Jan. 3rd, 1885. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
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delicate fleshy-rose, brightened with mauve, and 
shaded with buff; a unique variety, new in colour, 
an d quite distinct from any of the rose-coloured 
varieties. Madam de Sevin, very large and double 
flower, blooming in a completely spiral shape, very 
wide petals, colour lilac-amaranth rose, with an 
enormous centre of the purest, white until fully 
expanded, very remarkable in character and extra 
fine. Brise du Matin, an enormous flower, and 
one of the most double; spiral form, very broad 
petals, colour the most delicate mauve-rose, frosted 
with silver, the whole centre shaded with buff ; 
v er y delicate tint, unique in colour, extra fine. Aurore 
Boreale, very large double flowers, long twisted petals, 
drooping, becoming more curled with age; colour 
pure gold, dashed with salmon, the centre petals take 
in a spiral form, and are of a rich golden buff; new 
in colour, and a striking variety. Flamme du Punch, 
or Punch, bright orange, beautifully striped with red, 
violet and gold; a magnificent variety. Madlle. la 
Croix, sulphur white, long drooping florets, a very 
graceful and handsome flower, very free, and has been 
awarded several first-class certificates of merit. Lastly 
comes Hero of Midlothian. This is a seedling raised 
by Mr. Davis, the flower large, colour deep crimson, 
flat florets in the way of Elaine, very distinct and fine. 
This does not exhaust the list of Japanese varieties, 
but it is the very pick of the new ones. 
Select Exhibition Pompons. —And now what are the 
finest Pompon varieties for exhibition purposes ? They 
are the white Madlle. Marthe and its golden form ; both 
varieties of fine form and very free. Fanny, deep 
crimson, very good and fine ; Miss Wheeler, carmine, 
fine form; Bose d’Amour, rose, charming in colour ; 
Mrs. Bateman, orange brown, a sport from Miss 
Wheeler, which it resembles in all other respects; 
Bosinante, blush rose, very pretty; Nellie Bainford, 
buff, a sport from Bosinante ; Prince of Orange, deep 
orange, good form and very fine; Purple Pompon, 
bright purple, very good and attractive ; Prince Victor, 
dark maroon, very fine ; and St. Michael, fine deep 
yellow, very good. This gives twelve of the finest. 
The following six may be added if required: Marabout, 
white, a charming variety with beautifully fringed 
petals; Bob, dark crimson brown, fine, but late; 
Adele Prissette, rosy-lilac, fringed, very full and fine ; 
La Vogue, fine golden yellow, very large full flowers ; 
Pygmalion, deep rose, very pretty; and Elenore, 
crimson brown, edged with yellow. 
New Pompons. —And what of the new Pompon 
varieties of the past year ? One of them, Nellie 
Bainford, is included on the first lists of twelve 
exhibition varieties. The others are Le Desiree, a 
fine variety, with well imbricated double flowers, 
colour snow - white, with rose centre, novel and 
distinct; Mons. Deleceil, a very pretty and well- 
imbricated variety, pure snow-white, very broadly and 
strongly pointed, and edged with carmine-rose, extra 
fine; Pompon Bose, a very pretty and fully-double 
flower, with fimbriated petals, colour soft lilac-rose, 
the base of the petals pure white, pointed with gold, 
and with a golden centre, double, and very attractive ; 
Etincellant, perfectly double, colour crimson-red 
dashed with brown, golden in the centre, a very pretty 
new variety; Kyrle Bellew, crimson and yellow, 
a small Japanese Pompon, curious and distinct; 
Niobe, dark red and gold; Madame D’Arnaud; 
violet rose, slightly tinted with purple, tipped with 
gold, small, but very double and free; Madame 
Marignac; Perfection, reddish brown, tipped with 
golden - yellow, double and handsome; Elegant, 
orange-red, shaded with bronze, very double ; and 
Star of Whyke, a semi-double pure white sort, an 
excellent variety to grow for cutting from, new and 
distinct. 
