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THE GABDENING WORLD. 
November 24, 1888' 
distinct yellow, with a dark blotch below the middle 
of the three sepals. It would come near to 0. c. 
flaveolum, but differs slightly in the spotting, especially 
with regard to the lip. The latter organ is bifid at the 
apex, and has the broad base with the multifid crest of 
the type, which makes it quite distinct from the 0. c. 
Andersonianum type, in which the crest consists of a 
few segments. The sepals and petals are, however, 
comparatively narrow, a fault which seems prevalent 
in all yellow varieties, where we seldom or never get 
the round flowers and broad overlapping segments so 
characteristic of the best white forms. 
LlPPARIS SP1CATA. 
Many of the species of Lipparis may be described as 
pretty, but they never will become favourites with the 
general cultivator on account of the small size of the 
flowers. In this instance the sepals and petals are pale 
yellow, while the lip is darker, and the flowers are 
arranged in a close raceme, having in the aggregate a 
pretty appearance, resembling in a great measure some 
of the species of Platyclinis. They are also agreeably 
fragrant, and the spikes arise from neat pseudo-bulbs 
amply furnished with foliage of a pleasing light green 
colour. The species merits cultivation, and is accept¬ 
able at this season. It is flowering very freely at 
Gunnersbury Park, Acton. 
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The Gardeners’ Calendar. 
THE STOVE. 
Poinsettias. —Sunshine is very intermittent and of 
short duration at this season of the year, therefore 
should all the more attention be given to such plants 
as are making growth or flowering. Keep Poinsettias 
as near the light as possible, and do not force the main 
batches too hard, otherwise the bracts will be small, 
+>.in in texture, and of short duration when taken to 
.’ house. Weak liquid manure may still be 
nd will add considerably to the size of the bracts 
( become fully developed. Late batches will not 
iured if kept in a temperature not lower than 55°. 
,/ROTOXS. —With these as with many other stove 
.ants it is necessary to be more on the alert for insect 
nemies than at most other seasons, seeing that the 
atmosphere of the house is kept on the dry side during 
the dull months of late autumn and winter. Thrip, 
red-spider, and mealy bug are their inveterate enemies, 
but may ' rily be kept in subjection by occasionally 
spongin > leaves, at the same time using some 
inse- ‘ The glossy smoothness of the leaves 
favour the operation. In selecting plants 
id other decorative purposes, be careful to 
e whose leaves are well ripened, otherwise 
ible to suffer considerable damage by being 
:om the congenial atmosphere of the stove, 
nay still be put into the propagating pit to 
ley are wanted. 
,\ T G the Glass.— In and around the inetro- 
rell as other large towns where smoke or fog 
uring the winter months, all plant houses, 
ally the stoves and houses that contain plants 
L i or less active state, should have the glass 
thi ly washed down, if not at regular intervals at 
leasi r a period of fog or smoke, to remove the soot 
that o !>ts and hinders the ingress of light. Leaves 
of thin texture, even if evergreen, are more liable to 
suffer injury from want of light than leathery-leaved 
kinds, although in the latter case the injury is even 
more permanent. Where ivater can be applied by 
means of a hose the work can be done more efficiently 
than when it has to be performed by manual labour. 
A hair brush, or even a mop on a long pole, may be 
used for rubbing the glass of the roof, and with water 
applied will make the glass clear and bright as far as 
the exterior is concerned. 
Azaleas. —The most easily forced Azaleas are A. 
narcissiflora, A. indica alba, and A. punctulata. If 
they have been previously forced they start with more 
readiness than if they are forced for the first time. Of 
course the reason is evident. Forced plants ripen their 
young wood for next year’s work at a much earlier 
period. The first named variety scarcely requires 
forcing. A. amoena and the Carmichael strain of 
Azaleas, with larger flowers than the former, are also 
most useful from this time onward, and supply pleasing 
rose, rosy purple, and other shades. 
THE FORCING HOUSES. 
Peaches. —It is of great advantage to the trees in the 
early houses if they are brought on gradually rather 
than if the house is shut up and at once subjected to a 
high temperature, therefore the earliest house may 
now be closed and kept at a temperature of from 40° to 
50° by night, and rising by day, particularly with sun- 
heat. If the weather is mild there will be little diffi¬ 
culty in keeping up this temperature without fire-heat, 
provided fermenting material is used in the house. 
