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THE GARDENING WORLt) 
December 8, 1894, 
cleft, which gives the flower an exceedingly hand¬ 
some appearance. Many of the older varieties, too, 
are exceedingly pretty and very useful. Mdlle. 
Elise Dordan, with its soft lilac flowers, Soeur 
Melanie, pure white, and La Vogue, with its large, 
orange-yellow flowers are all sorts which amply 
repay the cultivator for the room they occupy, and 
for the trouble expended upon them.— Y. 
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NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SOCIETY. 
The early winter exhibition of this society was 
opened on the 4th inst., and continued during the 
next two days. The individual blooms were greatly 
superior and the numbers shown much greater than 
what might have been seen about two years ago, and 
previously when the exhibition was held in January. 
The groups of plants and the floral decorations of 
various kinds in which Chrysanthemums formed a 
part or the principal part were a decided feature of 
the show, and deservedly received a considerable 
amount of attention. The first award for twenty- 
four Japanese Chrysanthemums was taken by Mr. 
W. Mease, gardener to A. Tate, Esq., Downside, 
Leatherhead, who had some massive blooms in his 
stands, including Golden Gate, Mrs. E. D. Adams, 
Robert Owen in fine condition, Mdlle. Therese 
Panckoucke, Violet Rose, Lily Love, Beauty of 
Castlewood, Madame Laillant, Mrs. Cannell, 
Viviand Morel, Florence Davis, Charles Blick, 
Seedling, F. W. Flight, Eda Prass and others. The 
bloom of Mrs. E. D. Adams was quite pink and in 
better condition than we have even seen it, because 
taken from the terminal bud. Mr. H. Perkins, 
gardener to the Hon. W. F. D, Smith, M.P., Green- 
lands, Henley-on-Thames, was a good second, and 
though he had no unusually large blooms they were 
of fairly even quality. He had fine blooms of Robert 
Owen, Viscountess Hambleden, Rose Wynne, Lord 
Brooke. G. C. Schwabe, Mrs. E. Beckett, and 
Charles Davis. Mr. G. Neville, gardener to F. W. 
Flight, Esq., Cornstiles, Twyford, took the third 
place with a very even stand of blooms. An extra 
award was accorded to Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood 
Nurseries, Redhill, whose blooms were in many 
cases very fresh. The leading award for twelve 
Japanese blooms was taken by Mr. Philip Plumb, 
gardener to G. J. Beer, Esq., Biskra, Langley Park, 
Watford, Herts, who had massive blooms of Mrs. 
G. J. Beer, Mrs. Trelease, Primrose League, Etoile 
de Lyon, Lilian Bird, Lady Saunders, and Waban. 
Mr. W. Slogrove, Gatton Cottage Gardens, Reigate, 
was a good second, showing Mdlle. Therese Rey, 
Elmer D. Smith, Princess May, Golden Beauty, and 
Mrs. C. H. Payne in good condition. Mr. T. Sand- 
ford gardener to G. W. Wright Ingle, Esq., Wood 
House, North Finchley, took the third award with 
a stand that would have taken a lot of beating at this 
season of the year. 
Mr. W. Collins, gardener to J. W. Carlile, Esq., 
Ponsbourne Park, Hertford, had the best six blooms, 
Pearl Beauty, Lord Brooke, and Silver King being 
fine. Mr. Phillip Plumb was second with at least 
five of the six good blooms. Mr. H. Liney, gardener 
to W. M. Low, Esq., Wellesbourne House, Warwick, 
took the third place. Incurved blooms were not in 
strong force. The first prize for twelve was taken 
by Mr. W. Mease, whose flowers looked fresh and 
firm, the finest being C. B. Whitnall, Lord Rosebery, 
Robert Petfield, and J. Ream. Mr. W. Neville took 
the second place with fine blooms of C. B. Whitnall, 
R. Cannell, and Mrs. Colman. Mr. Chas. Brown, 
gardener to R. Hentz, Esq., Langley House, Abbots 
Langley, Herts, was third, but came in first for six 
incurved blooms. The class for twelve bunches of 
Japanese blooms was well represented, and the first 
award went to Mr. C. W. Knowles, gardener to 
Charles Egerton, Esq., Solna, Roehampton. Some of 
his finer bunches consisted of E. G. Herring, Lord 
Brooke, Florence Davis, Eda Prass, and Etoile de 
Lyon. Mr. H. Alderman, gardener to G. Hatfield, 
Esq., Morden Hall, Morden, Surrey, took the second 
award with smaller blooms, though clean and fresh 
in colour. Mr. W. Tysler, gardener to Miss Smith 
Dorrien, Hertwell Villa, Aylesbury, took the third 
award. Mr. C. W. Knowles again came to the front 
for six bunches of Japanese blooms. Those shown 
by Mr. A. Newell, gardener to Sir Edwin Saunders, 
Fairlawn, Wimbledon Common, were smaller, but 
the stems were longer, and the foliage showed off 
the blooms to advantage. 
