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November 25, 1899 
picked out as distinct from the other sorts grown. 
Amongst the Savoys, Best of All had large heads 
ready for use. The foliage of this sort is con¬ 
spicuously glaucous, and in that respect afforded a 
striking contrast to the deep green and finely 
wrinkled leaves of Sutton’s Perfection. The heads 
of this latter variety were smaller, but almost stem¬ 
less, the foliage lying upon the ground. The variety 
was quite a model in its way, and highly suitable for 
table use. Broccoli was also abundant and good. 
At the top of the fruit and vegetable garden 
proper, is a bedding design planted with Tea, 
Noisette, and other Roses, from which basketfuls of 
blooms were being cut. Madame Lambard, Mdlie. 
Cecile Brunner, W. A. Richardson, Perle d’Or, Red 
Pet, and others were amongst those flowering most 
freely. Sweet Briers were gay with red fruits. 
Large quantities of Foxgloves were ready for 
planting out in the shrubberies and about the lawns. 
Wallflowers were also plentiful, as well as Campan¬ 
pin were gathered off maiden trees. The same may 
be said of Beauty of Kent, Peasgood's Nonsuch, and 
Bramley’s Seedling. Other varieties that did well 
were Blenheim Orange, Dumelow's Seedling, Court 
Pendu Plat, and Ribston Pippin, the latter being 
wonderfully coloured. 
The Houses. 
Oq a previous occasion some notes were given in 
these columns concerning the Chrysanthemums, so 
that only the other occupants of the houses need 
now be noticed. A fine batch of Cyclamen, from 
seeds sown in September, 1898, was growing in 48 
and 32-size pots. The foliage completely covered 
the pots, and buds in abundance were pushing up 
from the crowns. They are grown in loam off the 
estate, enriched with bones, wood ashes, and leaf- 
mould. On the opposite side of the same house the 
staging was occupied with a fine lot of Primula 
chinensis alba plena and the single pink-flowered 
Princess May, both in fine condition. In another 
Chrysanthemum Bonnie Dundee. 
ula pyramidalis and the Cup-and-saucer strain of 
Canterbury Bells (C. Medium calycanthema). All 
of these were strong and intended for planting out. 
Fruit Room. 
It was too late to see the fruit upon the trees, but 
the produce in the fruit room was ample testimony 
to the quality of the fruit. Much of the wall space 
had been planted with young trees not yet in 
bearing ; but the old trees,chiefly on the outside wall, 
gave a good account of themselves. The borders 
were deeply trenched, the trees root pruned, and a 
goodly supply of bones and wood ashes were put 
into the soil within reach of the trees. Towards the 
end of the season, when the roots began to take hold 
of the fresh material, the fruits swelled up rapidly. 
From an old tree of Pear Beurre Diel some grand 
fruits were obtained, one of them turning the scale 
at 1 I'd. Marie Louise also did well, some of them 
weighing half a pound each. 
Some highly coloured fruits of Cox’s Orange Pip¬ 
house Sutton's Giant strain of Chinese Primulas 
was in equally fine condition. 
Malmaison Carnations were grown in quantity, all 
vigorous, healthy, and without a trace of disease, 
there being no such thing on the place. The Carna¬ 
tions had been layered in frames, put in 3-in. pots 
and then into 32-size. Of Princess of Wales alone 
there were 6co, besides last year and this year's set 
of new varieties. Calypso is a fine variety but 
rather a tall grower ; and Mrs. Martin Smith comes 
into the same category. Church Warden is notable 
for its dwarf habit and broad leaves. Fine also are 
Lady Grimston and Mdme. de Satge. Last year’s 
plants have twelve to sixteen growths, making dwarf 
and bushy specimens of great robustness. Tree Carna¬ 
tions are also grown in some quantity, and had just 
commenced flowering. Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild, 
Alfred Rothschild, Winter Cheer, and La Niege 
were amongst the more notable. 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine filled half a house 
