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November 7, 1896 
THE] [GARDENING WORLD. 
CALVAT'S AUSTRALIAN GOLD. 
Our impression of the value of this variety improves 
as we gain fresh acquaintance with it. The accom¬ 
panying illustration, for which we are indebted to 
Mr. W. Wells, Earlswood Nurseries, Earlswood, 
Redhill, Surrey, shows a globular Japanese bloom 
9 in. in diameter, and was prepared from a photo- 
fine when the late buds have had time to develop. 
The florets are of medium width, beautifully and 
regularly incurved in the early stages, but more 
irregular as the flower attains a large size. In any 
case the massive early blooms, from which the 
photograph was taken, are marvels of culture for the 
small 6 in. and 7 in. pots in which Mr. Wells grows 
MIDNIGHT. 
Additions continue to be made to the hirsute 
section of Chrysanthemums, and this recent novelty 
comes from America, as did the original Mrs. 
Alpheus Hardy and several others. The blooms 
remind one somewhat of Hairy Wonder, but as the 
accompanying illustration (p. 154) will show, they 
Chrysanthemum Calyat’s Australian Gold. 
graph, taken life size from one of the numerous 
plants in the Earlswood Nurseries. The early 
flowers are mostly from crown buds, which give large 
and handsome blooms of a pale yellow colour, and 
hardly in accordance with the name. The late or 
terminal buds give rise to flowers of a bright golden- 
yellow, so that we shall look forward to something 
them. Only one bloom of such huge dimensions is 
obtainable under the conditions, and the most 
sanguine could hardly expect more, 
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Vitis inconstans, best known as Ampelopsis Veitchi, 
has six botanical synonyms, and in America is known 
as Japan Ivy and Boston Ivy. 
are more globular, and very different in colour,being of 
a richcrimson-lake hue. It promised well when we 
saw itthe other week in the collection of Mr. T. S. 
Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, who 
supplied us with a photograph, but it required another 
week or so to bring it to perfection. It is expected to 
prove the largest hairy variety in cultivation ; but that 
