November 12, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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the plant. The latter is of vigorous growth, which 
in itself is a recommendation that cannot be over¬ 
looked by the grower. An Award of Merit was 
accorded it by the Royal Horticultural Society on 
October 26'h, 1897, this bein 8 the highest award 
accorded to a Chrysanthemum by the society. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM LORD LUDLOW. 
Here we have a Japanese variety with globular blooms 
of greater depth than width, the latter being 6f in. 
They are of a deep golden-yellow with reddish-bronze 
lines on the edge of the florets; while the central florets 
are of a bright red-bronze. The latter fall back and 
show the lovely colour of their inner face when the 
flower is fully developed. The accompanying illus¬ 
tration was prepared from a photograph of a bloom 
taken in the collection of Mr. W. Wells, Karlswood 
Nurseries, Redhill, Surrey, and shows the varied 
disposition of the florets, some being incurved at the 
tips and others reversed, thus bringing into view the 
various beautiful shades of the flower. The variety 
is a seedling of this year, and gives great promise as 
an exhibition flower. This says much for the variety 
after such a season of heat and drought. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM.— 
November 8th, 9 th and 10 th. 
The great autumn competition and fete of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society, was held as usual in the 
Royal Aquarium, Westminster, and was declared by 
everybody to be a magnificent exhibition. Nothing 
finer, they say, has been seen since the Jubilee year of 
the society ; and in any case the quantity and quality 
of the material shown surpassed the most sanguine 
expectations. The opening day has never been finer 
for the November show and the crowd of visitors 
was phenomenal. 
Open Classes. 
Competition of Societies. —For the popular 
National Competition of Chrysanthemum and 
Horticultural Societies there were four stands 
forthcoming of forty-eight blooms comprising 
twenty-four incurves, and twenty-four Japanese, 
distinct.. The winning stand came from the Ports¬ 
mouth and District Horticultural Society— 
Seven stands of forty-eight Japanese, distinct, 
competed, and the quality of bloom seen in this con¬ 
nection was exceedingly high, both with regard to 
size and colour. Mr. W. H. Lees here scored a well 
merited first, his blooms being veritable giants, and 
the colour development first-rate. Surpasse 
Amiral, M. Chenon de Leche, Souvenir d’une 
Petite Amie, Mrs. F. A. Bevan, Lady Ridgeway, 
Mme. Carnot, Viviand Morel, Louise, Oceana, 
Simplicity, Mrs. C. H. Payne, N.C.S. Jubilee, 
Pride of Madford, Mrs. W. H. Lees, Mutual Friend, 
Phoebus, Chas. Davis, M. Hoste, Chatsworth, 
Reine d’Angleterre, Mrs. Mease, Ella Curtis, Edwin 
Molyneux, and Mrs. H. Weeks were the best flowers. 
The second prize fell to the lot of Mr. Frederick 
Vallis, The Bromham Fruit Co., Ltd., Bromham, 
Chippenham, who also had a grand lot, Edwin 
Molyneux, Mutual Friend, Mrs. Mease, and Yellow 
Carnot being the premier samples. Mr. W. Mease, 
gardener to A. Tate, Esq., Downside, Leatherhead, 
was third ; and Mr. J. W. McHattie, gardener to the 
Duke of Wellington, Strathfieldsaye, Hants, fourth- 
The Turner Memorial Challenge Cup. —This 
fine silver cup is given by the trustees of the Turner 
Memorial Fund for thirty-six blooms of white, yellow. 
Chysanthemum Lord Ludlow Chrysanthemum Mrs. White Popham. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. WHITE 
POPHAM. 
The accompanying illustration shows an incurved 
Japanese variety that seems remarkably easy of culti¬ 
vation ; for a batch of 100 plants was raised from 
cuttings struck at the end of March last, and finally 
placed in 6 in. pots. Some of the plants were taken 
on the first crown bud and others on the second 
crown, but both sets alike have produced blooms of 
exhibition size. Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood Nur¬ 
series, Earls wood, Redhill, Surrey, is an adept at 
Chrysanthemum culture in 6-in. pots, as every 
grower knows, and still maintains his reputation. 
