. John Mackie, Hunthill, Blantyre. 
Mr. Robert Ellis, Cambusnethan. 
Mr. Henry Hamilton, Lochwinnoch. 
Mr. Henry Poison, Galashiels. 
Mr. Peter Lvle, Kilbarchan. 
Mr. David Russell, Cadder, Bishopbriggs. 
Mr. William Frater, Ochiltree, Linlithgow. 
Mr. John Beatson, Alva. 
Fancy Pansies. 
VOTES. 
Maggie A. Scott. 13 
Lord Hamilton . 12 
Archie Buchanan . 12 
Mr. John Downie. 11 
George Anderson . 11 
Robert Jamieson . 11 
Donald Morrison . 10 
Mrs. John McConnell.. 10 
Alexander Smith . 9 
Mrs. Aitkenson . 8 
Miss French . 8 
John J. Ashton . 8 
Evelyn Bruce. 8 
VOTES. 
Pilrig . 8 
Lord Rosebery 
(Pattison) 7 
Alexander Ollar. 7 
James Alexander ... ... 7 
Endymion . 6 
Mrs. John Ellis. 6 
Maggie R. S. Cocker... 5 
Wm. Caldwell . 5 
Tom Travis. 5 
David Rennie. 5 
Kate McArthur. 5 
Show 
Dark Selfs. 
VOTES. 
William Fulton. 12 
Dr. Inches .. 10 
Alexander Black . 9 
Rev. J. Morrison . 8 
David -Malcolm . 8 
Harry Paul. . . 7 
White Selfs. 
Mrs. Gladstone . 10 
Mary Mitchell . 5 
Miss Helen Douglas ... 4 
Yellow Selfs. 
Archie Rolland . 9 
Maggie Thomson . 5 
Pirate . 4 
— IP - . Campbell, Blantyre, 
ANSI ES. 
White Grounds. 
VOTES. 
Royal Visit. 10 
Bella Watt. 10 
Bennachie . 7 
Jessie Foot. 6 
Victoria Gem. 4 
Mrs. A. Finlayson. 4 
Yellow Grounds. 
James McLeish . 8 
Alfred Johnstone . 8 
G. C. Gordon. 7 
Wm. Robin. 5 
Adam Train . 5 
John Bolton . 5 
Y. B. 
Select Gladioli. 
Will you he so good as to favour me with the names 
of twelve really grand varieties of Gladioli (gandavensis) 
that cannot be excelled. — Questor. [Your request is 
rather a poser, but we sent it on to a world-renowned 
grower of these flowers, who kindly names what he 
considers the best dozen, and gives also a second 
selection that it would be a very difficult matter to 
rival.—E d.] 
The Best Dozen. 
Appianus," white, rose blotch on lower petal. 
Calliphon, rose, streaked with brighter rose, white 
centre. 
Duchess of Edinburgh, rosy purple, carmine 
stripe and white line. 
James Kelway, crimson, edged maroon, white 
lines. 
Lady Carrington, pink, white throat. 
Lassia, scarlet, violet stripe. 
Marcianus, orange-red, carmine stripe. 
Rev. H. H. D’Ombrain, cerise, white throat. 
Mrs. Dobree, white, lower petals tinged sulphur. 
Mrs. J. Eyton, white, pink tips and flakes. 
Prince Henry, purple, white throat. 
Sir Trevor Laavrence, mulberry, flaked maroon, 
purple throat. 
Admiral Willis 
Agrius 
Aquinum 
Bellini 
Democedes 
Dr. Woodman 
Second Selection. 
Duni 
Electra 
Galatea 
Lord Sefton 
Mrs. Striedniger 
Samuel Jennings. 
Sweet-scented Chrysanthemums. 
The quality of fragrance in the Chrysanthemum—and 
it is a very desirable one—is, I think, of somewhat late 
development. It ii true that old varieties like Dr. 
Sharpe and Progne are fragrant, but it is only of recent 
years that any of the finer varieties have developed that 
sweetness of smell we denominate fragrance. The 
Japanese types appear to possess this quality in a 
larger degree than the varieties of any other section. 
Of these I may mention Beaute des Jardins, Formosa, 
Golden Gem, La Patrie, M. Mathonnet, Mr. A. J. 
Drexel, Kymphie, and last, but not least, that beau¬ 
tiful amaranth-tinted variety, Mrs. E. W. Clarke. I 
think this is one of the most scented of those I have 
named. It is a new American seedling, the flowers 
large and full, the centre florets incurving considerably, 
It gives a colour wanting in the Japs. Of incurved 
varieties that are fragrant, there are Refulgens and 
Vesta ; of reflexed varieties, Dr. Sharpe and Progne ; 
of Pompons, M. Van Hulle, President, Roi des 
Precoces, and Scapin.— R. D. 
--i-X-O- 
“ THE GOLDEN FLOWER.” 
