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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 23, 1895. 
pleasing to the eye and more suitable for 
exhibition under variously coloured lights. 
They are also in many cases more effective 
under electric or gas light than velvety 
crimson and maroon varieties would be. 
We imagine that the artist refers to the 
groups when he speaks of the wicked 
arrangement of Chrysanthemums “ in the 
formal method of Dutch pyramids.” This 
must to a large extent depend upon the size 
of the group and the conditions under 
which the exhibitor is compelled to arrange 
his plants. If the group is against a wall, 
the best side must “ face London ” ; and 
small groups afford no scope for artistic 
effect, as to attempt anything of this kind 
under the conditions would be like a 
tempest in a tea cup. Both plants and 
blooms forbid it except on a fairly large 
scale. We quite admit that incurved and 
many of the Japanese blooms do not lend 
themselves to artistic treatment ; but we 
are persuaded that so long as sufficient 
novelty and diversity, both in colour and 
form, can be produced, so long will the 
Chrysanthemum be highly popular with 
the general public, and with gardeners in 
particular, who, if denied the pleasure of 
seeing their favourites or their representa¬ 
tions successfully transferred to canvas, 
are yet perfectly satisfied with the originals. 
A new Chrysanthemum often fails to 
favourably impress the general public, 
because it does not come up to some par¬ 
ticular standard of colour; but the un¬ 
initiated should ascertain whether that 
colour does not exist already. Gaps 
between any two or more shades of colour 
must be filled up. It is the raiser’s only 
opportunity of getting novelty unless he can 
produce a fresh primary colour, a circum¬ 
stance which is hardly likely to occur. The 
same applies to variations of form. As to 
the big flower which the artist compares to 
a Cauliflower, we may say that it serves its 
purpose. It requires a good cultivator to 
grow a big flower, and if small or mediocre 
ones are to be the rule of the show, then 
the public may visit the florist’s window 
and save the gate money. As far as we 
can see, variety and novelty as well as 
artistic treatment must go hand in hand to 
produce the most diversified and pleasing 
effects possible, for in that lie the life and 
safety of flower shows. 
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The beautiful estate of Wycombe Abbey, Bucks, is 
to be put upon the market. Earl Carrington 
recently purchased his mother’s estate of Gwydyr 
Castle, North Wales. 
A fall in Peaches.—Tom : "What are you doing 
with that Peach ? ” Boy : “ It fell from the tree and 
I'm going to put it up again.' 1 Tom: “ I’ll report 
you.” Boy: “Please don’t peach and I’ll give it 
you.” 
Correspondents, whose notes have not yet appeared, 
are earnestly desired to have a little more patience 
till the Chrysanthemum shows have been completed, 
and leave us space. 
Proposed Memorial to the late Dr. Woodman.— 
Enquirers please note that Mr. W. Napper’s postal 
address is Royal Ashburnham Park Nursery, Chel¬ 
sea, S.W. 
Large Fruit.—Mr. F. Sherwood, of Albert Villa, 
Kennington, has gathered from an espalier tree 
eight Pears (Beurre Diel), which weighed over 
8 lbs., the heaviest one turning the scale at i8J ozs. 
Surrey’s champion boy gardener, according to The 
Echo, is Andrew Baker, aged fourteen, who was 
lately presented with a silver watch in recognition 
of his meritorious industry. He gained eighty- 
seven marks for his work in the school gardens at 
Hale, which are held as allotments by the Surrey 
County Council. Very good garden work has been 
done in Surrey in allotments in connection with 
board schools. 
The seed harvest of the large-flowered strains of 
Pansies is a very poor one on the Continent this 
year, although some countries are more favoured 
than others. 
Royal Horticultural Society.—The next fruit and 
floral meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society 
will be held on Tuesday, November 26th, in the 
Drill Hall, James Street, Victoria Street, Westmin¬ 
ster ; and at 3 p m. a lecture will be given by Mr 
James Mason on “ Asparagus Culture.” The Com¬ 
mittee will meet as usual at 12 o'clock. 
