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November 9, 1895. THE GARDENING WORLD. 
splendid samples of Lord Brooke and Viviand 
Morel. Mr. Robert Taylor, 14, Hannibal Road, 
Stepney, had the best exhibit in another class for six, 
showing creditable blooms of Lord Brooke, Mons. 
Pankoucke, and Viviand Morel. Mr T. F. Fitz¬ 
gerald 29, St. James’s Road, Stratford,exhibited the 
Best four Japanese blooms and the best six incurved 
varieties. 
The districts in which the above were grown are 
all densely populated and get more than their share 
of London smoke. T he flowers and plants, however, 
bore evidence of having been treated with consider¬ 
able care, and in some cases with no small amount 
of skill. The fortunate exhibitors were doubtlessly 
highly envied by their less fortunate rivals who 
failed to secure an award for their twelve months' 
constant care and labour with their favourite flowers. 
Mr. R. Dean, Ranelagh Road, Ealing, who is 
secretary, exhibited a stand of new varieties, in¬ 
cluding grand blooms of Australian Gold, Gold 
Coast, Dorothy Gibson, a golden reflexed sort, and 
Mrs. C. H. Curtis. 
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FALKLAND PARK. 
A considerable quantity of the favourite flower is 
grown at Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill, the 
residence of J. McMeekin, Esq. Though grown for 
decorative purposes, the bulk of them are disbudded 
so as to get large blooms. They are located in the 
conservatory as well as in a large greenhouse, 
practically also a conservatory, in the new range of 
houses, and in the long corridor connecting 
the seven new houses together. They have a fine 
effect in the latter owing to the great variety pro¬ 
duced by the numerous climbers festooning the roof 
and back wall. 
In No 7 are some handsome blooms of Phoebus, 
highly-coloured Charles Davis, Sunflower, Viviand 
Morel and C. H. Curtis, the latter of which is doing 
good service in the winning stands of incurved 
varieties this year. In the corridor are some huge 
blooms of the creamy International, slightly splashed 
or shaded with pink. A. S. Jukes is a very distinct, 
incurved Japanese variety, and the same may be said 
of Le Rhone with interlacing florets. Here also is 
the most massive bloom of Mrs. E. W. Clarke we 
have seen, notwithstanding that the florets are 
closely incurved. E. Molyneux, Mdlle. Marie 
Hoste, Louise, Louis Boehmer, Eda Prass, Mdlle. 
Therese Rey and others are also in good form. 
Sunflower is rather tall this year but the blooms are 
of large size, and the stems not being rigidly tied up 
the tops bends over gracefully and show off the 
blooms to great advantage. The object of allowing 
the plants this freedom is to give them as natural 
an appearance as possible. Wm. Tricker is early 
and has flowered very finely. Several of the 
varieties which were taken on the crown bud have 
served their day and are now getting past their best, 
bringing the later sorts into more piominence. 
Pearl Beauty is a charming and shining ivory-white 
incurved Japanese sort. Madame Carnot, taken on 
the crown bud, is notable for the enormous length of 
its florets. 
Incurved varieties are represented by C. H. 
Curtis, Lord Rosebery, Fulgens, Robert Canned, 
bronzy-chestnut and of great size, Lord Alcester and 
other old favourites with some of ihe more recent 
introductions to this section. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. W. J. 
GODFREY. 
Although in one issue we can hardly hope tore- 
present all the modern types of Chrysanthemum, yet 
to overlook the interesting hirsute sect : on would be 
to ignore some of the most charming and singularly 
curious varieties in cultivation. Every year new 
and beautiful sorts of great merit and beauty are 
added to the list of novelties. One of the greatest 
of recent acquisitions to this section is Mrs. W. J. 
Godfrey, raised from Mrs. Alpheus Hardy (which 
everybody loves, but few can grow), and put into 
commerce by Mr. W. J. Godfrey, F.R.H S., Ex¬ 
mouth, Devon, and who enabled us to give the 
accompanying illustration of it. It possesses ad 
the characteristics and peculiar beauty of Mrs. 
Alpheus Hardy in a greatly enhanced degree. If 
anything, it is more plumy, and larger, measuring 
about 7 in. in diameter The florets are broad, 
blunt, massive, and pure white, which is all that can 
be said of the parent under the most favourable 
conditions. The latter is difficult to grow, unsatis¬ 
factory, and disappointing in ninety cases out of a 
hundred ; while on the contrary Mrs. W. J. God¬ 
frey is dwarf, sturdy, of desirable habit, and easy to 
grow. Cultivators and exhibitors who are capable 
of judging consider it the finest of all the plumy or 
hirsute section, and this awakens in us a hope that it 
will frequently make its appearance on the exhibi¬ 
tion table. 