Christmas-time is essentially the season of the year 
for double numbers, art gift books, and editions de luxe 
of every kind, and we have long been inquiring when 
the time would come for us to seeahandsome book, got up 
in an artistic style, published upon the most popular 
of flowers—the Chrysanthemum. It would not have 
been a matter of surprise had we found one of the large 
London publishing houses like Cassell, Routledge, 
Ward & Lock, or Longmans first in the field with such 
a volume, but a work which has just come to hand 
proves that our American friends know how to turn 
popular movements to profitable account without delay. 
Chrysanthemums in the States, as here, are held in 
great esteem, and the readers of The Gardening 
World are tolerably well acquainted with the progress 
of Chrysanthemum culture in that country. The book 
we are now noticing is, it must be distinctly stated, not 
a cultural work, and is not intended for the florist, 
save as an object of beauty, to lie upon his drawing¬ 
room table for visitors to admire. It is a work of art— 
a triumph of the printer’s, bookbinder’s and painter’s 
skill—and to a gardener nothing more. 
The binding is a combination of a delicate pale 
shade of green Indian silk and chocolate-rose cloth. 
The title, “The Golden Flower, Chrysanthemum,’’ is 
stamped in relief in a panel of gold, and a rich tooling 
of golden Chrysanthemums and foliage runs in varied 
widths all round the edge of the cover. A large 
Japanese hloom, with several inches of stem and 
foliage, is stamped in gold obliquely across the cover, and 
behind it are several forms of the Japanese Kiku crest. 
The end papers defy description unless by a specialist, 
and the work itself is on a stout, highly-glazed gilt- 
edged paper, the like of which is not often used for books 
in this country. The plan of the book is to give a 
coloured illustration of a Chrysanthemum drawn from 
nature, followed on the next page by an appropriate 
piece of poetry. 
The blooms as depicted are not in any case high 
standards of exhibition flowers, and it is only fair to the 
artists to say that such was not intended, for in the 
introduction we are told that the only point of view 
selected was an artist’s one. 
The work opens with a prologue by Louis Carroll, 
and closes with an epilogue by Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
The varieties illustrated are mostly known to English 
growers, and are as follows: Kioto, Medusa, Jardin 
des Plantes, Heesima, Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, October 
Beauty, Mrs. C. H. Wheeler, King of Crimsons, Golden 
Dragon, Tokio, Liciniatum, L lian B. Bird, Culling- 
fordii, Peter the Great, John Thorpe, Ceres, Moon¬ 
light and Christmas Eve. They are all so beautifully 
executed that it is hard to choose between them. In 
a grower’s eye perhaps Moonlight, Lilian B. Bird, Mrs. 
Alpheus Hardy and Kioto would find the greatest 
favour. 
To those English growers of Chrysanthemums who 
hold that “ a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.” such 
a handsome volume as The Golden Flower will be 
most acceptable ; but a buyer of this work must be 
primarily a book-lover to properly appreciate it at its 
highest value, for nothing like it has ever yet appeared 
on the Chrysanthemum, and this fact precludes all 
attempts at comparison. 
We quote the verses relating to the illustration of 
the crimson Japanese variety, ‘' Tokio,” which are 
printed on a kakemono over an arrangement of fans, 
with a Japanese girl, water Lilies, birds, &e. 
A little maid of Tokio 
Ivory cheek and glancing eye, 
Hare are signs to tell you by : 
Glossy braids of midnight hue, 
Form more pliant than bamboo. 
These belong to none but you, 
Little maid of Tokio. 
Heavy blooms the Cherry tree 
And the Plum for you to see. 
Swallows nest upon the wall, 
Pigeons flutter down and fall 
At your feet. You welcome all, 
Little Maid of Tokio. 
Me, alas ! you welcome not, 
Standing in the self-same spot 
Where you stood when I began, 
But I hold you while I can, 
In my heart—on my fan 
Little maid of Tokio. 
Flit and follow to and fro, 
Beckoning breezes as they blow. 
Voyage to your sunrise land, 
Then return and quiet stand 
In the harbour of my hand, 
Little maid of Tokio. 
Bringing odours in your sleeves 
Of a land where no one grieves, 
Where the rainbow pours its gold, 
Fairy tales are lived, not told, 
And—the Lotus doth unfold, 
Little maid of Tokio .—Alice JFard Bailey. 
To avoid any unnecessary inquiries, it may be 
mentioned that Messrs. Prang & Co., of 286, Roxbury 
Street, Boston, Mass., IT.S.A , are the publishers, and 
the price is §10. 
Bone Dust for Amaryllis. —Mr. McKay, Hallock's 
foreman, uses a good sprinkling of bone dust on the 
surface of the soil in the pots, and to this he attri¬ 
butes largely the thrifty condition of a lot of A. aulica 
platypetala he has now coming into bloom .—American 
Florist. 
