November 6, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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all sections from the pretty but unpretentious single 
to the stately incurved, and the popular Japanese. 
In the show house, which is a spacious building, 
span-roofed in form, and measuring 165 ft. in length 
by 25 ft. in width, a magnificent display awaits the 
visitor, for there are upwards of 3,000 plants in full 
bloom arranged with that simplicity of design that 
is the highest art. The first thing that struck us 
was the exceeding dwarfness of the plants as a 
whole. Some tall varieties we saw of course, but 
only a few. As an instance of this we may quote 
Edith Tabor, which was not a whit more than 4 ft. 
in height, and carrying good blooms too. 
Just inside the door a batch of that grand form 
Kentish White met our gaze, the plants dwarf and 
sturdy, and the flowers large and handsome. 
As the Messrs. Cannell make a point of year by 
year buying in the best novelties from all growers of 
note the collection is well up-to-date, and we ob¬ 
served several new varieties of great promise, of 
which some were of continental origin, whilst others 
have been evolved in various parts of greater Britain, 
as well as in the territories belonging to Britannia’s 
sturdy brother Jonathan. 
Among the Japs we noticed Souvenir de Molines 
in fine condition. This is a handsome flower raised 
by M. Calvat, of Grenoble, France, and closely 
approaching M. Chenon de Leche in colour, but has 
narrower florets with a more decided droop. 
Werther, crimson-magenta, with a silvery-rose 
reverse, and with prettily upturned tips to the florets 
is also handsome. Mrs. Ernest Cannell. sent 
out this year, is built much like Reine d’Angleterre, 
but is not so coarse, and the colour is rather richer. 
Secretaire Fierens should also make a name for 
itself. The colour is bronze-yellow tipped with 
bronze-crimson. Mrs. W. J. Tibbs, which maybe 
described as a white Lilian Bird, is one of the finest 
of the Australian seedlings Chatsworth, which 
hails from the same part of the globe, should not 
be lost sight of. The colour is pink striped with 
carmine. Mrs. F. A. Bevan is a grand rosy-pink 
variety with florets gracefully reflexing tnroughout 
their greater length, but upturned at the tips. Mrs. 
C. F. Payne is another Swanley seedling of much 
promise. The blooms resemble those of Mrs. J. 
Lewis in build, but exhibit a bright shade of buff 
yellow, the lower florets being prettily flaked with 
crimson. 
Of varieties of older standing there were some 
remarkably fine examples of successful culture. 
Swanley Yellow (syn Sunflower) Phoebus, Dorothy 
Seward, Le Moucherotte, Australian Gold (of which 
there was a fine batch), Milano, Mrs. Blick, Mrs. 
A. G. Hubbock, Mrs. J. Lewis, Eda Prass, Mrs. 
Hume Long, Pride of Madford, and Miss Annie 
Gaunt were all first class. 
Incurved Japanese, as may be supposed, were very 
strong. N. C. S. Jubilee was represented by a 
number of grand blooms scattered about the house. 
Mrs. R. D. Douglas is of American origin and bears 
the stamp of promise. The colour is buff with 
chesnut brown suffusion, and a buff reverse. A single 
bloom of Mrs. H. Weeks on a plant obtained from an 
April struck cutting, and accommodated in a 7-in. pot 
was a marvel of beauty and certainly the best speci¬ 
men we have yet seen this season. Duke of Wel¬ 
lington is a charming form, exhibiting a shade of 
rosy salmon shading to buff in the centre. Louise, 
Topaze Orientale, and Robert Powell were all in 
first-rate order. Buff Globe is a sport from Good 
Gracious, and is a first-rate buff variety with the 
same habit as the type. 
The incurves were likewise in capital condition 
although really good novelties in this line are few 
and far between. Certainly the best of them is 
Lady Isabel, with its huge blush-white blooms, that 
will certainly have to be reckoned with on the show 
board this year. Ma Perfection was strongly in 
evidence, but the blooms although large take too 
much dressing before they can take their places 
with other incurved varieties. Standard sorts were 
in good condition throughout, and special mention 
may be made of Robert Petfield, Mrs. R. C. King¬ 
ston, Miss Dorothy Foster, Lord Wolseley, Mrs. 
Heale, Baron Hirsch, Miss Haggas, and C. H. 
Curtis. 
