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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 10, 1900. 
years after its appearance. The blcnmi are small 
but the habit and colour are splendid. This was 
away back in 1892 and 1893. Princess Victoria is a 
late white, now extensively cultivated by market 
growers. The bright crimson Charles Shrimpton is 
also one of the earliest. Mr. Seward was very suc¬ 
cessful in the year of the N.C.S. Jubilee, for he had 
First-class Certificates for Dorothy Seward, terra¬ 
cotta rei ; Mrs. John Shrimpton, golden buff shaded 
red ; Mrs. Herman Kloss, dark crimson, flushed with 
chestnut-red : and John Seward, rich canary-yellow. 
It will be observed that all of the above are Japanese 
varieties. Others belonging to the same class and 
appearing in quick succession were Alice Seward, 
rosy-purpie ; John Neville, George Seward, crimson ; 
Matthew Hodgson, Joseph Brooks, Mrs. W. Seward, 
pale blush and yellow ; H. J. Jones, light, clear car¬ 
mine; and Elthorne Beauty. Elsie Neville, a single 
crimson variety, with a yellow disc, was honoured 
with a First-class Certificate. The incurved section 
is represented by Hanwell Glory, a bronzy bloom. 
The above, though only a few of them, is a very 
good record for an amateur, who made his debut 
before the public less than a decade ago. All of 
them were raised from seed saved from plants on his 
own premises. This adds considerably to the reputa¬ 
tion of the raiser, far more so than if he had procured 
the seed from a seedsman and simply raised the 
plants. His successes once more amply demonstrate 
the fact that first-class varieties can be raised from 
seed ripened and harvested in this country with the 
aid that the skilful cultivator can bring to bear upon 
what, at first sight, would appear to be a difficult if 
not insurmountable task. We are glad to note that 
Mr. Seward has not yet given up the task, which to 
him must be a labour of love. New varieties of this 
year, and honoured the other week, are Mrs. Emma 
Fox, Mr. S. Fryett, and Mrs. J. C. Neville, as our 
last week's issue amply testifies. 
Mr. J®hn Green, F.R.H.S., of Hobbies, Limited, 
Norfolk Nurseries, Dereham, may be said to 
uphold the decorative side of horticulture in contra¬ 
distinction to the rearing and exhibiting of specimen 
blooms of Chrysanthemums. Within the past few 
years he has made his appearance at several of the 
leading London shows, staging in a tasteful manner 
a great variety of subjects. At the last November 
show at the Royal Aquarium he had a large collec¬ 
tion of cut blooms, Set off with small decorative 
plants, of a fresh and attractive character. He also 
had pot Chrysanthemums and tall ornamental vases 
filled with cut flowers of Chrysanthemums cut with 
long stems. The great exhibit of Cactus Dahlias 
made by the firm recently will still be remembered 
by all who saw it, and by others at a distance. On 
this occasion another fine group of flowering and 
foliage plants has been set up by the Norfolk firm in 
their best style. 
Mr. William Howe, gardener to H. Tate, E-.q., 
Park Hill, Sireatham Common, is not so agressive 
an exhibitor as some of the others of whom we give 
portraits; but he has regularly been making his | 
appearance at the Novemoer exhibition of the 
N.C.S,, amongst the winning exhibitors. He grows 
and exhibits Chrysanthemums, but goes in for other 
garden pro luce as well, thus indicating the fact that 
be gives attention to gardening in general. At the 
November shows for the last three years be has been 
a regular winner in the open class for a circular 
group of Chrysanthemums arranged for effect. The 
public being able to perambulate round all sides of 
these groups, it behoves the exhibitors to build them 
up so as to look equally well from all points of view. 
The space at command being moderate, the exhibi¬ 
tors go for height so that the groups take the form of 
a high cone usually surmounted by a well grown 
Palm or Bamboo. In 1897 Mr. Howe’s group was 
not particularly high, but this was remedied in 
future years, his groups being notable for their 
tasteful arrangement and judicious blending of 
colours. To avoid solidity, the exhibitors are 
allowed to use fine foliape plants, so that these 
groups are now far removed from the solid mass of 
flowers, without foliage, which used to be the order 
of the day. He took the leading prizes for black 
Grapes in 1897 and 189S. We have seen Mr. Howe’s 
exhibits at the Crystal Palace, &c , at other periods 
of the year, so that he has been doing good work. 
He is a member of the Floral Committee of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, where he attends 
regularly, and in other ways helps to advance the 
cause of horticulture. 