New Superintendent for Chiswick.—We understand 
that Mr. S. T. Wright, gardener to C. Lee Camp¬ 
bell, Esq., Glewston Court, Ross, Hereford, has 
been appointed by the Council of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society to succeed Mr. A. F. Barron, as 
Superintendent of the Society’s gardens at Chiswick. 
Mr. Wright is an all-round good practical gardener, 
but to be that he must also be well-versed in the 
science of his profession. He was equal first with 
Mr. Lewis Castle in the recent Fruit Essay Compe¬ 
tition—another proof of his scientific attainments. 
Royal Botanic Society of London —At a meeting of 
this Society, held on the 9th inst., Major J. W. M. 
Cotton in the chair, Dr. Rudd was elected a fellow, 
and the following nominated for fellowship at the 
next meeting:—Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Lady 
Milford, Mr. D. Bauman, Mr. H. Hoare, Mr. J. 
Homan, Mrs. Miley, Mrs. Napier Sturt, Mr. C. 
Raleigh, Mrs. Vignoles, and as a member Mrs. C. 
Tucker. Mr. J. B. Sowerby, the secretary, drew 
the attention of the fellows present to some Coffee 
on the table which he had prepared from berries 
grown in the gardens and invited their judgment 
upon its merits. It was pronounced excellent, and 
he suggested that some enterprising nurseryman 
should cultivate Coffee in the same way as Grapes 
and Tomatos, and call it English-grown Coffee. 
Paris Chrysanthemum Show.—The Chrysanthemum 
exhibition was opened on the 2nd inst. in Paris by 
M. Faure. Madame Faure, being indisposed, did 
not accompany him. Notwithstanding the long 
drought, the show was a fine one, and striking 
novelties were numerous. The Chrysanthemum 
seems to lend itself to every fancy of the gardener 
in taking every form that he chooses to give it. 
There were some flowers that look like downy 
Dahlias, others like the curled Endive. The newest 
thing took the shape of the plumet or feathery tuft 
in the kepis of the cliasseurs-a-pied of the Empire. 
The shades of colour were of infinite variety. The 
most curious novelties this time were furnished by 
the brothers Radaelli, of Milan. M. Faure was 
received by M. Leon Say and the committee of the 
Horticultural Society. 
The Irish Gardeners’ Association.—On the 30th ult. 
the general meeting of the Irish Gardeners’ Associa¬ 
tion took place at the Sackville Hall, O’Connell 
Street, when an address was delivered by Mr J. H. 
Parnell, M.P., on the subject of “ Fruit Culture in 
the Southern States of America.” There was a good 
attendance. Mr. A. O. Watkin presided. Mr. J. 
H. Parnell,at the outset of his address,expressed the 
pleasure he felt at taking part in the first conference 
of fruit growers in Ireland. He had always felt a 
deep interest in fruit growing, both in Ireland and 
America, but he had a larger experience of the latter 
country. He regarded this meeting as of great im¬ 
portance, as it would help to open up the fruit and 
vegetable industry of Ireland. The development of 
these industries- would take a long time, but his 
experience in the Southern States of America led him 
to believe that they need not despair in Ireland of 
the future of the fruit industry. They were at 
present in the same position in Ireland with regard 
to fruit growing as they were in the Southern American 
States twenty-five years ago. Ireland knew very 
little of fruit and vegetable growing for profit. It 
was a very different thing to grow a few kinds of 
fruit and to grow fruit which would be suitable for 
shipment to places thousands of miles distant. 
Successful fruit growing would depend on successful 
shipping. The fruit they might grow in Ireland for 
home use might not suit the English market, and 
then again that which would be suitable for England 
might not be suitable for foreign markets. Mr. 
Parnell next referred to his experiences in connection 
with fruit-growing in America. The proceedings 
concluded with a vote of thanks to Mr. Parnell. 
Valuable Collections.—One of the most enthusiastic 
of women horticulturists is Miss Alice Rothschild, 
whose collection of Roses alone is said to be worth 
£10,000. The Archduke of Austria owns flowers to 
the value of £40,000, and Sir Trevor Lawrence’s 
collection, at Dorking, is worth over £50.000. 
