December 15, 1894. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
243 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
Important Announcement. 
AMERICAN NOVELTIES FOR 1895. 
HILL & CO., 
RICHMOND, U.S.A., 
Beg to inform their English and Continental patrons that they 
have disposed of a large portion of the stock of their entire set 
of novelties, 1895, to 
jylr-. W. J. GODFREY, Exmouth, 
who has the sole right of distribution in Europe. 
W. J. GO DFREY 
has pleasure in announcing the arrival of a fine lot of plants 
of the above novelties. At some considerable expense many 
of the plants were sent with blooms, thereby giving an idea of 
their pioperties, and W. ]. G. is much gratified at being able 
to announce that the blooms arrived in sufficiently good 
condition to justify him in offering the varieties with great 
confidence. . . . 
Fully described in Catalogue which will be ready in a few 
days. 
W. J. GODFREY, The Nurseries, 
EXMOUTH, DEVON. 
SPECIAL CULTURE 
OF 
FRUIT TRE ES & R OSES. 
A Large and Select Stock is now offered for Sale. 
The Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits post free 
The Descriptive Catalogue of Roses post free. 
THOMAS RIVERS & SON, 
The Nurseries, SA WBRIDGEWORTH, Herts. 
yfELLS 5 CATALOGUE OF 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Contains the description of nearly 1.000 best varieties and 
more useful information than any other such book ever 
published. Including a Coloured Plate of his New Green 
Chrysanthemum, “Ethel Amsden.” The Novelty of the 
Season. Post free, from W. WELLS, Earlswood Nurseries, 
Redhill, Surrey, 
ORCHIDS. 
Clean Healthy Plants at Low Prices. 
Always worth a visit of inspection. Kindly send for Catalogue. 
JAMES CYPHER, 
Exotic Nurseries, CHELTENHAM. 
BULBS, BULBS. 
Daffodils or Lent Lilies .. .. 3s. 6d., 1,000. 
Sweet Scented Pheasant Eyed .. 3s. 6d., 1,000. 
Pure White Gladiolus (The Bride) .. 5s. 1,000. 
Spanish Irisoe .. .. .. .. 4s. 1,000. 
Raspberries, Fruiting Canes, 2S.6d.,ioo, or 20s., 1,00 o 
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PlIJp AND EASY TO GROW. 
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Ornamental Trees, 91 Acres. 
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Clematis (80,000) from 15/- 
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N.B.—Single Plants are sold at 
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GENERAL CATALOGUE 
(164 pages) of Nursery Stock, 
artistically produced, containing 
\ some hundreds of illustrations, 
Ufa and full of valuable infoimation, 
sent free. 
RICHARD SMITH &C° WORCESTER 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
NORMAN DAVIS has much pleasure 
in announcing that his new Catalogue of 
Chrysanthemums is now ready, and can 
be had free by post. This Catalogue is 
issued simply as a guide, such as a Cata¬ 
logue should be, and will be found com¬ 
prehensive and useful. You are welcome to 
a copy, even it not a purchaser. 
NORMAN DAVIS, 
Chrysanthemum Nurseries, 
ILLFORD ROAD, CAMBERWELL, LONDON, S.E. 
For Index to Contents see page 254. 
“ Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man.”— Bacon. 
NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Monday, Dec. 17th.—Bulb Sale at Protheroe& Morris’ Rooms. 
Tuesday, Dec. 18th,—Bulb Sale atProtheroe & Morris’ Rooms. 
Wednesday, Dec. rgth.—Sale of Lily Bulbs, &c.,at Protheroe 
& Morris’ Rooms. 
Friday, Dec. 21st.—Orchid Sale at Protheroe & Morris' Rooms. 
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Edited by BRIAN WYNNE, F.R.H.S. 
SATURDAY , DECEMBER i$tli, 1894. 
'pfcuNCHES of Chrysanthemum Blooms. 
^ —The exhibits in the class for twenty- 
four bunches of Chrysanthemum blooms at 
the recent show of the National Chrysan¬ 
themum Society were heterogenous in 
character, and calculated to give the public 
the impression that the exhibitors barely 
grasped the idea of what was intended by 
the schedule. In any case, most of them 
evidently considered that big blooms were 
most likely to catch the eye of the judges. 
