November 26, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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American and other Varieties. 
Ada Prass is something in the way of Viscountess 
Hambleden, but the central florets are much shorter 
and not so regularly incurved. In the same strain 
as Viscountess Hambleden is Chicago, of a blush 
white with the outer florets pink. A reflexed 
Japanese sort is Esperanza, blush on the outside 
florets, but otherwise white. A singular-looking 
object is Carpenter ; the soft rosy purple florets are 
all coiled or curled up like wood shavings. The 
blush pink florets of Madame Charles Capitant are 
broad and inclined to be spotted; it is a French 
variety. Mrs. Levin is a large Anemone with blush 
white rays and lemon disc. A pleasing light-coloured 
and incurved Japanese sort is Edith Walton ; it is 
of a uniform soft lilac, and the back of the florets is 
covered with short bristly hairs. A promising sort 
is Acme, belonging to the same type as the last ; the 
useful exhibition bloom. We noted several curi¬ 
osities, but they are not much in favour at present. 
One of them, a seedling, has small white heads, and 
the florets deeply cut into four segments. 
Falkland Park. 
Chrysanthemums are now the leading feature in 
the cool house department in the gardens at Falk¬ 
land Park, South Norwood Hill, the residence of J. 
McMeekin, Esq. A different system of arrangement is 
adopted here from that to be seen in most public or 
private establishments. The almost universal plan 
is to group them together in large masses with a 
view to general effect. In other cases it is a matter 
of convenience, and the plants have to be crowded 
together in the vineries or peach-houses where they 
can be accommodated. Whole houses are devoted 
to their accommodation in nurseries, but here again 
would remain constant. The twisted flowers of Mr. 
H. Cannell are very choice in their way and of a 
bright yellow with broad florets. The blooms 
measure 6 in. across or a little over, but the stems 
are rather tall. The reflexed Japanese, Amy Furze, 
is not so common as it used to be, probably because 
not large enough. Here the blooms are almost 
globular and of a warm purple and lilac. The old 
Triomphe du Nord has similarly shaped flowers of a 
deep salmon-red, a colour that is not too plentiful. 
Belonging to same section, but having larger flowers, 
is that named M. L. Leroy ; the heads are semi- 
globose, and the pure white florets revolute at the 
margin. The purple and silvery-lilac blooms of 
Madame Baco are very suitable for this kind of work 
They are semi-globose and the florets curiously cut. 
Val d'Andorre maintains its character for dwarfness 
and large orange-red flowers. This is saying much 
Chrysanthemum Henry Perkins. 
florets are purple, and suffused with white at the 
tips, or yellow in the young stage. Exquisite is a 
soft rosy purple, spreading Japanese variety. 
Senateur Bocher is a French variety of the type 
of Alberic Lunden, being dark crimson-amaranth, 
but very late. Rather pretty is Mrs. Libbie Allen,' 
an incurved Japanese sort with broad, clear yellow 
florets. The florets of Incendie are of a crimson- 
red with old gold reverse; it is of French origin. 
Madame Lawson is a Japanese Anemone with a 
lemon yellow disc and white rays, the outer half of 
which is purple. 
There are several unnamed seedlings, mostly 
American, one of which is a Japanese incurved sort, 
terra cotta and old gold reverse. Belonging to the 
same type is a deep chestnut-red variety, with some 
of the tips yellow, and the reverse covered with 
bristly hairs. A tall variety with large and bold 
heads shows a curious mixture. The inner surface 
is purple, and the outer blush-white, while most of 
the tips are greenish yellow. It may turn out a 
the massing system is the most dominant or indeed 
the only method of dealing with them which we have 
seen. At Falkland Park there is a long corridor into 
which all the houses lead, and, although unheated, 
it has a temperature similar to that of a greenhouse, 
and is therefore well adapted for Chrysanthemums. 
Quantities are located in the conservatory and 
another cool house; but the principal display is in the 
corridor, where they are arranged thinly on both 
sides of the pathway throughout its length, so that 
every variety can readily be examined separately. 
Some of them are dwarf and bushy, particularly the 
small flowered and decorative varieties; but the 
large flowered kinds are grown with a few stems and 
in most cases disbudded to a few blooms : but a few 
clusters of medium sized blooms surmounting the 
stems. 
There are some handsome and richly coloured 
blooms of Etoile de Lyon on dwarf stems. Near by 
is the white sport from it, namely, Miss Lilian Cope, 
which would seem to be a good thing provided it 
for it in a year like the present, when so many well- 
known kinds have added 2 ft. or 3 ft. to their length 
when the crown buds were removed so as to get 
blooms from the terminals. Cullingfordi also 
remains very true to type, both in the stems and 
richly coloured flowers. 
A number of incurved varieties are also in very 
good condition, notably Queen of England, Lord 
Alcester, and some others of that type, which have 
very large and perfectly formed blooms. A rather 
uncommon variety is Perle Precieuse, an incurved 
sort of medium size, with broad florets of a rosy- 
purple internally and silvery rose externally. Not¬ 
withstanding the usually early character of Mr. 
Bunn some plants of it are still in flower, as 'well as 
of Mrs. Geo. Rundle and others of the small old- 
fashioned types. The golden yellow Jardin des Plantes 
reminds us of the new sport named Mrs. Robinson 
King, and the two are frequently compared. Several 
Pompon Anemones and single varieties, all unnamed 
seedlings, may be noticed scattered through the cor’ 
