December 8, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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ish list of bee-feeding plants shows that the general 
utility of that industrious insect has not been 
ignored. The writer of national flowers and plants 
has wisely refrained from giving the specific names 
of several of them, while America is entirely 
omitted, possibly because our cousins cannot all 
agree upon one plant. The number of plants to 
which the name Lily is applied in a popular sense is 
very great, seventy-five being given, though the list 
is doubtless incomplete. 
Vegetables and fruit growing naturally come in 
for a smaller amount of attention than flowers ; but 
although the cultural and other directions occupy 
less space, they need not on that account be less import¬ 
ant. The methods of procedure to obtain a 
constant succession of Cauliflower, Broccoli, Cab¬ 
bage and Kale all the year round must prove 
serviceable, for very few amateurs have any 
conception of a constant supply of vegetables from 
the comics,” is rather an unusual thing in a horti¬ 
cultural book, yet the following may please some 
one :—“ A hotel keeper in the mountainous districts 
of Wales advertises that he can furnish guides and 
ponies perfectly acquainted with all the plants in 
the locality. The paper, printing and editing leave 
little to complain of. Sportine on p. 36, is doubtless 
a slip for sportive. In the same way Adamson's 
Baobab must surely have been intended for 
Adanson’s Baobab (Adansonia digitata) for it was 
named after Michael Adanson, a French botanist. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM CALEDONIA. 
Japanese Anemone varieties have had some fine 
additions made to their number during the past 
month or six weeks. Most of them are notable for 
their large size, consequently they constitute desir- 
POMPON CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
The interest taken in the cultivation and improve¬ 
ment of the Chrysanthemum is undoubtedly still 
upon the increase, but despite the fact that the several 
sections of flower are all receiving attention, the 
Pompon class seems, for some reason or other, to be 
under a cloud, if I may so term it. All the energies 
of the Chrysanthemum growers of to-day seem 
directed towards the securing of blooms of colossal 
size, and this being the case it is not to be greatly 
wondered at, that the Pompons from their very 
smallness are apt to be overlooked. While it cannot 
be said with any vestige of truth that, as a class, 
they possess the manifold qualifications of the 
varieties of the Japanese section, still they are well 
worth growing, even if it were only for the sake of 
the variety they afford, and the contrast they exhibit 
to their more stately sisters. In fact, no collection 
their gardens, while a large proportion have too 
small gardens to attempt it The advice concerning 
the sowing of Scarlet Runners in small gardens 
would also apply very forcibly to tall kind of main 
crop and late peas. Instead of sowing the Runners 
or tall Pease, in lines 5 ft. or 6 ft. apart, they should 
be sown at intervals over the ground forming 
dividing lines between the different crops. This 
avoids waste of ground as the other and dwarfer 
crops may be brought close up to them without 
unduly obstructing the light to either crop. 
The information given on the value of vegetables 
for health, is sometimes amusing as well as instruc¬ 
tive ; for instance the following may tickle amateur 
and gardener alike :—“ A Cabbage leaf placed 
inside the hat in summer, will keep the head cool 
and easy under the influence of a burning sun.” 
Driving rusty na’ls into the trunks of fruit trees is 
said to act "as a preventive of cure for blight,” 
whatever that may mean. We doubt, however, 
whether that barbarous practice would be produc¬ 
tive of any beneficial effect, but on the contrary, 
think it would be a fruitful cause of gumming in 
Peach trees. What we should term ” clippings from 
Chrysanthemum (Japanese Anemone) Caledonia. 
able additions to the show boards. Very dark 
varieties are not very numerous in this class, but the 
paler coloured ones seem to enjoy greater public 
estimation. The bloom of that under notice 
measures about 5J in. across, and would be larger 
were it not that the tips of the rays are considerably 
incurved and occasionally more or less twisted at the 
concave tips. The rays are moderately broad and 
white. The disc is very full and pale purple, slightly 
modified by the tips of the florets being tinted with 
pale yellow. As in the case of Japanese varieties, 
where the florets may be of various forms and 
assume fantastic arrangements, so amongst Japanese 
Anemones considerable latitude is allowed for the 
form and disposition of the ray florets. The incurv¬ 
ing of the ray florets is a strong characteristic 
feature of Caledonia, as may be seen by the accom¬ 
panying illustration, which was prepared from a 
flower raised and exhibited by Mr. R. Owen, Castle 
Hill, Maidenhead. The same exhibitor has raised 
several fine large-flowered, as well as Japanese 
Anemones within the last few years. Caledonia was 
accorded a First-class Certificate by the National 
Chrysanthemum Society on 7th November last. 
could be considered as a representative one, unless a 
fair amount of the Pompon element entered into its 
composition. 
But apart from this, the Pompons have much to 
recommend them. A number of plants carrying a 
profusion of the small, but neat little blooms are of 
the greatest value for supplying cut bloom. The old 
white Cedo Nulli and its yellow form have been 
grown for many years, but since that time many new 
and good varieties have been introduced. 
Eugene Lajaulet with its rich butter-yellow 
flowers is a gem among its kind. Brilliant, another 
pretty little sort has rather small flowers of a dull 
red hue ; its habit is somewhat looser than that exhi¬ 
bited by the majority of the members of its class. 
Sunset, with its bronzy-brown flowers and dark 
green foliage of good substance is also an acquisi¬ 
tion. Lizzie Holmes has rather large flowers of a 
deep rich bronze shade, and is of a dwarf and compact 
habit, being usually about three feet in height. A 
variety known as the Black Douglas is a really 
pretty one and as distinct as it is pretty. The 
blooms are rather larger than usual, of a fine dark 
crimson colour, and the tips of the florets are deeply 
