November 2l. 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
9(55 
Chrysanthemums Illustrated in this Issue. 
Chrysanthemum C. Farina. 
The above is a. handsome new Japanese Chrysanthemum, with 
broad, drooping florets of a very bright maroon red. When 
fully developed the blooms would measure 7 in. to 8 in. across. 
The bloom, which we illustrate, had scarcely attained its full 
development, so that it would even be deeper than it is here 
represented. The florets in the centre are very numerous, and 
these, as they attain their fullest development, give depth to 
the bloom. Our photograph was taken in the nursery of Mr. 
H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, Lewisham. 
Chrysanthemum W. A. Etherington. 
The variety here named promises to be one of the best of 
this year’s novelties. It was raised by Mr. T. W. 
Pockett, of Australia, who is very well known as 
a successful raiser. Although he sends them 
over to this country in the full persuasion as to 
the width they attain, it may be as well here to 
state that Chrysanthemums do not behave in 
Australia exactly as they do here. In Australia, 
the blooms are notable for the width they attain, 
hut in our climate there is a tendency to increase 
in depth. This is well shown in our illustration, 
where the bloom is deeper than wide. It would 
seem that there is a tendency to produce a 
greater number of florets, and that the outer ones 
especially have a tendency to droop downwards 
instead of spreading. Then, as the bloom de¬ 
velops more and more of its centre florets, it 
increases in depth, until we get the character¬ 
istic appearance represented by our illustration. 
At the stage shown the bloom measured 7 in. in 
width and fully 7 in. in depth, with a great 
amount of material still to expand in the centre. 
The florets are delicate silvery-mauve 1 , very 
densely arranged, and more or less interlaced 
with one another. The photograph was taken in 
the collection of Messrs. W. Wells and Co'., Ltd., 
Earlswood Nurseries, Redhill, Surrey, in the first 
week of November. We have great hopes that 
this variety will give much satisfaction to exhibi¬ 
tors when put into commerce. As will be seen 
in another column, it was accorded an Award of 
Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society on the 
10th inst. 
Chrysanthemum Miss Stopford. 
In this we have a Japanese recurved variety 
of a beautiful greenish-white, tinted with prim¬ 
rose in the centre at first. This colour is not 
very common, and the change from the early 
stages of development gives a certain amount of 
variety, which in itself is pleasing to the culti¬ 
vator and the onlooker. When fully developed 
it might be described as a, creamy-white. The 
florets are drooping, but more or less interlaced, of a moderate 
width and pointed, as in the case in many very beautiful 
1 Japanese varieties. As far as we could make' out from the 
bloom at the time the photograph was taken, it would measure 
7 in. in. diameter. The first crown should be taken to get it 
in the best form for the November exhibitions. The plant 
itself grows about 5 in. high. Our photograph was taken in the 
nursery of Mr. H. J. Jones. 
Chrysanthemum Henry Perkins. 
The blooms of this splendid Japanese variety measure 8 in. 
or 9 in. in the spread of the florets. This is a, large size for 
a crimson flower, but when placed upon the show-board it will 
occupy quite the space. The florets are very broad, and of a 
rich or intense dark crimson, without that shade of maroon as 
seen in another group of this colour. The bloom also varies 
somewhat in colour according to the hud that is taken, the 
colour being sometimes varied with orange lines, so that when 
a large number of them are seen, in a collection grown under 
different conditions, or if the bud is taken at different times, 
the colour will vary accordingly. The typical form should 
be reddish-crimson. The plant grows about 5 ft. high, and the 
first, crown should be taken to get exhibition blooms for Novem¬ 
ber. The variety was raised by Mr. H. Perkins, of Greenlands, 
Henley-on-Thames, but it was put into commerce by Mr. H. J. 
Jones, in whose nursery our photograph was taken. 
Ampelopsis Vcitchii. 
If the great Veitchian establishment Lad never introduced 
another plant to our gardens its name will always go down 
to a grateful posterity as the introducer of this truly fine 
Chrysanthemum C. Farina : Colour maroon-rf.d. 
hardy self-clinging climber. How universally it is grown! 
It may be found quite at home in the peer’s palace, and charm¬ 
ingly wreathing the dwelling of the humblest cottager! A 
plant, therefore, which pays its homage to all. It received 
a First-class Certificate when, exhibited before the Floral Com¬ 
mittee of the Royal Horticultural Society on July 7th, 1868. 
Never did the committee stamp its universally recognised hall¬ 
mark of excellence on a finer subject in its way. On a good 
expanse of wall facing the Thames a,t Chiswick, A. Yeitohii is 
annually seen in its- full dying beauty at this season of the year. 
When the sun. vouchsafes its rays (a, rare achievement in these 
degenerate days), how glorious is the tender colouring of the 
foliage, varying from delicate yellow to brilliant scarlet. 
J. B. 
Florida Oranges. —Recent estimates of the Florida Orange 
crop place it at 7,750,000 boxes. The fruit gives promise of ex¬ 
cellence. 
