October 24, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
lew Catalogue of Chrysanthemums. 
i We have been, furnished with a copy of 
ie official catalogue of the National Chry- 
jtnthemum Society by Mr. C. Hannan, 
ayne, the foreign corresponding secretary 
the society, who has always a large share 
the preparation of these lists. The cata- 
igue is intended as a supplement to the 
ciety s Jubilee Edition, and contains! 
lected lists of those varieties which have 
i»n sent out since the spring of 1896. The 
unber of incurved Chrysanthemums is 
ore lengthy than we would have expected, 
owing that an endeavour is being made by 
lsers to maintain the interest in this par- 
ular section. The Japanese list is not 
ach more lengthy, from which we conclude 
that a very rigorous selection has been made. 
The name, Miss Mildred Ward, we presume, 
is merely a printer’s error for Miss Mildred 
Ware. On the other hand, t-he list of 
Japanese incurved is a very short' one, con¬ 
sidering the number of varieties which have 
been placed before the public during the past 
seven years. The: Japanese reflexed is a 
little shorter list, but the hairy section is 
longer than either. Large Anemones, 
Japanese Anemones, Pompons, Pompomi 
Anemones 1 , single early flowering varieties, 
spidery, plumed, feathery and fantastic, and 
market and decorative Chrysanthemums 
have all received additions since the Jubilee 
Catalogue was published. The single 
varieties are divided into 1 large and small 
flowering, and the early flowering varieties 
are similarly classified. Decorative varieties 
are arranged in three separate lists, accord¬ 
ing as they flower early, mid-season, or late. 
At* the end of the catalogue an alphabetical 
list is given, of the new Chrysanthemums 
which have been sent, out since 1896, and 
though a fairly lengthy one, it is more than 
probable that many of them have not been 
catalogued. This list is arranged so that 
the surname of those people after whom the 
varieties have been named comes first. This 
is certainly the best way to arrange all lists 
of any great, length, as the reader is most 
likely to remember the surname rather than 
the Christian name or initials. A number 
of varieties have been named Beauty of some 
place or other, so that this word rightly 
takes precedence in an alphabetical list, thusi 
enabling the reader to. find any particular 
Beauty which may just escape his memory. 
We should very much like to' see an alpha¬ 
betical list published of all the Chrysanthe¬ 
mums that are likely to be now in cultiva¬ 
tion on the same plan as here given. 
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Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society. 
The advance schedule of the above society 
is already on our table, from which we note 
that the Spring Show is to he held on 
May 25th and 26th next. This is. much later 
in the season than the show used to be held, 
so that intending exhibitors should take 
note of the date, and be prepared for the 
same accordingly. Prizes are. offered in 128 
classes for flowers, fruits, and vegetables, 
the highest prize being offered for a. group 
of miscellaneous plants and a table of 
Orchids. Prizes are again offered to under¬ 
gardeners for a plan drawn to scale for the 
laying out of ai piece of ground about 6 acres 
in extent, as shown in a. sketch plan here 
furnished. This should be interesting to 
all aspiring young men, as the. plan shows a 
road, rail and river in connection with the 
grounds, which are by no means, level, but 
vary in elevation from 100 ft. to’ 120 ft. A 
plantation is represented at one side of the 
ground, together with adjoining properties, 
all of which are intended to have some mean¬ 
ing in the finished plan. The ground is in¬ 
tended to be laid out for a suburban resi¬ 
dence garden. The first two prizes for this 
plan are given by Sir John Gilmour, Bart., 
Mont-rave. Those intending toi compete 
should communicate with Mr. P. Murray 
Thomson, 5, York Place, Edinburgh. 
Amalgamation of East Kent 
Gardeners. 
Some little time ago we recorded a. pro¬ 
posal for certain societies in Kent to' amal¬ 
gamate for their mutual benefit. The pro¬ 
ject, when first mooted, was thrown, aside as 
of doubtful benefit or advantage to> the 
societies concerned, hut the idea seems re¬ 
viving and receiving considerable attention 
by Kentish gardeners. Nearly every village 
has a society, and the idea is that all should 
combine and hold a show at one place only 
during each year. As the idea started with 
the Canterbury gardeners, the proposal is to 
hold the first combined show at Canterbury. 
After that, the place of exhibition would be 
decided by ballot, so that each society would 
in course of time have the combined show in 
their own village. All profits accruing from 
such shows would be given to the society in 
whose town or village the show might be 
held in any particular year. It is said that 
the subscription would be at the rate of 3d. 
per member. The chairman, of the Char- 
tham Society thought that it was an idea 
that should not be lost sight of if they meant 
to make progress. 
Experiments with Potatos. 
During the past, summer experiments have 
been carried out in Potato culture and spray¬ 
ing for disease by the Agricultural Depart¬ 
ment of the University College of North 
Wales, on the estate of Mr. H. A. Cope, 
Seithaelwyd, Holywell. Last spring some 
ground was laid off in portions, each measur¬ 
ing one-twentieth of an, acre and planted 
with three varieties of Potatos—namely, the 
Factor, Charles Fidler, and Scottish 
Triumph. While making their growth some 
of the rows were sprayed with Bordeaux 
mixture, and others left unsprayed, as a 
check. The Factor turned out best where it 
had been sprayed, producing 336 lb. large 
Potatos, with 16 lb. small and 9 lb. diseased. 
Where the rows had been left unspra.yed the 
figures were 316, 15 and 18 lb. respectively. 
Charles Fidler showed similar differences be¬ 
tween the sprayed and unspra.yed rows, hut 
the produce was only 272 lb. of large Potato®, 
with 16 lb. small and 18 lb. diseased. The 
unsprayed rows had the larger proportion of 
diseased tubers. On. the same scale, Scot¬ 
tish Triumph when sprayed only gave 266 lb. 
large Potatos, 15 lb. small, and 7 lb. diseased, 
whereas in the unsprayed lot the rate was 
the same for large Potato®, with 12 lb. of 
small Potato® and 15 lb. diseased. 
