November 3 1900. 
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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
PLANTS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED. 
The following awards were made by the National 
Chrysanthemum Society at the committee meeting 
held at the Royal Aquarium on Monday, October 
22nd. The system of deciding awards goes by 
points from this time henceforth, these points (in 
exhibition blooms) to be judged according to breadth, 
depth, form, solidity, colour and finish. This gives 
the flower every chance and inferior varieties find 
their proper level. First-class Certificates, Awards 
of Merit and Commendations are the three standards 
of excellence now formulated, and these are won by 
the number of points gained. Each feature has a 
maximum of three points; fifteen and over obtains 
a First-class Certificate; twelve, an Award of 
Merit; and ten, a Commendation. The system 
does not seem to be very popular. 
Japanese Chrysanthemums: Matthew Smith. 
—Rather a ragged flower, with breadth of form and 
wide petals. The reverse side is old gold in colour, 
and the upper side a shade of faded crimson. 
(Commendation.) No name. 
Lily Mountford. —A fine, broad and well-built 
flower, having a pretty blush centre and becoming 
pale mauve toward the lower edge. The tips of the 
petals curve upward. The blooms are of enormous 
size. The variety obtained the maximum of points, 
(First-class Certificate.) Mr. Gleeson, Warren 
House, Stanmore. 
Mr. J. L. McKellar. —This is a handsome, deep 
pink variety with reflexed petals which recurve at 
the tips. The build and finish, however, are inferior. 
(Commendation.) Mr. J. L. McKellar, Durrow 
Castle Gardens, Durrow, Queen’s County, Ireland. 
Ernest Bettsworth. —A large, strong flower, of 
great depth and good substance; of a rich, warm 
amaranth, with pale or gray reverse. (Commenda¬ 
tion.) Mr. D. Phillips, The Gardens, Knighthorn, 
Buckhursthill. 
The Princess. —An elegant, well-built and finely 
finished flower, with a pale cream or bleached straw- 
coloured'centre, becoming deeper below. (First- 
class Certificate.) Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, 
Devon. 
Sydney Brunning. —Rather a ragged bloom 
whose main merit lies in its colours. These are 
old gold beneath and reddish brown above. (Com¬ 
mendation ) Mr. W. J. Godfrey. 
Vicar of Leatherhead. —An exceedingly hand¬ 
some variety, with broad petals of much substance, 
and coloured a glowing canary yellow. The petals 
twist and intermingle in a way that adds much charm 
and interest to the bloom. (First-class Certificate.) 
Mr. W. J. Godfrey. 
Mrs. Gray Smith. —Almost oraoge-yellow in 
colour, and having broad petals. A good sort. 
(Award of Merit.) Mr. W. J. Godfrey. 
Rev. Douglas. — A beautiful bright lemon yellow 
variety, with broad, curving petals, well finished and 
good in every respect. (First-class Certificate.) 
Mr. Henry Weeks, The Gardens, Thrumpton Hall, 
Derby. 
General Buller. —An incurved Japanese variety 
with exceedingly broad and somewhat fluted petals. 
The centre is rather low, but the substance of the 
blooms is good. The colour is bronzy-yellow. 
(Award of Merit.) Mr. C. Penford, Farnham. 
Master E. Seymour. —A strong and fairly well 
finished bloom, with broad, stout petals, that slightly 
incurve. The colour is old gold beneath and crimson 
above. (First-class Certificate.) Mr. H. Perkins, 
The Gardens, Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames. 
Decorative Variety, Miss Dorris. — A variety 
of very bushy habit, which branches freely, pro¬ 
duces enormous quantities of large, single white 
flowers, having a prominent yellow disc. (Award of 
Merit.) Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, 
Kent. 
The undermentioned awards were made by the 
Royal Horticultural Society, on the 23rd October. 
Orchid Committee. 
Cypripedium Vidor. —The parents of this hybrid 
were C. Charles Canham x harrisianum superbum. 
The dorsal sepal is roundly ovate, concave on the 
inner face, and of a rich brown with a white edge. 
The petals are purple on the upper longitudinal half, 
and pale purple on the lower half. The lip is large 
and deep purple. The flower is bold and intermedi¬ 
ate between the parents. (Award of Merit.) R. I. 
Measures, Esq. (gardener, Mr. H. J. Chapman), 
Cambridge Lodge, Flodden Road, Camberwell. 