The prizes offered for twelve bunches of single- 
flowered Chrysanthemums, brought out nine entries, 
which in itself would seem nothing veryremarkable.but 
was very unusual notwithstanding, seeing that two 
or three stands usually constitute the lot at the 
November show. The first prize was awarded to Mr. 
Wm.Wells,whohadagreat amount of variety with the 
flowers well displayed on long stalks. Purity, Sulphu- 
reum, and May Wells were good kinds. Mr. C. W. 
Knowles was a good second, and the variety Purity 
figured largely. Miss Debenham, St. Peters, St. 
Albans, was third. A variety named May Fleming 
in another stand was exceedingly graceful and pretty, 
with its numerous crisped white petals. The class 
for twenty-four bunches of blooms, any varieties, 
brought out several entries, but we do not quite see 
the force of calling those exhibited by the name of 
bunches, as they consisted for the most part of three 
large blooms, almost suitable for exhibition purposes, 
huddled together in triplets in such a way as to spoil any 
effect they might otherwise have produced. The cha¬ 
racter of the bunches as show n in former years has been 
departed from, but we should like to see a little more 
gracefulness displayed, and that will doubtlessly 
follow when the principle of showing with long 
stems is more fully understood. The first award was 
accorded to Mr. W. Lane, gardener to Miss J. 
Durning Smith, King’s Ride, Ascot, whose blooms 
were of massive size for this sort of work. Mr. C. 
W. Knowles took the second prize with smaller 
blooms, including several incurved and some reflexed 
varieties of the Christine type. Mr. Geo. Spring- 
thorpe, gardener to W. A. Bevan, Esq., Coombe 
Court, Kingston-on-Thames, took the third place 
with his blooms arranged in a sloping bank. 
In the amateurs’ classes Mr. E. Linfield, ig, 
Vernon Terrace, East Finchley, obtained first for six 
cut blooms of Japanese Chrysanthemums of distinct 
varieties; Mr. Henry Love, Sandown, Isle of Wight, 
coming second. Mr. W. D. Crane, 4, Woodview 
Terrace, Archway Road, Highgate, had the best 
epergne filled with cut blooms of Chrysauthemums, 
fern fronds, grasses, etc; Mr. J. Bertenshaw, 22, 
Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, taking the second 
place. In a class for six blooms, distinct, of new 
varieties introduced in 1893 and 1894, Mr. H. 
Perkins won the Silver Medal, which was in this 
case given by Mr. H. J. Jones. He had good blooms 
of varieties like Rose Wynne, Chas. Davis, and 
Walter Surman. In a class for twelve Cyclamens 
in pots, Mr. J. F. McLeod, gardener to J. P. Morgan, 
Esq., Dover House, Roehampton, obtained first 
prize with some large and well-flowered examples. 
The St. George’s Nursery Co., Hanwell, W., 
obtained first prize in a class for a collection of 
Cyclamens in pots. Some remarkably fine samples 
of this beautiful flower were exhibited by this firm, 
a large table, some 25 ft. by 6 ft., being filled. Mr. 
C. W. Knowles, gardener to Mrs. Charles Egerton, 
Solna, Roehampton, staged twelve nice plants of 
varieties of Primula sinensis, for which a first prize 
was awarded. The individual blooms were of large 
size and the plants were very floriferous. Mr. A. 
Newell, gardener to Sir Edwin Saunders, Fairlawn, 
Wimbledon, won the second place in the same class. 
Twelve double-flowered varieties of the same plant 
exhibited by Mr. W. Mease, gardener to A. Tate, 
Esq., Downside, Leatherhead, carried off first 
honours. The specimens shown by Mr. Mease were 
large and fine examples of their class and full of 
flower. 
In a class for a collection of flowering, berried, 
and foliaged plants, some exceedingly pretty groups 
was shown, and the competition was very keen. 
Mr. A. Newell was, however, successful in carrying 
off first honours, staging some neat and well-flowered 
Primulas, Roman Flyacinths, and Bouvardias, 
Crotons and Pandanads being bright and well 
coloured. A few heads of Euphorbia pulcherrima 
standing out from the rest of the plants at intervals 
added a touch of colour to the whole. Mr. W. 
Howe, The Gardens, Park Hill, Streatham Common, 
came second with a collection but little inferior to 
that of the first prize-takers. The miscellaneous 
exhibits were of a very extensive character and con¬ 
tained material that was really possessed of a great 
deal of intrinsic merit. A collection of cut blooms 
of Chrysanthemums exhibited by Mr. Robert Owen, 
Nurseryman, Maidenhead, was awarded a Silver 
Medal. Some capital blooms of Desdemona, Dr. J. 