Large-flowered Anemones. —Of the large-flowered 
Anemone section, the best twelve that I saw during 
the past season were—Acquisition, rosy-lilac, with 
yellow centre, very fine; Empress, blush, large and 
fine; Fleur de Marie, a very fine -white self; Fabias 
de Maderanaz, a very fine flower of the Japanese type, 
white, shaded purple and gold, the centre lilac ; Gluck, 
deep yellow, extra fine ; Georges Sand, red and gold, 
large and fine ; King of the Anemones, a large crimson 
self; Lady Margaret, a very fine large white self ; 
Madlle. Cabiol, blush white, large, fine and distinct; 
Prince of Anemones, blue blush, very fine; Sceur 
Dorothee Souille, pale lilac, the centre white, tinted 
with rose, very fine, distinct, and early ; and Souvenir 
de l’Ardenne, rosy-mauve, with blush centre, very 
good. 
Anemone-flom eked Pompons. —The following are 
to my mind the very pick of the Anemone-flowered 
Pompons :—Antonious, bright yellow ; Astarte, amber ; 
Dick Turpin, magenta; Firefly, reddish scarlet; 
Madame Montels, white, yellow centre; Marie Stuart, 
dark, sulphur centre; Mr. Astie, golden yellow ; Mr. 
Wyness, rosy-lilac; Perle, pale bright lilac ; Queen of 
Anemones, crimson ; Sidonie, lilac, blush centre ; and 
Zobedie, blush, rose centre. 
Of the reflexed section of Chrysanthemums, most of 
which make excellent decorative varieties, the best are 
Annie Salter, orange, and the yellow form also; the 
four varieties of Christine ; Chevalier Domage, rich 
deep golden; Culliugfordi, brilliant crimson, extra 
fine, new and very distinct; Dr. Sharpe, magenta 
crimson, fine ; George Stevens, crimson-bro-wn with 
yellow reverse ; Jewess, orange red ; King of Crimsons, 
bright deep crimson ; Progne, brilliant amaranth; and 
Violet, unique rosy-violet. The Catalogue of the 
National Chrysanthemum Society makes Mrs. Forsyth 
to be the same as White Christine.—if. D. 
fetters io % (£bttor. 
GBAPE-GBOWTNG AT LONGLEAT. 
In reference to Mr. C. Open’s note on this subject at 
p. 259, I beg to say that until reading his letter I was 
under the impression that the large Vinery at 
Longleat, the architecture of which is as plain as can 
be, and the workmanship good—was planned, as well 
it might have been, by Mr. Taylor, and that, as a 
passing visitor to the gardens, I had not heard Mr. 
Buckenham’s name mentioned. I thank Mr. Open for 
having given us the exact dimensions of the range of 
vineries in question, which shows that I over-estimated 
the length by 3 ft. 10 ins., and did not give enough by 
18 ins. to the width. The figures originally given 
were, however, near enough to the mark for my 
purpose, for seeing that an estimate for heating or 
painting the structure had not to be based on them, I 
gave the figures without the aid of rule or tape, simply 
to afford your readers some idea of the size of the 
vineries in question. —The Writer of the Notes. 
Mb. Open’s letter in your last issue suggested to me 
a few remarks that I thought might be of interest to 
some of your readers. Having well read Mr. Taylor’s 
little book, Vines at Longleat, in which he records his 
failures and successes, I confess to having gathered 
more practical hints therefrom than from any other 
book or paper I had previously read upon the subject. 
I have never seen Mr. Taylor, and only know him by 
repute. To show that I am deeply interested in Grape 
growing I may mention that we have four vineries 
here, from which my employer expects and has Grapes 
available for his table during eleven months out of the 
twelve. We usually finish our old Grapes at the end of 
April or the beginning of May, and never fail to cut new 
ones at the end of the latter month. Formerly our 
black Hamburghs did not colour well but were what 
is termed “foxy” in appearance, and our Muscats 
shanked badly annually. This year there was a 
decided improvement in the Hamburghs, which are 
old vines, having been forced annually, to my know¬ 
ledge, for more than ten years. As to the Muscats, 
there are some well finished bunches still hanging 
upon an old vine in an inside border that I would not 
be ashamed to show to the best Grape grower in the 
country. Our best keeping Grapes are Lady Downe’s 
and Mrs. Pince’s Black Muscat, which have never 
given us any trouble in the growing. In concluding 
these remarks, I would say to those who have a 
limited supply of turf or a scarcity of labour when 
the vines require the most attention, read Vines at 
Longleat, and act upon the hints as I have done.— 
T. Simcoe, The Gardens, Lake House, Cheltenham. 
THE WEATHER. 