CHRYSHNTHEinUin NOTES. 
BATTERSEA PARK, 
The method of housing and arranging the Chrys¬ 
anthemums now on exhibition in the hip-span house 
at Battersea Park, furnishes an object lesson to all 
who go there. Mr. F. Coppin, the superintendent, 
besides being able to grow splendid plants, has also 
the ability to stage them to the greatest advantage. 
The staging part is the finishing stroke as it were; 
indeed, the art of staging has over and over again 
been proved to carry greater importance than the 
fact of being a skilled cultivator. The large 
flowered plants are as usual stage! on the ground, 
forming undulating mounds on the visitors’ right 
hand as they pass through the house from west to 
east. At the back of this large bank such decorative 
varieties as Margot, Lady Selborne, L’lsle des 
Piaisirs, Snowdrop, Precocite, Source d’Or, &c. 
(some of which must be 8 ft. in length), are taken 
up and tied to the wires parallel with the slope of 
the glass, and so form a beautiful canopy above the 
back lines of the specimen plants. The same 
method of covering all available space has been 
successfully adopted at either end of the house, 
where these very long-stemmed plants of the varie¬ 
ties Margot (pink), &c , each carrying enough of 
flowers to hide their stems, have been arranged over 
all the surface, and present in each case a warm and 
lovely sheet of pink flowers. On a narrow stage on 
the left of the path the smaller flowered pompon 
and other decorative sorts are tied up in the same 
way that those at the back of the Japs, are 
treated. These include La Vouge (golden yellow), 
Soeur Melaine (white), Sunset (reddish-purple), 
besides the varieties aforementioned. The Japanese 
varieties carrying two and three blooms per plant, 
are now past their freshest, but have been good on 
the whole. 
G. H. Runciman, golden-yellow, has been excep¬ 
tionally fine; then M. Panckoucke, also yellow, not 
depreciated in popular favour by Soleil d'Octobre, 
Pres. Borel, and Pres. Bevan, the incurved yellow, 
are others also admirable. Australie, rose-amaranth ; 
Lady Byron, white; Master H. Tucker, crimson; 
W. Seward, another of the very finest crimson 
sorts; and Mrs. S. C. Probin, with its muslin-white 
centre and pale heliotrope-mauve outer petals, were 
all of them exceptionally large, well finished, and in 
every way good. 
The old incurved Lord Alcester, which to our mind 
is unsurpassed as a soft yellow variety, has been up 
to a very high standard. Viviand Morel, Chas. 
Davis, N.C.S. Jubilee, Mrs. H. Weeks, Pres, Nonin, 
buff-yellow ; Rosinante, peach-lilac ; and the green 
Madame Edmund Rogers are others that show up 
quite distinctly. Queen of England, Baron Hirsch, 
Mr. Bunn, and Jeanne d'Arc are the best incurved 
sorts. Such hairy Varieties as Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, 
Esau, and Hairy Wonder, especially the latter, are 
well grown, and are placed about throughout the 
collection. Anemone flowered specimens are another 
feature of this display, and these are here shown 
better than they are usually to be seen. 
ROYAL EXOTIC NURSERY, CHELSEA. 
The Chrysanthemum collection of Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons, Ltd., in the Royal Exotic Nursery, 
Chelsea, is now at its most attractive state. In two 
large bouses there are staged off and on about 1,400 
plants, the great majority of which are Japanese 
varieties carrying specimen blooms. Mr. H. Weeks, 
who has the Chrysanthemum under his charge, may 
pat himself on the back over the success of this 
season's work. He staged a grand group at the 
Drill Hall meeting of October 23rd, and had inten¬ 
tions of doing so at the succeeding meeting. The 
comparatively dull summer is rather beneficial than 
otherwise to plants grown in such hot quarters as 
at King’s Road. 
Amongst the Japanese varieties, which have deve¬ 
loped most satisfactorily, we were more than 
ordinarily pleased with Mutual Friend, white ; 
Reginald Godfrey, a bronzy orange-red ; Miss Alice 
Byron, with smoother petals than Mutual Friend ; 
Sir H. Kitchener, deep bronzy-gold; Miss Maud 
Douglas, of exceedingly fine form and grand propor¬ 
tions, a splendid pink variety; Lionel Humphrey, 
new, but of moderate merit ; T. Carrington and Miss 
Ada Barwood, the latter an incurving creamy-white, 
and the former a variety having strongly built 
flowers with silver-gray reverse and bright mahve- 
purple above. 