In case of severe weather, however, the water may be 
turned into the hot-water pipes. Syringe the trees 
twice daily in fine weather, say about 9 a.m., and again 
early in the afternoon, damping down the paths and 
borders at the same time. If dull and wet weather 
prevail, the syringing will be sufficient. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Fruit Trees. —All newly moved trees of large size 
should have a stake put to them to prevent swaying 
about by severe gales of wind, to which we are subject 
during the winter months, until the ground has settled 
and young roots have taken fresh hold. This is the 
more necessary since all fruit trees, especially in heavy 
soil, should be planted with their roots near the surface. 
Seakale and Rhubarb. —Roots or rather crowns of 
these intended for forcing should be lifted while yet 
there is no danger of the ground being frozen, and laid 
in thickly in soil in a shed where they can be covered 
over with straw or bracken to keep away frost. The 
best of the thongs or long fleshy roots of Seakale 
should be preserved, and laid in small heaps well 
covered with soil, and out of reach of frost, until required 
for making fresh plantations. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 
The National, at Sheffield.— Nov. 1 6th d; 1 7th. 
We regret to record the fact that the first visit of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society to the provinces, 
whatever it may prove to be financially, was from an ex¬ 
hibition point of view a complete failure. The why or 
the wherefore we cannot attempt to explain ; some 
attributed the breakdown to the “flukey” season; 
others to timidity on the part of local competitors 
who anticipated defeat at the hands of the crack 
southern growers, and thus let the prizes go begging— 
only one southern grower entering into the competi¬ 
tion ; while others again went so far as to say that 
there is no enthusiasm among Sheffield Chrysanthe¬ 
mum growers now. Whatever the cause may have 
been, the fact remains—and in common with all other 
members of the society we greatly deplore it — that 
there were only three competitors for the leading prize, 
the 15-guinea Cup and .A10, all of whom came from a 
distance, that there was no competition at all for the 
society’s medals, and what there was in the local 
classes was mainly of a very poor character. 
The leading features of the show, which was held in 
the Exchange, adjoining the Maunche Hotel, and an 
excellent building for the purpose, were the three 
representative collections shown for the Cup ; some 
exceedingly good semicircular groups of decorative 
plants ; a glorious collection of cut blooms of zonal 
Pelargoniums and Chrysanthemums from Messrs. 
Cannell & Sons, Swanley ; a capital group of stove and 
greenhouse plants from Messrs. Fisher, Son, & Sibray; 
an excellent collection of cut blooms of Chrysanthemums 
from Messrs. Davis & Jones, of Camberwell ; and an 
extensive assortment of Kent-grown Apples and Pears 
from Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone. 
The three competitors in the principal class were 
Mr. Parker, Impney Hall Gardens, Droitwitch ; Mr. 
W. Packman, gardener to C. Shea, Esq., Foots Cray, 
Kent; and Mr. J. B. Morton, Mowden Bridge, 
Darlington, and when the judges came to examine the 
collections they found that owing to the ambiguous 
wording of the schedule there were grounds for the 
disqualification of each collection, which was sub¬ 
sequently done, and the prizes awarded on their merits. 
In this way Mr. Parker won easily, having a very 
strong lot of blooms, Mr. Packman taking the second 
prize and Mr. Morton the third with very creditable 
collections. Mr. Parker also had the best thirty-six 
Japanese, and the best single blooms in the incurved 
and Japanese sections — the former being a deep 
massive bloom of Lord Alcester, and the latter 
a splendid example of Avalanche. The principal 
local growers were Mr. Walker, gardener to B. P. 
Broomhead, Esq., Broomhall Field, and Mr. Pidsley, 
gardener to Mrs. H. Wilson, Westbrook, who had the 
best trained plants, and secured awards also in several of 
the cut-bloom classes. The groups of decorative plants 
shown by Mr. Collier, gardener to John Eaton, Esq., 
Sharrons Bank, and Mr. Pidsley were exceedingly good 
and close in point of merit—the former, however, 
securing first honours by reason of his greater warmth 
of colour, which is an important point in any collection 
shown in dreary November. There were several classes 
for Primulas, Roman Hyacinths, Epiphyllums. &e., but 
they contained nothing calling for comment. 
The only Certificate awarded was to the new clear 
bright yellow Japanese, named Sunflower, a fine bloom 
of which was sent by Mr. E. Beckett, Aldenham Park 
Gardens, Elstree. 