Hairy varieties are not invested in so strongly at 
Swanley, but nevertheless the samples of them that 
were on view were substantial. Hairy Wonder does 
as well here as could be desired. Louis Boehmer is 
also well grown. The chief novelty is a yellow 
Louis Boehmer, known as Leocadie Gentil. The 
florets are somewhat narrower than in Louis Boeh¬ 
mer, but otherwise the build is the same. 
The chief representative of the Anemone section 
was that grand Japanese form Mrs. Hugh Gardener, 
of which some excellent flowers were on view. 
Single varieties have been favourites with the 
Messrs. Cannell for many years, and the collection is 
as complete as unwearying care and selection of the 
best forms can make it. Quite recently a batch of 
grand seedlings from Miss Mary Anderson has been 
raised : and included in it are several forms that are 
bound to make their way. Blanche Chapman is one 
of the best of these. It is very free, and bears large 
flowers with long pearly-pink ray florets. Madge is 
another very fine form, but the ray florets in this 
case are terra-cotta in hue. Freda bears a multitude 
of smaller white flowers. Mrs. E. Staines has two or 
three rows of ray florets, and although this fact pre¬ 
vents it from being regarded by the Messrs. Cannell 
as the best type of single flower, it is withal very 
useful and pretty. The colour is white. King of 
Siam exhibits a shade of deep crimson with a high 
full disc, that, given a bright day, looks exceedingly 
rich and showy. Miss Rose is well known as a most 
valuable variety for conservatory decoration. Its 
dwarf bushy habit and great floriferousness combine 
to render it most suitable for growing, either as 
specimens or for cutting from. The Star, a seedling 
from it, raised at Swanley, possesses both these 
invaluable qualities in an equal degree, but the 
flowers are larger, and of a richer rose shade. Grown 
side by side with the type, the improvement was 
most apparent. 
Jane is another semi-double than which it would 
be hard to imagine anything more pretty and grace¬ 
ful. The long, white, drooping, and rather narrow 
ray florets, and the large size of the flowers are 
sufficient to insure its popularity. 
" Come and see,” the motto of the Swanley firm, 
will bring much pleasure to those acting upon it, for 
the Messrs Cannell have many good blooms 
other than those mentioned in these notes. 
RYECROFT NURSERY. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, has as large a display of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums or larger than on any previous occasion. The 
large plants number 7,000, while these are supple¬ 
mented by 2,000 dwarf ones, with large flowers, in 
6 in pots. Two large span-roofed houses of equal 
size are crowded with plants in different stages of 
advancement. One house is now at its best, while 
the later one will continue the display for weeks to 
come. Some smaller houses are filled with the 
latest batches intended to bloom in December. Mr. 
Jones raises many seedlings every year, those sown 
in January last beiDg already in full bloom or nearly 
so. The plants are dwarf and already many of 
them have been marked, while others have b;en 
honoured with a name. 
Japanese varieties are again in the ascendant as 
might be expected, and by far the most conspicuous 
in all the houses. In the later of the two large 
houses the plants are stood upon the floor, arranged 
in a continuous undulating bank from end to end of 
the house on either side of the central winding path¬ 
way. The rose and white drooping petalled Mme. 
G. Bruant recently certificated is here. Frau 
Agatha Kesson is a Japanese seedling of this year, 
with dense heads of great depth and bright rose. 
Pride of Ryecroft is a clear yellow sport from the 
valuable commercial variety Niveus, and will be as 
valuable as the type. The golden-yellow Modesto, 
and the charming soft lavender N.C.S. Jubilee will 
be greatly sought after this year. The bright yellow 
Soleil d’October is one of the finest October varieties 
extant, for though at the October show, the blooms 
are still good. In Mrs. G. W. Palmer we have a fine 
sport from Mrs. C. Harman Payne, of a claret-red 
with bronzy reverse, and as dwarf as the type. The 
Yellow Mme. Carnot, otherwise G. J. Warren, has 
done wall everywhere this year, and is bound to 
prove a first-class exhibition variety. The long 
drooping and spreading florets ensure an immense 
head. W. Wright is notable for the great width of 
its rosy-purple florets. Western King, an incurved 
Jap., is reckoned as the standard of perfection in 
America. The pure white incurved florets have a 
satiny gloss on the back ; and every bud comes good, 
so that it is, indeed, an acquisition. 
Croda is of the same type as E. Molyneux, having 
been indeed raised between that and G. C. Schwabe. 
