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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Victoria Park. 
The finest display we have seen in the parks is 
that located here. The Chrysanthemums are 
arranged in a sloping bank on either side of a central 
pathway along the middle of which runs a grating 
over the hot-water pipes. The house is a low, but 
wide span-roofed structure, new and well lighted. 
The display when we saw it a few days ago consisted 
chiefly of the Japanese kinds, amongst which Edwin 
Molyneux, Etoile de -Lyon, Joseph Alahood, Stan- 
stead Surprise, Sunflower, Elaine, James Salter, 
Bouquet Fait, Wm. Holmes, and Mr. J. Laing were 
very prominent. Notable also for their large flower 
heads and dwarfness were Mons. Tarin, Madame 
de Sevin, Criterion, Hamlet, a bronzy-red sort, and 
others. The plumose kinds were represented by 
Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, Louis Bcehmer, and Chang. 
The first-named does not seem to improve much in 
constitution. Chang is a bronze-coloured sort, and, 
if less plumy, is otherwise like Louis Bcehmer in 
form and robust habit. Gloire du Rocher closely 
resembles Val d'Orre, except in being of a 
more decided and bright crimson. Conspicuous 
amongst the incurved kinds were Prince Alfred, 
Prince of Wales, St. Patrick, bronzy-buff, Mr. Bunn, 
Golden and White Beverley, Alfred Lyne, and 
Queen of England. Mademoiselle Melaine Fabre is 
a reflexed variety with soft mauve purple blooms. 
The Japanese Anemone Jeanne Marty and the 
Pompon Mademoiselle Elise Dordan was also good 
Both banks ware edged with bushy Pompons, and 
unless damping should set in badly the display will 
be fine for some weeks to come. 
Finsbury Park. 
The Chrysanthemum house in this case is a smaller 
span-roofed structure with the plants arranged along 
the centre and the pathway on either side. The 
flower heads of many of the varieties give evidence 
of good cultivation, but the narrowness of the house 
prevents their being seen to the best advantage, as 
each half of the bank of plants has to.be seen sepa¬ 
rately. Japanese varieties were well represented by 
Etoile de Lyon, Phoebus, Mons. Tarin, Madame B. 
Rendatler, Avalanche, Stanstead White, ML H. 
Elliot, Madame B. Pigny, dwarf with compact and 
pretty white blooms, Madame de Sevin, Madame J. 
Laing, Elaine, Triomphe du Nord, Mons. Deleaux, 
and Margot. Volunteer promises to be a fine thing, 
but Macaulay is notoriously weak. For early work 
Wm. Holmes is undoubtedly a useful and showy 
variety, and Louis Bcehmer may probably be so for 
late work. There is a fine lot of Comte de Germiny 
here, but the blooms are suffering from damp. Now 
that we have been able to see it in good form Mr. R. 
Bahaunt will evidently take a prominent position on 
the exhibition boards. The florets are broad, well in¬ 
curved, and of a beautiful cerise on the back. Besides 
this there were several other incurved and older 
kinds in good condition, including Empress of India, 
Emily Dale, Golden Empress, Lord Alcester, White 
Globe, White Beverley, Princess Beatrice, Mr. Bunn, 
Duchess of Manchester, rosy-pink with a white centre, 
and others. A good Anemone is M. Charles Lebocqz, 
with golden centre and pale yellow rays. 
Battersea Park. 
The show house is situated near the Albert Bridge 
spanning the Thames, and is altogether hidden from 
view w'ithin a thick belt of trees.. It is a span-roofed 
one, divided into tw'o compartments, with the path¬ 
way near one side, along which runs a narrow bench 
filled with an assortment of various plants. The 
whole of the rest of the structure is given up to the 
Chrysanthemums, which form a bank, sloping 
towards the spectator. By the time this meets the 
eye of our readers the plants will be in perfection, and 
continue so for some time. Here, as elsewhere, the 
Japanese sorts predominate. There were, however, 
good blooms of Jeanne d’Arc, White Beverley, Mr. 
Bunn, Prince of Wales, and some others. Amongst 
the former w’ere some good blooms of Mrs. Alpheus 
Hardy, about 5 in. across, and Louis Boehmer 
promised to be even better. The flower head taken 
from the early bud of Japonais was curiously' pale, 
but good. Mr. Matthews is a good terra-cotta 
colour, Bouquet des Dames upholds its own as a 
good white, Samuel Motley is a crimson reflexed 
Japanese sort, W. W. Coles a crimson-bronze, Mrs. 