Furthermore, with one exception, they 
made the bunches consist of three blooms, 
either because they found that a greater 
number was unmanageable by reason of 
their size, or, on the other hand, they must 
have copied the idea from the class for twelve 
bunches specially stipulated to be shown 
in triplets. We can hardly imagine that 
the method of showing Roses in trusses of 
three furnished the Chrysanthemum men 
with the suggestion, for the blooms in most 
cases were arranged after the popular 
rnethod of showing Cactus, pompon, and 
single Dahlias, but with a minimum of 
effect, as might be expected from the un¬ 
wieldy material. It is our opinion that the 
method of showing Chrysanthemums in 
bunches is in a state of transition, and 
that the growers are groping about as if 
making experiments so as to arrive at some¬ 
thing more effective and artistic than the 
old bunches, which were simply congested 
masses of flower heads, such as one might 
have made by collecting a good handful of 
flowers by the wayside. One exhibitor 
arranged his blooms in a dense, sloping 
bank, which was too solid to be effective or 
suggestive of anything, while in another 
case each bloom in the triplet was of a 
distinct variety, giving the stand a medley 
aspect. Any varieties, including pompons, 
were allowed, yet no attempt, with one 
exception, perhaps, was made to lighten 
and brighten the big blooms by this means. 
Surely it is possible to make up artistic 
bunches of Chrysanthemums that would 
recommend themselves to the public eye 
and taste as well as to the judges, even at 
the expense of size in the large types; and 
herein lies an opportunity for the skill and 
genius of some enterprising exhibitor. 
Wloral Decorations in Autumn and 
Winter.— The great increase of the 
floral displays at the November and 
December shows of the National Chrysan¬ 
themum Society amply exemplifies what 
can be done, even at what is termed the 
dullest season of the year, by means of the 
wealth of material at the command of 
those who possess only a conservatory or 
greenhouse in which to store Chrysanthe¬ 
mums at the end of September. Most or 
all of the other material can be obtained 
from the open garden in the shape of 
autumn-tinted foliage of endless diversity, 
and later on by those that assume a 
particular hue during winter as in the case 
of the Mahonia, wild Ivy and those Beeches 
and Oaks which retain their brown or even 
half brown foliage for a long period. The 
variegated Hollies, the golden Privet and 
other variegated subjects with evergreen 
leaves also furnish attractive colours. To 
this list must be added the numerous 
berried plants including the common 
Privet, Hollies, Cotoneasters, Snow- 
berries, Sea Buck Thorn, Winter Cherry, 
Pernettya, Strawberry Tree, and the 
heps of Dog Roses, Sweet Briers, and other 
subjects of easy culture or obtainable 
from their native wilds in the woods and 
hedges. The American style of exhibiting 
large blooms of Chrysanthemums on long 
stems readily lends itself to this style of 
floral decoration so justly esteemed and 
admired by the British public when carried 
out with consummate skill and taste. We 
do not advocate this style of exhibiting 
large blooms to the exclusion of the well- 
known and universal method of arrange¬ 
ment on show boards, because it does not 
readily lend itself to a proper and true 
comparison of the blooms shown by differ¬ 
ent exhibitors. 
<Tize and form of Violas. —W T e are 
wr pleased to note the broad views main¬ 
tained with such unanimity on the part of 
those who took part in the Viola conference 
at Birmingham in August last, and which 
is published in the report of the proceedings 
before us. The paragon or standard on 
which the old florists modelled the evolution 
of the show Pansy, here finds no supporter. 
Extreme size is not considered a recom¬ 
mendation even for exhibition purposes, 
doubtless because the bloomslack substance 
as a rule and are liable to curl or shrivel up 
before the exhibition is over. Roses, how¬ 
ever, often suffer the same fate during the 
sweltering days of July, and Pansy 
societies doubtless well recognise the fact 
that Pansy shows are more likely to be 
successful either before the hot dry 
weather sets in or after it has passed. For 
the large-flowered type a flower of medium 
size or a little above it is advocated. 
Furthermore only two types are to be 
recognised, namely, the large-flowered and 
the miniature or Violetta section. The 
limits for the flower of the latter are to 
range between 1 in. and 1+ in. in diameter, 
so as to be sufficiently conspicuous to be 
ornamental and yet not come into 
conflict with the varieties of the large- 
flowered type. With regard to form it 
was recommended that no severe standard 
be laid down, that they may not be circu¬ 
lar as in the florist Pansy, but that any 
smooth and intrinsically beautiful flower 
will always recommend itself provided the 