The broad florets are crimson with an old-gold 
reverse. Robert Powell, an incurved Jap, is bronzy 
with an old-gold reverse, and has already taken two 
certificates. Lady Hanham is a sport from Viviand 
Morel, being intermediate between that and Charles 
Davis. No two agree about the colour, which we 
reckon salmon-pink with a shaded yellow centre, 
and of the same magnificent proportions as the type. 
The silvery grey or pink heads of Australia are like 
cannon balls, and here in fine form. Rayonant is 
an improvement upon Lilian Bird, with slender, 
thread-like, whorled, white florets. J. Fraser is a 
Japanese variety raised by Mr. Jones last year, but 
there being no stock, it could not be put into com¬ 
merce. The florets are broad and bright, bronzy- 
gold, the outer ones of great length and drooping. 
The incurved Japanese Lady Byron seems to do 
well with most people, the pure white blooms being 
grand. A clear yellow Japanese sort is S. A. le 
Prince Hussen Kamil, still fine, though at the 
October show. A large, bright, dark yellow is Mrs. 
Fisher, the flower being well built up. 
The broad, bright yellow florets and the compact 
build of the bloom of Phoebus make it a favourite 
with exhibitors. Autumn Bride is a Japanese variety 
of American origin, and develops large, creamy^ 
white florets of great width. The above constitute 
only a few of the hundreds of varieties in the late 
house, and which will maintain a display for weeks 
to come. Many of the seedlings are not sufficiently 
advanced to he named; but we noted a grand 
yellow. 
In the other large house the bulk of the varieties 
are very nearly at their best. There is a central 
stage in this house and side benches, so that the 
visitor looks on the side of the great banks of bloom 
instead of down upon them. A very unusual colour 
is presented by Herbert Cutbush, a Japanese variety, 
striped with red on a yellow ground ; it is of large 
size. Mrs. Charles Cater is an incurved Jap. of a 
golden yellow, and built on similar lines to Robert 
Owen. The pure white, incurved and glossy florets 
of Beaute Grenobloise remind us of Western King, 
the American standard of perfection, and belongs to 
the same section. The florets of Crown of Gold are 
twisted and curied in a very interesting way. Mrs. 
Cotesworth Bond is a huge Japanese variety, pink in 
colour and very full in the centre. The blooms of 
Lord Justice Lopes are of a pleasing silvery pink. 
The creamy-yello v blooms of Mrs. C. Orchard are 
choice and telling on account of their handsome pro¬ 
portions and broad florets. Mrs. L. Humphrey is a 
primrose-yellow oF great size and neat, refined form, 
with narrow, closely arranged florets and very full 
in the centre. It was raised from seeds last year by 
Mr. Jones, and is named in compliment to the wife 
of the Chrysanthemum grower. Master H. Tucker 
is a broad-petalled crimson variety of great merit. 
The pure white flowers of Mrs. R'chard Jones are 
also very choice. We have already seen Mr. G. 
Hubbuck elsewhere, and can testify to its popularity 
with these who have tried it. The build of the 
bloom is that of the true Japanese type ; and the 
narrow, closely arranged florets are of a glowing 
Indian red. It is almost certain to be well-repre¬ 
sented on the exhibition table at the forthcoming 
shows. Still another dark flower presses itself upon 
our notice in the shape of the dark crimson Mrs. J. 
J. Kerslake. The value of Simplicity has already 
been recognised by more than one certificate being 
awarded _it. Miss Shear is one of this years’ seed¬ 
lings raised by Mr. Jones. It is similar in form to 
Phoebus, but the florets are narrower and of a much 
darker yellow. 
The incurved or Chinese race of Chrysanthemums 
is not being neglected here. A true incurved form is 
Emile Nonin, with crimson florets and a reddish- 
bronze reverse. The plant is dwarf, the bloom of 
medium size and neat, and is an acquisition to its 
class. Honorine Chapius is one of the most distinct 
things out, in the incurved florets being violet with 
white edges The incurved rosy-bronze Mons. 
Desblanc is building up well. Even more handsome 
are the large, and well-built pure white flowers of 
Lady Gormaston, which will do much to restore the 
status of the incurved race. The pure white Ma 
Perfection is also included amongst this type. 
Very chaste and choice is Mrs. Caterer, an 
Anemone with pure white disc and ray. Charles 
Tutt is also a new Anemone, with quilled rays and a 