Dendrobium mooreanum. —The dwarf habit of 
this plant and the pretty white flowers in erect 
racemes remind one of D. kingianum album. 
(Botanical Certificate.) Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart, 
(grower, Mr. W. H. Young), Clare Lawn, East 
Sheen. 
Dendrobium leeanum atropurpureum. — This tall 
habited plant bears racemes of medium sized flowers, 
having rosy sepals and darker petals, half twisted 
round in the middle. The lip is wholly dark purple, 
with a maroon disc. (Award of Merit) Sir 
Frederick Wigan. 
Sophrolaelia Eros. —The parentage of this 
bigeneric hybrid was Laelia elegans Turned x 
Sophronites grandiflora, the flowers being nearer the 
latter in size and colour than to the former. The 
oblong sepals and obovate petals are deep crimson- 
red. The lip is darker crimson with yellow lines in 
the throat, as well as on the exterior of the tube. 
(First-class Certificate.) Messrs. C’hariesworth & 
Co., Heaton, Bradford. 
Odontoglossum crispum Myud Rochford. — The 
flowers of this beautiful variety are circular in shape, 
and adorned with small, dark chocolate blotches on 
all the segments. (Award of Merit.) Mr. T. Roch¬ 
ford, Turnford Hall Nurseries, Broxbourne. 
Floral Committee. 
Veronica Diamant. —The leaves of this garden 
form of shrubby Veronica ar-e oblong-elliptic, 3 in. 
to 4 in. long, and evergreen. The flowers are 
relatively large, dark purple-red, very handsome and 
produced in spikes 3 in. to 5 in. long. (Award of 
Merit.) Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gardener, 
Mr. J. Hudson), Gunnersbury House, Acton. 
Scolopendrium vulgare Stansfieldi. —This 
handsome form of the Hart's-tongue Fern belongs to 
thecristatum fimbriatum type, being heavily crested, 
fimbriated and frilled. The apex continues to grow 
for a long time, forming long segments which 
develop prothalli when laid down upon damp soil. 
It is perfectly barren of spores, but reproduces itself 
by apospory, and originated in that way itself. 
(Award of Merit.) Chas. T. Druery, Esq , n, Shaa 
Road, Acton, W. 
Chrysanthemum Master E. Sevmour. —See 
above for description. (Award of Merit) Mr. H. 
Perkins, The Gardens, Greenlands, Henley-on- 
Thames. 
Chrysanthemum Earl of Arran is a Japanese 
variety with long drooping florets, more or less 
twisted, of good breadth and substance and light 
yellow in hue. (Award of Merit.) Mr. H. 
Perkins. 
Rose Lady Battersea. —The blooms of this 
hybrid Tea Rose are of good average size, conical 
in the centre, with several of the outer petals spread¬ 
ing, and of a rich, dark orange-rose (rose orangee as 
the French would say). They are freely produced, 
handsome and fragrant. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. 
Paul & Son, Cheshunt. 
Chrysanthemum Miss S. Fryett.— A Japanese 
variety of great depth, with much material in it, 
deep magenta-crimson and very distinct. The 
florets are recurved and narrow. (Award of Merit) 
Wm. Seward, Esq., The Firs, Hanwell, Middlesex. 
Chrysanthemum Mrs. Emma Fox.— The florets 
of this Japanese variety are recurved, interlaced with 
one another, and crimson. The blooms are about 
7 in. in diameter, and deep. The leaves are large 
and leathery. (Award of Merit.) Wm. Seward, Esq. 
Chrysanthemum Matthew Russell. —This is 
a Chinese or true incurved variety, with globular 
heads and broad, blunt florets of a bronzy-gold on 
the reverse. (Award of Merit.) Mr. H. J. Jones, 
Ryecroft Nursery, Hitbergreen, Lewisham. 
Chrysanthemum Lily Mountford. — For 
description see above. (Award of Merit.) Mr. M. 
Gleeson, Warren House, Stanmore, Middlesex. 
Chrysanthemum Charles Longley —A hand¬ 
some Japanese variety of a rich crimson-red, with a 
rosy-silver reverse to the florets, which are broad, 
and curled at the tips. (Award of Merit.) Messrs. 
W. Wells & Co., Earlsfield Nurseries, Earlsfield, 
Redhill, Surrey. 
Chrysanthemum J. R. Upton. — The clear, 
shining yellow florets of this Japanese variety are 
much interlaced, curled, of great length, and make a 
massive bloom of great beauty. (Award of Merit.) 
Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon. 
Chrysanthemum Mrs. F. Gray Smith.— Fcr 
description see above. (Award of Merit) Mr. W. J. 
Godfrey. 
Chrysanthemum Mrs. Coombes.— The blooms 
of this Japanese variety are 7 in. to 8 in. across, of 
great depth, with much material in them, and of a 
soft rosy lilac. The florets are narrow. (Award of 
Merit.) Mr. W. J. Godfrey. 
Fruit and Vegetable Committee. 
Pear Glastonbury. —The pyriform fruits are of 
large size with a clear yellow skin when mature, and 
a white, melting, sweet and richly aromatic flesh. 
(First-class Certificate.) C. C. Tudway, Esq. 
(gardener, Mr. O. J. Fewtrell), The Cedars, Wells, 
Somersetshire. 
Melon Royalty.— The white flesh of this variety 
is of great depth, melting, and of good flavour. 
(Award of Merit.) Lord Windsor (gardener, 
Mr. H. A. Pettigrew), St. Fagan Castle, Cardiff. 
At a committee meeting of the National Chrys¬ 
anthemum Society, held at the Royal Aquarium on 
Monday, October 29th, the following Chrysanthe¬ 
mums were certificated: — 
Miss Evelyn Douglas. —A well-finished bloom, 
having rather narrow petals, of lilac-mauve colour; 
form good. (F.C.C.) Mr. H. Weeks, Thrumpton 
Hall, Derby. 
Scottish Chief.— A beautiful canary-yellow sort, 
the centre being more deeply coloured than the outer 
and lower petals. Good form, size, and finish. 
(F.C.C.) Mr. H. Weeks. 
Miss Milliers Richardson.— A Jap. incurved 
variety of large size and good substance, but lacking 
finish ; colour silvery-lilac reverse, mauve-magenta 
above. (A.M.) Mr. C. W. Richardson, Ware. 
Calvat, 1899. —A Japanese incurved variety with 
plenty of substance, as here shown, of a lilac-pink 
and silvery shade, the inner centres of the petals 
white. (A.M) Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, 
Devon. 
Mrs. Geo. Mileham. —Another good Jap. with 
an incurving tendency, thus showing its silvery-lilac 
reverse more than the mauve upper surface. (F.C.C.) 
Mr. Geo. Mileham. 
Mrs J. B. Bryant.— A fair sized Japanese 
purple variety with splendid centre and altogether 
good form. (F.C.C.) Mr. H. Perkins. 
CHRYSflNTHEIIIUni NOTES. 
LIVERPOOL. 
Now that the many exhibitions are close upon us, 
some few notes of the general condition of plants 
and flowers may be interesting. The season 
promises generally to be fully up to the average, 
especially amongst the Japanese, many of the 
varieties promising to eclipse anything previously 
seen. To give any detailed account of the many 
growers for exhibition would take up too much space 
and the accounts would only be repeated later on 
when the exhibits have passed the critical eyes of 
the judges ; but as the Corporation exhibits will not 
undergo this ordeal but perhaps a stronger one, that 
of many thousands of the citizens, a few brief notes 
may not be out of place. 
SEFTON PARK. 
In the specially constructed house are arranged 
some 1,300 plants, 500 for large blooms, the rest in 
bush form. Mr. H. Herbert and his successful 
workers may be congratulated upon a good display 
with clean foliage and in a dwarf form, which sets 
the flowers well within the scops of vision. The 
collection consists mainly of older varieties, but 
amongst the newer kinds we noted Cbatsworth, 
Jane Molyneux, Nellie Pockett, Mrs. J. W. Barks, 
Mychett’s White, Pride of Mychett, Nellie Threl- 
fall, &c. The show was opened to the public on the 
27th ult. and will remain open some few weeks. 
BOTANIC GARDENS. 
Mr. James Guttridge, the curator, has now 
settled down in his new position, and the inmates 
of the houses generally give every evidence of care¬ 
ful and proper treatment. A special item of interest 
is a nice group of Cattleya labiata autumnalis and 
Dendrobium Phalaenopsis arranged on a bank of 
Ferns. But our visit was the " Mums," and a fine 
lot they are, certainly the best yet seen in these 
gardens. The flowers are somewhat earlier than 
those at Sefton Park; the plants are of medium 
height with fine, large leathery foliage; many 