Amongst the newer, and at present most popular 
varieties, the above are all conspicuously well done at 
Chelsea. To these may be added the beautiful 
silvery-pink Mrs. White Popham, which always 
carries large and interesting blooms. Oceana, as 
displayed here, is unsurpassed among golden yellows; 
Soleil d'Octobre and Phoebus are also finely repre¬ 
sented. Lady Philip takes after Mrs. White Pop- 
ham in general appearance, and between the two 
there is not much to draw. While referring to the 
yellow-flowered Japs, we omitted to .notice Miss 
Lucy Chiesmao, one of the best of the Ryecroft set, 
which presents a combination of primrose and 
canary-yellow—a most beautiful variety and shown 
here to perfection. Mrs. W. Mease, the cld prim- 
rose-coloured favourite, is not quite so strong; nor is 
R. Hooper Pearson. Though the latter has all the 
depth and richness of colour that one can ever 
expect or desire, it lacks substance. Gen. Simons is 
a promising introduction, having a bright gold 
reverse and russet colour above. Robt. Powell, a 
bright shade of bronze, was also exceedingly attrac¬ 
tive. Mrs. Dr. Ward, ruddy-bronze ; Lord Ludlow, 
a lovely yellow, tiaged with cinnamon; Hon. F. W. 
D. Smith, of recent date ; and Nellie Pockett, almost 
white, and having narrow petals, might be accepted 
as a summary of the elite. Special attention was 
attracted also by that best of crimson-reds, viz., Mr. 
William Seward, than which there are nore that 
excel it, a fact that may find us a pardon for dis¬ 
cussing it apart. 
But while the Japanese Chrysanthemums receive 
the homage they deserve, we know that there is a 
large number of growers who have a warm regard 
for the decorative sorts. This section, like the same 
section among Roses, has other descriptive titles, 
being variously called market or bush varieties, and 
includes the bright sorts with free flowering qualities 
that are grown for cut flower purposes as opposed to 
mere exhibition display. The following are grown 
at King’s Road:—Mrs. Hawkins, deep primrose, 
very graceful; Mrs. Cullingford, white ; Dr. Sharp, 
bright purple amaranth ; O J. Quintus, a lovely 
pink; Mdme. F. Camel, a curious incurving, small 
flowered sort, with attractive old-gold and pale 
chestnut coloured flowers, with long-lasting proper¬ 
ties. Then there are Mabel Douglas, glowing mus¬ 
tard-yellow ; Chas. Davis, which does well as a bush, 
as does Viviand Morel; Source d’Or, amber and 
gold ; and the Crimson Source d’Or. which is one of 
the very best. The latter and L’lsle des Piaisirs 
have many points in common. The Lady is white ; 
Madame Marie Masse is known and appreciated 
everywhere; Pink and Yellow Lady Selborne, Pink 
Margot, Emperor of China, peach-pink ; M. Gus¬ 
tave Grunerwald, white, with finely radiating petals 
tipped with mauve; and the deep golden-yellow 
variety Nellie Brown complete the present list. 
Messrs. J. LAING & SONS, FOREST HILL. 
For some years past Messrs. John Laing & Sons, 
Forest Hill, London, S.E., had given up the cultiva¬ 
tion of Chrysanthemums, although they formerly 
grew them well and were very successful exhibitors. 
We suppose they find the autumn queen indis¬ 
pensable in their business where much cut flowers 
for decorative purposes are required. In any case 
they have[again got together a good collection of useful 
varieties to which they intend adding largely for 
another year. 
Amongst single varieties very noticeable is Lady¬ 
smith, a new and bushy variety about 2J ft. high, 
and laden with bright rose flowers, carried on long 
stalks. Mary Anderson and its yellow sport, Annie 
Holden, are well known. Other singles are Miss 
Crissey, bright crimson; Dora, clear yellow; and 
Marie Stuart, pale pink. 
No collection of decorative Chrjsanthemums 
would be complete without Source d'Or and its 
golden-yellow sport, Chas. Davis, Viviand Morel, 
Phoebus and La Petite Amie, the four latter being 
large flowered sorts, but also well adapted for cut 
flower and conservatory work as here shown by the 
profusion of flowers and their handsome appearance 
when grown in the bush state. Snowdrop is one of 
the prettiest of pompons, its double, pure white 
flowers being like Daisies. Some incurved varieties 
are grown, but they are treated in the ordinary way 
to produce big exhibition blooms. Very good are 