N. G. Carnegie a crimson maroon, and J. R. Pearson 
a pink sport from Mademoiselle Lacroix. Good 
older kinds are E. Molyneux, Hamlet, Elaine, Wm, 
Holmes, Stanstead Surprise, Eynsford White, Mons. 
Bernard, Joseph Mahood, Etoile de Lyon, Mons. 
Freeman, Mons. Tarin, Triomphe du Nord, and 
L’Automne. Other notable sorts are Mademoiselle 
Elise Dordan, Jeanne Marty, and M. Charles 
Lebocqz. 
Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. 
Until now I have been disappointed in this plant. 
Last year I saw some, only fair blooms at exhibi¬ 
tions,. very much below the average of stage blooms, 
rather small, and not of very good shape, in fact 
anything but what exhibition blooms should be. 
Whether this w'as through not understanding the 
plants, or that the variety was not all that was 
claimed for it, we did not then know, but now I am 
convinced it is the management that is at fault 
— that in fact many people have been paying special 
attention to it and. have spoiled it. I had the plea¬ 
sure of looking over the Chrysanthemums at Glen- 
wood, Leicester, and among other beautiful blooms 
I discovered one of Airs. Alpheus Hardy, which will 
long remain vivid in my memory, large, full, of good 
shape and colour (if white can claim such a name), 
and altogether a most superb flower, one that would 
do credit to any exhibition board. Mr. Barry in¬ 
formed me that this plant had taken pot-luck with the 
others, and has had no special attention whatever, 
save a sprinkling of horn shavings in the potting 
material.— W. Bell, Leicester, Oct. 20 th, 1891. 
Chrysanthemums at Manchester. 
Early flowering Chrysanthemums are great fa¬ 
vourites with Mr. Samuel Barlow, at Stakehill. 
In his cold house there is a considerable number of 
plants in full bloom, some of which found a place in 
his flower garden during the summer, and were a 
short time ago potted up so that their flow'ers might 
be preserved as long as possible. The collection in¬ 
cludes Blushing Bride; Clara, a charming white 
variety ; Dodo, a pale yellow form of Mignon; 
Early' Blush; Gentilesse, creamy-sulphur, tipped" 
with soft, rosy peach ; Frederick Pile, deep crimson 
red, tipped with light gold; Golden Fleece, clear 
yellow; Golden Shah, deep golden yellow', extra 
fine ; L’Avenir, red, very good ; La petite Marie, 
white, very good; Frederick Marronet, orange, 
dw'arf stiff habits ; Martinrude, pink, paling to blush, 
very pretty ; Miss Phyllis Broughton, white, dwarf 
bushy habit; Madame Jolivart, white, tinted with 
pink, w'hich it sometimes loses under glass ; Madame 
Piccol, light rosy purple, very good ; Mignon, bright 
golden yellow, dwarf, and very free, a delightful 
variety for planting in forecourt gardens; Nanum, 
blush white ; Piercy’s Seedling, bronze passing to 
yellow ; and Toreador, bronzy-red. 
I do not wonder at Mr. Barlow making a speciality 
of these early varieties, living as he does in one of 
the coldest, latest, and most exposed parts of Lan¬ 
cashire. It seems very difficult to get the later 
flowering varieties in bloom in anything like time 
unless fihey are housed early, and then the plants 
become drawn. Still, there is a good batch of 
late varieties under glass at Stakehill, and the pro¬ 
mise of bloom is very good considering what a 
season it has been. — R. B. 
SCOTTISH NOTES. 
Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen.— 
The annual meeting of this society was held on 
Saturday, 17th inst., Baillie Crombie, chairman of 
the directors, in the chair. The following was the 
report : — It is with deep regret that the directors 
have to refer to the lamented death of their late 
chairman, Mr. James Murray Garden, whose warm 
interest in the society was so well knowm. The 
society held a spring exhibition in the Music Hall 
Buildings on 10th and nth April. The exhibition 
was an admirable one ; but, from a succession of 
unforeseen circumstances, the financial result was 
not a favourable one. The annual floral fete, held in 
the Duthie Public Park in August, proved most 
successful, both from an exhibitors, and from a finan¬ 
cial point of view. The financial surplus on the year 
amounts to ^63 13s. 4d., which added to the balance 
brought from last year, makes /251 9s. rod. at the 
credit of the society. The chairman moved the 
adoption of the report, which w'as seconded by 
Baiilie Lyon and adopted. Baillie Crombie was 
unanimously reappointed chairman, as was also the 
secretary, Mr. A. M. Byres, C.A. In the appoint¬ 
ment of professional gardeners, market gardeners, 
nurserymen and florists, and amateur gardeners for 
October 31, 189i. 
the directorate a number of names were proposed 
and seconded, but after a ballot it was found that 
the list remained the same as last year. 