At a local show, prizes were offered for the best 
peck of Potatos grown in the Bog. This looks bad, 
but the next class for the best peck of Potatos 
(residents in the Bog excluded) explains it to the 
advantage of the Potatos. For the benefit of the 
residents we hope the Bog has been drained. 
A valuable collection of plants, consisting of about 
1,100 specimens, has been presented to Kew by 
Governor Creagh, C.M.G., who has recently 
returned to England from British North Borneo. 
This he has presented on condition of the plants 
being worked out as soon as possible. It is expected 
that the collection contains a considerable number 
of novelties. 
The Bulletin of the Royal Gardens, Kew, says that 
the singularly bright and sunny days of September 
induced a very large number of persons to visit the 
Gardens during that month. The highest attendance 
was on Sunday, the 22nd of September, when it 
reached 21,427. The week-day attendance was also 
large, and ranged from 2,619 to 3.750 per day. The 
highest shade temperature recorded during the 
month was 84° F. on the 24th. 
Curious blooms.—The reporter in one of our contem¬ 
poraries has sandwiched the following between Chry¬ 
santhemums and fruit:—“ A very tricky hat was of 
the sailor shape, with a double ruche of two shades of 
rose-pink ribbon, among which nestled Roses shading 
from pink to yellow, long feathers, like guinea fowl's 
wing feathers, standing up from the ruches. Another 
very smart hat was of fawn felt, trimmed with a 
peculiarly pretty shade of blue velvet and wings. 
One of the prettiest dresses was worn by a hand¬ 
some brunette, a bride—it w T as green cloth, very 
well made, and exquisitely fitting, trimmed artisti¬ 
cally with sable ; a black hat with black tip and a 
knot of cream lace, completed the costume. Two 
young girls looked very well in dark blue pelisses. 
A green dress trimmed very quaintly with corduroy 
nasturtium (sic) velvet was pretty. A lady looked 
well in black and scarlet. A fawn dress was 
prettily made with white cloth collar, yoke, and 
epaulettes, edged with jet.” 
Juno Cycles at the Crystal Palace.—The National 
Cycle Show will be held at the Crystal Palace, from 
the 6th to the 14th of December ; that is, there will 
be an eight days’ show. On a well-filled stand in the 
Centre Transept, the Metropolitan Machinists’ Co., 
Ltd., will show upwards of thirty Juno bicycles, 
thoroughly up-to-date machines, furnished with all 
latest improvements and comprising, among others, 
the following mounts :—A Juno Lady's Safety with a 
straight-down V-shape frame, and including gear 
case, guards, improved lady's saddle, and pedals, of 
the wonderfully small weight of thirty pounds ; a 
Juno Lady's Safety with curved frame, a new pattern 
for 1896, a machine of very graceful and pretty 
design; a Juno Lady’s Safety, second grade machine 
amoDg the Junos, though equal to many firms’ first- 
grade : a similar machine but suitable for juveniles. 
We understand that this machine has been very 
popular during 1895 for little girls going to and from 
school; a J uno Light Roadster, full diamond Safety 
bicycle, twenty-six pounds weight, a beautiful and 
fleet machine that has earned great popularity during 
the past season ; Juno Racer, twenty-two pounds, a 
similar machine, but for racing, and one that has met 
with considerable success on the path during the 
past year, as will be amply shown by the company's 
new catalogue now going through the press. A Juno 
Roadster, the favourite No. 12, is shown in the 
present catalogue. The Juno Military Safety has 
been re-modelled and as built for 1896, bids fair to 
be more than ever a machine in great request in 
military and sporting circles. The Juno Tandem 
Convertible Safety, equally suitable for two gentlemen 
or for lady and gentleman, is a machine that we 
cannot speak too highly of. There are special 
features in its construction that recommend it to all 
tandem riders. It forms a complete single as well as 
an admirable TaDdem. Some very pretty new 
models in tricycles are now made by the Metropolitan 
Co. The Juno Lady's Tricycle, is a compact and 
comfortable machine in which the problem is solved 
