November 2, 1895. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
141 
CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 
Ryecroft Nursery. 
Once more the Chrysanthemum season is in full 
swing, and to be aware of this one has only to visit 
the fine display oi Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft 
Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham. Admission is 
free to all, and many a “ Mummer" makes a 
pilgrimage here. “ But,” as the accompanying 
illustration reminds us, there is a frank admission 
that something else is desirable. Mr. Jones has 
grown 7,000 plants, which have mostly been indoors 
for some time past, and the visitor on entering the 
large conservatory situated to the right of the house, 
which has been photographed (also filled with the 
popular flower), will find that as much accommoda¬ 
tion has been afforded him for inspection as the 
crowded state of the house will permit. There is a 
massive bank forming the central bed with a winding 
walk all round it, and a narrower bank all round the 
sides of this roomy span-roofed house. 
As no time is to be wasted and the pathway is 
crowded, we proceed at once to examine the best of 
last year's introductions, and the most promising of 
florets. Equally graceful in its way is Triomphe de 
Mademoiselle Chatenay, with spreading white 
petals tinted with pink. Madame Alfred Girond is 
a Japanese incurved sort, chestnut with a yellow 
reverse. Very different is H. T. Wooderson, just 
newly christened ; its broad florets are rosy-pink, 
with a silvery reverse. King of Chrysanthemums is 
very massive, bronzy-gold, compact, and full. A 
hirsute variety of this year is Perle d’Or, with rich 
yellow flowers of moderate size. The incurved 
Japanese Miss Goschen opens of a clear rich yellow, 
and later on develops a beautiful bronzy hue. The 
pure white Parthenia is handsome, but moderate in 
size. The florets of Leviathan are violet-amaranth, 
but the silvery reverse is displayed almost exclu¬ 
sively. The chestnut-red Mons. Georges Biron is 
beautiful in its way on account of its rich colour. 
Mrs. G. H. Smart (Jones) is a massive, incurved 
Japanese bloom of a light yellow, tinted with fawn. 
Mrs. C. J. Mills belongs to the same section, but 
has long, pure white, interlacing petals of great 
beauty. Another of this type is very massive, and 
shows only the fawn-coloured reverse. Mons. 
Catros Geraud is also an incurved Jap., and crimson 
Mademoiselle Therese Rey is still of leading repute 
with its massive pure white florets. Mrs. W. 
Wright is a huge fawn-coloured variety of merit. 
Darker and telling varieties are very numerous 
including the globular or oval, bright crimson Com¬ 
mandant Blusset; Mons. Thos. Elliott, crimson with 
a silvery reverse ; Thos. H. Dennis and Mr. Arthur 
Shea, both crimson with old-gold reverse, the former 
being in the style of E. Molyneux; Wm. Seward, 
huge and velvety crimson ; and Mrs. G. Gover, 
crimson with golden reverse and best from the late 
bud. Mrs. E. G. Whittle, one of Mr. Jones's raising, 
is a white Jap. of huge size. Kentish White is an 
incurved Jap. with the almost identical foliage of 
Philadelphia. The beautiful Mrs. E. S. Trafford, 
a bronzy sport from William Tricker, and 
Col. W. B. Smith can hardly be passed over. 
Mons. Pierre Lallemand is velvety-crimson with a 
golden reverse ; and the bronzy-gold Mons. Chas. 
Molin recalls Mrs. Falconer Jameson, but is paler. 
The golden buff P. Mareton is a large and more 
refined flower than Hairy Wonder, but of the same 
hirsute type. A striking flower is Duchess of 
Wellington with long quilled, golden florets. On he 
Exterior of a Chrysanthemum House at Ryecroft Nursery. 
this. Confronting us as we enter are the beautiful 
Mutual Friend, with massive pure white blooms ; 
Pallanza, golden-yellow; Phoebus, lighter, but 
larger and handsome; International, sulphur, 
slightly splashed with pink; and J. R. Taylor, 
Japanese incurved, pure white, and massive. A 
bold flower is Madame Paul Lacroix, primrose, with 
a light yellow centre. Vaucanson is a rosy-pink in 
the way of Wm. Tricker, but of deeper build, and 
opens with a green centre. G. H. Hollingsworth is 
light yellow, and quilled with florets of great length. 
Mons. H. J. Jones is deep rose, shaded with gold, 
and having a silvery reverse. It is a very wide bloom. 
Smaller and handsome is Beauty of Teignmouth, 
rich velvety-crimson, with a silvery-rose reverse. 
The creamy-white Mrs. C. E. Shea is just expanding 
its broad petals. The rosy-amaranth, pointed 
florets of Mr. R. Ballantine are spreading and 
graceful. Amiral Avellan is one of the best yellows 
and very full. 
The long, quilled florets of Mons. Joseph Allemand 
are of a delicate flesh-pink. Beautiful also is Eva 
Knowles, terra-cotta, with a yellow reverse, and 
massive. What a charming and elegant variety is 
Souvenir de Petite Amie, with its pure white, quilled 
with an old gold reverse. Lady Randolph is nearly 
similar in colour, but not incurved. 
While passing through this house we noted a 
number which for delicacy and subtle tints of colour¬ 
ing require a master of the art to localise them in the 
colour chart. Amongst these we should place 
Tentresse, delicate flesh-pink with very broad florets; 
Miss Elsie Teichmann, pearly-white with florets half 
an inch broad; Queen of Buffs, an incurved Jap. of 
delicate buff with a rosy edge; Lady Playfair, a 
delicate blush-pink, incurved Jap ; Mrs. Airdree, of 
the same type but ivory white ; and the charming 
Mrs. E. G. Hill, of unusual size and very attractive 
to the lady visitors. What shall we say of Silver 
Cloud, whose delicate shade of colour requires the 
manufacturing of a name ? The violet-rose, and 
broad-petalled Miss Ethel Addison is best taken from 
the late terminal bud. Theodore Bock is a blush in¬ 
curved Japanese sort of pleasing aspect. Mons. 
Fernand Burton is a bold and massive white, lightly 
washed with pink; and Miss Rita Schroeter is 
pinkish-white with a purple edging to the florets. 
Petite Delaux is in the style of Louise but a much 
taller grower. J. H. Wittey is a clear yellow Jap.; 
Mrs. R. Jones is quilled, white and pretty; and 
contrary Dr. Hull is a globular, incurved white Jap. 
Charles Davis varies from pale yellow, almost 
white, to a rich rosy-bronze, and is of enormous 
size. 
Several new varieties of the true incurved section 
are very prominent here. Baron Piirsch from the 
natural crown bud is very fine. D. B. Crane is a 
charming old-gold bloom of almost conical shape at 
its best. It is most perfect when pinched in March 
and taken from the second bud. C. H. Curtis is 
bright yellow and of great size. Mrs. W. Peto is 
several shades darker, golden-yellow, and of the 
same type with pointed petals. The pink Mrs. R. 
C. Kingston, in the style of Princess of Wales, and the 
silvery-pink seedling, Mrs. James Murray, are 
beautiful additions to the section, as is Globe d'Or of 
a clear yellow. Descartes is rich velvety-crimson, 
including the disc, and the best of the dark Anemone 
types. Mons. Benjamin Girond is a reflexed variety, 
having the form and brilliancy of Cullingfordi, but 
is much larger. 
Unnamed seedlings, both single and double, are 
very plentiful, often handsome and generally very 
promising. Some of them have just been christened 
and others are waiting for that ceremony. One of 