A Scottish Gardeners’ Benefit Society.— At 
the conclusion of the above meeting Baillie Crombie 
directed the attention of the meeting to a matter 
affecting the society which had been brought before 
him. There had been placed in his hands the rules 
of a benefit society in Edinburgh, such as had been 
some time ago spoken of in Aberdeenshire for 
gardeners, florists, seedsmen and nursery employes. 
It was connected with one of the free gardeners’ big 
bodies, and it was confined entirely to such as the 
society was composed of. Baillie Crombie then gave 
a number of statistical facts as to the payments, 
benefits, and rules of the society. Such a society as 
this, he continued, would be exceedingly beneficial 
to the members, and than this society there was none 
he knew of in the profession in which the}’ could get 
such advantages. The matter had been brought 
under his notice by Air. Robson. He might say also 
that in Edinburgh the society had been very success¬ 
ful. They could not do anything that day, of course, 
but if they approved of the thing being looked into, 
some steps might be taken by the directors. He was 
led to believe that the North of Scotland Horticul¬ 
tural Society would be very glad to join in any effort 
likely to be made in the direction indicated. It was 
agreed that the matter be remitted to the directors 
for consideration. 
North of Scotland Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion. —The first meeting of the winter session was 
held on the 21st inst. There was a good attendance, 
and Mr. D. M. Smith presided. On the motion of 
Air. C. S. France, it was unanimously agreed that 
all apprentice gardeners, foresters, &c., be admitted 
to the association, their annual subscription to be 
is. Air. C. S. France, the newly-elected president, 
then proceeded to deliver his opening presidential 
address, in the course of which he said, that he 
was inclined to. think they had been neglecting the 
scientific side of their profession, and going in too 
much for the practical. He thought they ought to 
make their programme a little more varied and com¬ 
prehensive, and particularly advised that papers 
should occasionally be given on such subjects as 
botany, vegetable physiology, geology, mineralogy, 
the nature and quality of soils, chemistrv, entomology, 
and meteorology. He also directed their attention 
to the importance of landscape gardening, and 
suggested an alteration in the name of the associa¬ 
tion, by tacking on arboriculture. They had many 
foresters in the association, and he saw no reason 
why subjects relating to that department should not 
be discussed. Air. France concluded by throwing 
out the following additional suggestionss—That 
there should be four grades of membership—first, 
proprietors ; second, factors and nurserymen ; third, 
gardeners and foresters ; and fourth, assistant gar¬ 
deners and. assistant foresters ; that a proportion of 
the funds be voted as prizes for essays or objects 
such as herbaria, collections of cones, woods, or 
meritorious exhibits in either horticulture or arbori¬ 
culture ; that in addition to the monthly meetings, 
a meeting should be held annually in September or 
October, of the nature of a conference, at which the 
prizes might be awarded, and papers read on any 
given subject of general interest; that excursions 
should be organised to gardens and other places of 
horticultural and arboricultural interest in the neigh¬ 
bourhood ; and that the meetings of the association 
should be made so attractive as to induce all mem¬ 
bers to come forward and share its work. At the 
close of his address Air. France received the hearty 
thanks of the meeting. A paper was then read by 
Air. R. Farquhar, late of Fy vie Castle, Aberdeenshire, 
on “ Some Impressions of America," for which the 
thanks of the association were also accorded. 
Great Sale of Nursery Stock at Aberdeen.— 
The largest sale of nursery stock by auction that 
has ever Hken place in the north of Scotland was 
held on five days last week at Alessrs. Ben Reid 
& Co.’s Nurseries, Burnieboozle, near Aberdeen. 
The sale took place in consequence of the expiry of 
the lease of the Burnieboozle part of their forest 
tree nurseries. Air. James I'arquhar, Aberdeen, and 
Mr. David Alitchell, Edinburgh, conducted the sale. 
There were large attendances each day, and the 
stock being of a choice and varied description the 
bidding was very brisk. The auctioneers had no 
difficulty in disposing of thousands of lots at un¬ 
precedented prices. 