In contrast with your experience and anticipation 
of the weather as expressed on p. 259, I send you our 
records of the temperature in this part of Lancashire 
during the Christmas week. The weather set in 
frosty on Dec. 15th, when we had 6 degs. of frost, and 
from 5 degs. to 8 degs. were registered daily till the 
21st, when we had 9 degs. of frost, with a north wind ; 
22nd, 12 degs. of frost, wind N.E.; 23rd, 13 degs. of 
frost, wind E. by S.; 24th, 12 degs. of frost, wind E. 
by N.; 25th, 12 degs. of frost, wind N.W.; 2Gth, 
13 degs. of frost, wind N E.; and so it has kept on up 
till to-day. As I write, the ground on the surface is 
softening, and there is a slight rustle in the wind, as 
for a thaw. On the 27th the wind was in the south 
in the afternoon, and unusually biting, and by four 
o’clock all the glass on cold frames was well frozen 
over. It will be seen that the wind has been very 
variable, changing two or three times in the twenty- 
four hours.—IF. P. B.., Preston, December 29th. 
TOMATOS AND INSECTS. 
I am afraid that the Tomato in this country can 
hardly be considered to possess the power of keeping 
insects off {see p. 259). On the other hand I have 
found that if Tomatos are grown amongst other 
plants where insects abound the Tomatos will also 
soon become infested. I have not paid especial 
attention as to what kind of insects will attack the 
Tomato, but, from memory, I can say that I have 
seen them infested with red spider, green fly, thrips 
(black and white), mealy bug, and also a small white 
fly, which is very troublesome where once it gets 
established. Of course the above alludes to plants 
grown under glass, and I may add that I do not think 
the Tomato is much troubled with insects when grown 
out-of-doors.— H. 
THE PERFUME OF THE BOSE. 
At a social gathering of gardeners held in this 
neighbourhood a few nights ago, and at which I need 
scarcely tell you that “ shop,” as usual, formed the 
staple of the general conversation, some reference to 
Boses led to various remarks on the different kinds of 
scent emitted by these flowers. It was mentioned 
that, a few years ago, one of the leading rosarians 
had published a letter, in which he had enumerated 
over a dozen different kinds. Can you or any of 
your readers tell me -where I can find the letter in 
question ? —Spade. 
LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
I have read the excellent article written by Mr. 
Boyce, on Chrysanthemum Culture, with much 
pleasure, and shall feel greatly obliged if he will give 
a list of the best late varieties, and a few hints on 
retarding blooms for exhibition.— C. T. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Boilers.— K. TV. —We know them both to be good ones, 
but without a competitive trial should not like to say which is 
the best. 
Books. — Tauntonian. — For Auriculas, Carnations, and 
Pansies you cannot do better than consult Mr, James 
Douglas’s Hardy Florists’ Flowers. His address is Great 
Gearie's, Ilford. Canon Hole’s Book about Roses (Blackwood 
& Sons) is an excellent book for an amateur, but if you want 
something cheaper get Rivers’ Ruse Amateur’s Guide (Long¬ 
mans). 
Myrobella Plum —Tertius. —We have no actual experi¬ 
ence of Primus myrobolana as a hedge plant, but those who 
should know its value speak in high terms of it, especially 
for quickly repairing old fences. It is said to grow in the 
poorest soils, where the Whitethorn does not succeed, bears 
clipping well, and makes a stout, strong hedge. 
Bean, Beck’s Dwarf Gkeen Gem.— C. 2’.—It is a sport 
from the old Dwarf Cluster or Fan Bean, which we believe 
originated at Shipston-on-Stour some twenty years ago. 
Communications Received. — C. B. W.—J. J. W.— 
H. W. W—13. R. C.—R. G—E. J.—W. E. B.—C. T., Yeovil 
(many thanks).—M. T.—H. & S.—E. P.—M. Y.—A. S.— 
W. S.-K. W, W.-M. 
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Trade Catalogues Received. 
B. S. Williams’, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Hollo¬ 
way.—Flower, Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds. 
R. B. Laikd & Sons, 17, Frederick Street, Edinburgh.— 
Vegetable, Flower, and Agricultural Seeds; Gladioli Roots, 
Implements, &c. 
Dobbie & Co., High Street, Rothesay, N.B.—Choice Seeds 
and Flowers. 
Ireland & Thomson, 20, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.— 
Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
Robert Owen, Floral Nurseries, Boyne Hill, Maidenhead. 
—New and Select Chrysanthemum:. 
Stuart & Mein, Kelso, N.B.—Amateur’s Guide and Spring 
Catalogue. 