In the evening of the first day a conference of Chry¬ 
santhemum growers was held in one of the large rooms 
of the Maunche Hotel, and which proved to be the 
redeeming feature of the gathering. Mr. John Wright 
was called upon to take the chair, and there 
was a capital attendance to hear papers read by Mr. 
Tunnington, a veteran Liverpool grower, and Mr. 
E. Molyneaux, of Swanmore Park, Bishops Waltham. 
Of Mr. Tunnington’s paper, entitled “A Chat about 
Chrysanthemums,” a portion will be found in another 
column. Mr. Molyneaux chose for his subject “The 
Influence of Wood Ripening on Buds and Bloom,” and 
this we hope to publish in our next issue. A brisk 
discussion of a most interesting character followed the 
reading of both papers, and hearty votes of thanks were 
accorded to Mr. Tunnington, Mr. Molyneaux, and the 
chairman before the meeting broke up. 
Lambeth and Southwark.— Nov. 13 thand 14 th. 
The Lambeth amateurs again shifted their quarters, 
and upon this occasion secured a much more prominent 
room to hold their annual exhibition, viz., The Horns 
Assembly Rooms, Kennington, which is well adapted 
for a Chrysanthemum show. A very creditable exhibi¬ 
tion was made, and great credit is due to the executive 
for the way in which the exhibits were arranged ; groups 
of Chrysanthemums were shown all round the room, 
and a long table down the centre with a shorter one 
across the end served to hold all the cut flowers, which 
if not of enormous size, such as we are used to seeing 
at the Aquarium or Crystal Palace, were very neat 
blooms. The most attractive feature of the show was 
the vases of Pompon Chrysanthemums, arranged down 
the centre of the table, huge bunches of flowers and 
foliage, the majority of them being arranged with 
considerable skill and good taste. The prizes for these 
were awarded to Mr. Berry, Mr. T. F. Davison, and 
Mr. A. J. Knight, in the order named. For a group 
of Chrysanthemums occupying 40 sq. ft., Mr. J. Hole 
was an excellent first with some fine large blooms, 
Mr. W. E. Berry second (his flowers were small, but 
the group was well arranged) and Mr. W. Butler third. 
Class sixteen, a group of foliage and Chrysanthemums, 
was closely contested, there being little to choose 
between the first and second prize groups ; the awards 
weut to Mr. W. Butler and Mr. J. W. Addison in the 
order named. 
The classes for twelve and six incurved varieties were 
well contested, the leading prizes going to Messrs. W. 
L. Tracy, J. F. Davison, J. W. Addison, C. J. 
Guerard, and W. Berry. In the Japanese classes some 
very fine blooms were stagfed of Edouard Audiguier, 
Dr. Besaucele, M. J. Laing, Balmoreau, Comte de 
Germiny, and M. Wm. Holmes, the prizes being 
awarded to Messrs. H. Sharpe, H. Ellis, J. W. 
Addison, and J. F. Davison. 
Mr. W. Tracy and Mr. F. R. Williams were leading 
prize winners in the various classes for trained plants. 
Mr. R. Whillev and Mr. J. J. Hillier also staged very 
fine collections of incurved Japanese Anemones and 
Pompon blooms. 
Amongst the miscellaneous exhibits were a fine group 
of Chrysanthemums by Messrs. Davis & Jones, of Lilford 
Road Nurseries, Camberwell ; a bank of foliage by 
Messrs. J. Laing & Son, Forest Hill, and an attractive 
collection of horticultural sundries by Mr. Benjamin 
Field, of New Kent Road. 
York .—November 14 th to lQth. 
The members of the Ancient Society of York Florists, 
the origin of which can be traced back for more than a 
century, have great reason to congratulate themselves on 
the success of their last show, which marked a decided 
advance on previous efforts. The society gave upwards of 
£100 in prizes, which were sufficient to bring out a largtr 
number of entries from local growers, and also to tempt 
several exhibitors from a distance to enter the lists. The 
Lord Mayor’s Cup for a group of Chrysanthemums and 
fine foliaged plants 100 ft. square, was won by Mr. T. 
M. Weddall, and for a smaller group, Mr. A. Milnthorpe 
secured the premier award. In the cut-flower classes, 
Mr. W. B. Richardson staged the best thirty-six 
incurved and Japanese, twenty-four incurved and 
