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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
November 7, 1896. 
have been most successful this year. We were too 
early to note the finest of the later blooms, but a 
large number of them are above the average for size. 
This would be accounted for by Mr. Gibson’s skill 
as a cultivator, and by the presence of many of the 
most recent and best varieties. Mr. E. G. Hill, 
Mademoiselle Therese Rey, Souvenir de Petite 
Amie, Charles Davis, and Robert Owen are well- 
known favourites. The last-named is particularly 
fine, recalling this variety when it first made its 
appearance. Reine d’Angleterre, and M. Chenon 
de Lecbe, are two new varieties of magnificent pro¬ 
portions. Very beautiful are the silky gloss of the 
yellow H. L. Sunderbruch, and the golden yellow of 
Duchess of Wellington, with its incurved and twisted 
florets. Guirlande is pure white with the exception 
of a faint green tint in the centre of the young 
flowers. Pallanza will probably find its level as a 
decorative variety of the first water, for it is easily 
grown and the golden-yellow blooms are handsome. 
The soft yellow flowers of Duchess of York attain 
enormous size. Very distinct in its way is La 
Moucherote with narrow, buff yellow florets. 
A favourite with most people is Louise on account 
of the quantity of material in its globular white 
blooms, which keep on developing over a long 
period of time. We have never seen Mrs. Falconer 
Jameson more highly coloured, while the blooms are 
equally handsome in size. Madame Carnot proves 
troublesome to some cultivators, but Mr. Gibson 
finds no difficulty with it, the blooms being massive as 
are the glossy golden flowers of Phoebus, an incurved 
Japanese variety with broad florets. Col. W. B. 
Smith is another variety which has proved equally 
meritorious at Devonhurst. The long, delicate pink 
florets of L’lsere are graceful and pretty. Lady 
Byron was amongst the earliest to reach perfection 
and is really splendid, notwithstanding the unpromis¬ 
ing character of the plants and buds. E. Molyneux 
gives trouble to many cultivators, especially those 
within the influence of London smoke. This season 
at Devonhurst it leaves little to be desired. 
Every one of the above are Japanese varieties, but 
though they hold the post of honour here, the 
incurved varieties are by no means discarded. 
Though mostly late, we noted fine blooms of Baron 
Hirsch, chestnut; Lord Wolseley, bronzy-red; the 
orange-red Globe d’Or, and the massive yellow C. H- 
Curtis. As arranged, the above are interspersed 
with Palms, Ferns, Crotons, and other subjects to 
relieve the great mass of colour. 
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EYNSFORD WHITE.. 
When well-grown, the flowers of this Japanese 
variety attain a diameter of 7 in., but on the average 
it more often measures 6 in. across, and should he 
ample for general purposes. The florets are of 
medium width, regularly and beautifully recurved, 
forming a compact and well-built flower of a beauti¬ 
ful ivory white. The plant is of dwarf, sturdy habit, 
of the easiest cultivation, and by a matter of arrange¬ 
ment may be had in bloom over a long period of 
time. It is, therefore, well adapted for cut flower 
purposes, for conservatory decoration or as a beauti¬ 
ful bloom for the front row of the exhibition table. 
The merits of the variety have been recognised by a 
First-class Certificate from the National Chrysan¬ 
themum Society, and by an Award of Merit from the 
Royal Horticultural Society. For this opportunity 
of figuring it, we are indebted to Messrs. H. CanDell 
& Sons, Swanley, Kent, who were the raisers. 
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TRENT PARK. 
At this season of the year the eyes of all cultivators 
of Chrysanthemums are directed towards Trent Park 
in expectation and anticipation. The prospects of 
Mr. W. H. Lees, who last year made such a name 
and fame for himself as the champion grower of the 
Chrysanthemum, repeating his triumphs this year at 
the Royal Aquarium, and other central exhibitions 
throughout the country, are naturally warmly 
discussed by all those interested in the cultivation of 
the Autumn Queen for show purposes. Accordingly 
we felt that in the interests of our numerous readers 
we could not do better than try to obtain a glimpse 
of what there was to be seen in that direction. 
Trent Park, the residence of F. A. Bevan, Esq., is 
easily reached from King’s Cross by the Great 
Northern Railway, and is between two and three 
miles distant from that company's station of New 
Barnet. Being thus situated in a comparatively rural 
part of Hertfordshire the 'Mums have the 
advantage of plenty of light and pure air to enable 
them to develop their colours to perfection. 
About 650 plants in all are grown, and when 
we take into consideration that it is from this 
comparatively small number that Mr. Lees obtains 
such quantities of large show blooms the high 
quality of the culture accorded them must be 
obvious to all. Indeed, during our visit we did not 
see a single poor bloom, and only very few second- 
raters. If anything, Mr. Lees is in better form this 
year than he was last, and by the time this is in the 
hands of our readers we have no doubt that our 
expectations as to his success at the National 
Crysanthemum Society’s Show will have been amply 
justified. 
No undue rankness or grossness of growth 
characterises the Trent Park plants. Mr. Lees 
believes in having plants of medium strength, con¬ 
sequently the greatest care is taken not to overdo 
matters in the way of feeding, particularly with 
strong chemical manures. Contrasting the 
apparently slender character of the stems with the 
huge size of the blooms that surmounted them w'e 
could only wonder that the former were able to bear 
the latter. Hairy Wonder presented a striking 
instance of this, for the stems were wonderfully thin 
and wiry, whilst the flowers were larger than any we 
have ever yet seen of this variety. 
As may be expected, the shading of the blooms 
from bright sun is assiduously attended to, as a few 
minutes neglect in this direction would inevitably 
cause the blooms to fade. 
Taking the Japanese section first of all we found 
much to wonder at and admire. Mrs. W. H. Lees is 
credited with being cne of the largest ’Mums in 
cultivation, and two huge samples of it were 
evidently trying their best to keep up the reputation. 
Turning from these to the rich, bright yellow blooms 
of Phoebus we found they measured fully 7 in. in 
depth by 7J in. in diameter as they stcod. Lady 
Bryon, a superb white, was nearly as large. Edith 
Tabor, a new yellow, has broad recurving florets, in¬ 
curving slightly at the apices. It is rather tall in 
habit, and makes a capital back-row plant for a 
Chrysanthemum Eynsford White. 