Grange, Mrs. Annie Smith, Mrs. R. J. Thamiel, 
Chas. Lawton, Madame Rozain, Mr. W. H. Lees, 
Miss Ellen Terry, and H. L. Sunderbruch, were 
here shown. A Silver-Gilt Medal was awarded to 
Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood Nurseries, Redhill, Surrey' 
for a number of remarkably fine cut blooms of the 
same, also for plants in pots in first-rate condition. 
The examples here shown of varieties like W. H. 
Lincoln, Miss M. Weightman, Robert Owen, Mdlle. 
Therese Rey, Mr H. Broomhead, Miss A. Harts¬ 
horn, and Mrs. Libbie Allen were exceedingly 
meritorious. 
Messrs. H. Cannell & Son, Swanley, Kent, received 
also a Silver-gilt Medal for an extensive exhibit of 
Zonal Pelargoniums, cut blooms of Chrysanthemums, 
and vegetables. The Pelargoniums were arranged 
in pyramidal shaped bunches, small Ferns in pots 
being placed between them ; such sorts as Galatea, 
Rev. Brett, Mrs. Hall Abion, and Madame de 
Boudeville, were included among the single and 
Raspail Improved, and New Life among the double- 
flowered varieties. Upwards of a hundred Chry¬ 
santhemum blooms were exhibited by this firm; 
samples of Mdlle. S. Panchoucke, Golden Gate, 
Madame A. Chatin, Mrs. Geo. lie, Hairy Wonder, 
Wahan, and Etoile de Lyon, being noteworthy. The 
vegetables, which occupied half of the table, com¬ 
prised an extensive exhibit of Potatos, in which 
clean and well-shaped tubers of Supreme, Victory, 
Abundance, and Best of All, were conspicuous; 
some large and fine Onions, Shallots, Leeks, etc. 
Mr. A. W. Young, Holmesdale Nurseries, Stevenage, 
Herts, received a Bronze Medal for a group of cut 
Chrysanthemums. A like award was also made to 
Mr. J. T. Godfrey, Exmouth, for a good collection of 
Chrysanthemums and Carnations. Among the 
former, such sorts as Mrs. W. H. Lees, Crystal 
Belle, Mrs. E. W. Clarke, Mr. J. G. Magee, Elmer 
D. Smith, Madame Carnot, and Le Colossle Gren- 
ollois, were in excellent order ; and the Carnations 
Miss Mary Godfrey and Reginald Godfrey were also 
very fresh and sweet. 
A Silver Medal was awarded to Mr. J. H. Witty 
for a fine group of Chrysanthemums in pots, 
bordered by a row of Ericas in full flower. Mr. 
Norman Davis, Nurseryman, Camberwell, S.E., 
received a like award for a similar exhibit. The 
plants were arranged to great advantage, and pre¬ 
sented an imposing appearance. A Bronze Medal 
was awarded to Mr. W. Davey, gardener to C. C. 
Paine, Esq , for a group of specimen Chrysanthe¬ 
mums in pots trained in the umbrella shape and 
staged with Ferns and greenhouse foliage plants. 
Lizzie Cartledge, Sunflower, and A. H. Neve were 
some of the best Chrysanthemums exhibited in this 
group. A superb collection of Hippeastrums 
(Amaryllis), exhibited by Mr. H. Perkins, met with 
appropriate recognition in the way of a Silver-Gilt 
Medal. The plants in question were all seedlings. 
The blooms were large, of good shape and colour, 
and the stand was decidedly one of the features of 
the show. 
An imposing table of cut blooms of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums was exhibited by Mr. H. J. Jones, Nursery¬ 
man, Lewisham, and was arranged in fine style. The 
large epergnes and vases which towered above the 
rest of the material presented grand and striking 
masses of floral beauty, many of the blooms them¬ 
selves being large and fine (Silver-Gilt Medal). A 
magnificent collection of stove foliage and green¬ 
house flowering plants exhibited by Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, Holloway, N., deservedly received 
a Silver-Gilt Medal. Such plants as Anthurium 
Andreanum atro-sanguineum, Crotons Mrs. A. 
Chomer and Mme. Heine, Rhododendrons Presi¬ 
dent and Princess Royal, and some neat little speci¬ 
mens of Ericas in full flower were very conspicuous 
here. A very extensive and exceedingly elaborate 
system of floral designs for table decoration con¬ 
tributed by Mr. J. R. Chard, Brunswick Nursery, 
Stoke Newington, was awarded a Gold Medal. 
Great taste was used in the filling of the vases and 
epergnes which the table held, and the construction 
of the wreaths, anchors, sprays, etc., was of the 
lightest, most graceful, and yet effective character. 
Altogether Mr. Chard's display was of a most meri¬ 
torious nature, and abundantly deserved the recogni¬ 
tion it receive d at the hands of the committee. 
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