in plants of various sizes, the more forward com¬ 
mencing to bloom. They will keep up a display till 
April. A batch of B. Gloire de Sceaux was also in 
excellent condition. Well grown Calanthes, mostly 
C. Veitchi, occupied the other side of the house. 
The stove was filled with the usual complement of 
fine foliage plants and a considerable variety of 
Orchids. Coelogyne cristata has now been brought 
into excellent condition, with large pseudo-bulbs, 
and may be expected to flower well. Others noted 
were Lycaste cruenta Laelia anceps (from Morado), 
Dendrobium fimbriatum, D. f. oculatum, D. wardi- 
anum, and numerous Cypripediums throwing up 
their flower scapes. The whole garden is under¬ 
going great improvement. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM BONNIE DUNDEE. 
The neatness and sparkling colours of well-grown 
blooms of this incurved variety are its special 
charms. In spite of its medium size, a glance at 
the winning stands, recorded in our pages during the 
past two or three weeks, will show that it holds an 
honoured position in the eyes of the judges, the 
growers, and, for the matter of that, the general 
public. It is larger than D. B. Crane, in which 
category it may be placed, and the colours are con¬ 
siderably different. The upper surface or inner face 
of the florets is orange, while the reverse, which 
alone is visible in the natural position, is old gold, 
lined and shaded with rosy-bronze. The edge of the 
outer surface is yellow. It is a beautiful, globular 
flower, with florets of great substance, and rounded 
at the tips. The best flowers are obtained from the 
terminal buds. The habit of the plant also is good. 
A First-class Certificate has been awarded it by the 
N.C.S., and an Award of Merit by the R H.S. For 
the benefit of our readers who have not yet tried it, 
we are enabled to give an illustration of it through 
the favour of Mr. Robert OweD, Floral Nursery, 
Castle Hill, Maidenhead. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 
Glasgow Botanic Gardens. 
Again the citizens of Glasgow are enjoying the 
gorgeous display of Chrysanthemums at present on 
view in the Kibble Palace. The doors were thrown 
open to the public on Saturday afternoon, and 
though the weather was extremely unpropitious the 
continuous stream of visitors was unabated till the 
inexorable shades of night brought perforce the ani¬ 
mated scene to a close. The Kibble is not lighted 
with gas or electricity, which is truly a pity, for we 
think at such an occasion, the effect would be intense¬ 
ly beautiful. 
The plants as usual are arranged in the emptied 
basin of the water pond immediately under the large 
dome at the entrance to the Palace. They are built 
in the form of a flat cone which terminates with a 
fine specimen of Keutia belmoreana. “What we 
consider a great improvement in the arrangement 
this year is that the conical mass of plants is not 
carried so high as in former years. By this arrange¬ 
ment abetter view of the individual flowers is attain¬ 
ed, and on the whole the effect is more imposing as 
well as pleasing. All the plants are named with 
neatly printed cards. The print is large and con¬ 
sequently easily deciphered from the circumambient 
footpaths. 
The arrangement of the plants, both from a 
symmetrical standpoint and an artistic effect, is the 
best we have yet seen in the gardens, and though a 
rule were laid from the base to the apex we believe 
there would scarce exist a deficiency in the lines and 
curves of the cone. 
We wonder if a tenth of the visitors ever think 
how the construction of the masonry of such a floral 
pile is achieved. 
Notwithstanding the many novelties on view, old 
favourites, we observe, are hard to beat, and are 
truly and most tenaciously holding their own. 
Mutual Friend, Mrs. Dewar, Mr. Bilsland, Viviand 
Morel, Louise, Charles Davis, Amiral Avellan, 
M. Pankoucke, and many others were exceptionally 
fine, and are evidently kinds which can be relied 
upon. 
When the visitor’s eyes are satiated, as he paces 
round and round the pile (over 1,500 plants), he 
finds another magnificent mound at the other end 
of the corridor in the interior of the Kibble. 