The florets of Mrs. White Popham are broad, in¬ 
curved, twisted, more or less interlaced, and of a 
beautiful rose-amaranth with a silvery reverse. The 
flowers from the first crown bud are pale, but those 
from the second are more richly coloured. We 
measured blooms 7 in. to 8 in. in diameter and 4$ in. 
deep. The illustration, of course, shows the flower 
very much reduced. 
Utricularia nelumbifolia grows in the axils of the 
leaves of various species of Tillandsia and the allied 
Vriesias; and finds support in the water and small 
quantities of earthly matter that collects there. The 
Tillandsias in their turn grow upon trees. Neither 
are parasites, however, in the true sense of the 
term, but epiphytes, one upon the other. 
secretary, Mr. J. Agate, Havant. This appeared 
to be an error on the part of the judges, for the 
flowers both of incurves and Japanese were in our 
estimation inferior to those appearing in the 
exhibit sent by the Bromley and District Society, 
to which the second award was given. The lead¬ 
ing flowers in the Bromley Society's exhibit were 
Japanese, Mrs. H. Weeks, G. J. Warren, Edith 
Tabor, Mutual Friend, Tberese Rey, Lady Ridge¬ 
way and M. Chenon de Leche; incurves, Ma Per¬ 
fection, President Nonin, Duchess of Fife, Ernest 
Cannell, Chrysanthemiste Bruant, C. H. Curtis, 
Violet Tomlin and Mrs. Molyneux. The third 
award was carried off by the Barnet and District 
Society. 
The Holmes Memorial Challenge Cup. 
Premier honours for thirty-six incurves, distinct, 
were carried ofl by Mr. W. Higgs, gardener to J. B. 
Hankey, Esq., Fetcham Park, Fetcham. The 
blooms were of great size, but some of them were 
rather rough. Duchess of Fife, Ma Perfection, 
Dorothy Foster, C. B. Wbitnall, Madame Ferlat, 
Major Bonaffon, Lady Isabel, Violet Foster, Mrs. R. 
C. Kingston, and Empress of India were the best. 
Mr. J. H. Goodacre, gardener to the Earl of 
Harrington, Elvaston Castle, Derby was second ; 
Mr. W. Mease, gardener to A. Tate, Esq., Downside, 
Leatherhead, third ; and Mr. F. G. Foster, Havant, 
fourth. There were six entries in this class, one, 
that of Mr. W. H. Lees, Trent Park Gardens, New 
Barnet, being disqualified. 
and crimson Japanese Chrysanthemum blooms, to be 
shown with 6 in. of clear stem. Two exhibits were 
staged, the first prize going to Mr. Norman Davis, 
The Vineries, Framfield, Sussex. Oceana, G. J. 
Warren, Phoebus, and President Nonin were the 
yellow sorts; Joseph Chamberlain, Edwin Molyneux. 
General Roberts, and Dorothy Seward, the crimsons ; 
Madame Carnot, Mutual Friend, Mme. Gustave 
Henry, and S. C. Probin, the whites. The samples 
of Mme. Carnot and G. J. Warren called for special 
comment. The foliage was also in capital condi¬ 
tion. 
Special Prizes. —There was brisk competition 
for the prizes offered by the chairman and directors 
of the Royal Aquarium. 
No fewer than sixteen entries were forthcoming 
for the twenty-four Japs., distinct, and the flowers 
shown were of high quality from first to last. The 
first prize was well won by Mr. R. Frenyon, gardener 
to A. F. Hills, Esq., Monkhams, Woodford Green, 
Essex, who had capital blooms of Mrs. Weeks, 
Soleil d’Octobre, Mrs. Mease, M. Hoste, Lady 
Hanham, Madame G. Bruant, Chas. Davis, and 
Phoebus. Mr. W. Mease was a very close second ; 
Mr. H. Perkins, gardener to the Hon. F. W. D. 
Smith, Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, third ; Mr. 
James Brookes, gardener to W. J. Newman, Esq., 
Totteridge Park, Herts, fourth. 
In the corresponding class for twenty-four in¬ 
curves, distinct, six stands competed. Mr. W, 
Higgs distanced all other competitors> Duchess of 
