January 2, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
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considered as a, whole, we have never seen the like of anywhere 
else in the course of our travels. Apart from the general 
effect, the immense groups of pot plants, the cut-bloom classes 
and the miscellaneous exhibits, the exhibits of new seedlings 
were of peculiar interest and great merit. 
The Floral Committee must have had their time and 
patience severely taxed, for they awarded nearly eighty First- 
class Certificates'. Among the exhibitors of new seedlings 
were Messrs 1 . Aug. Nonin, Ernest C'a.lvat, Vilmorin-An.drieux 
and Co'., the Marquis de Pins, Chantrier, Heraud, de Reydellet, 
Lion-net, Bigot, and others. 
Of these the chief interest centred in the four first named, 
who took fifty-nine First-class Certificates among them, Nonin 
leading the way with twenty-four. Many of his seedlings are 
of a high order of merit, but are not widely known in England ; 
the few, however, are being esteemed for their exhibition 
properties. 
Calvat staged a grand lot in fine form, quite up to his usual 
standard, and some of these are- destined to displace others 
that have hitherto been prominent varieties on the show 
board. The 1904 novelties will comprise Marguerite de Mons, 
Gab'. Martin, Mme. R. Oberthur, Alliance, a magnificent yellow, 
Mme. Emile Rosette, Marquise Visconti-Venosita, Seoistris, 
Souvenir de Yictorine Calvat, and others to which reference 
must be made in the trade catalogue® announcing their dis¬ 
tribution. 
Yilmorin’s novelties rarely cross the 1 Channel, and the same 
may be said of Chantrier’s and Ileraud’s. 
But what shall we say of the Marquis de Pins? If ever 
we encountered a surprise it was when we came 1 in front of 
this gentleman’s exhibit. To us-, as to many of his fellow- 
countrymen, his name was unknown twelve months ago, and 
yet he seems at one bound to have sprung into the front 
rank of high-class seedling growers. A large Gold Medal, the 
highest possible award, was made for a wonderful collection, 
of cut blooms 1 , all novelties of the greatest size and substance. 
Our trade growers cannot possibly afford to ignore the efforts 
of this grower, and we should not be surprised to find next 
autumn a, big boom in the new grower’s novelties-. This isi 
bound to be the case if steps are taken to ensure the intro¬ 
duction of a. few of his novelties. At the time of our visit 
to the Paris Show we were informed that the Marquis de Pins 
grew only for his own pleasure, and did not intend to sell his 
novelties, but from what- has since- transpired we believe we 
are justified in saying that a well-known firm of French nur¬ 
serymen have secured a number of these seedlings, and will 
put them on the- market next spring. 
Whatever may be the case, we are only concerned with the 
subject from an amateur point of view, and we should much 
regret the fact if these fine flowers- could not by some means get 
into the hands' of our leading growers and exhibitors. 
Last year the Marquis de Pins 1 exhibited at Paris for the 
first time. He was then awarded nine- First-class Certificates, 
and we append hereto the names with brief descriptions of 
the first instalment that the Marquis presented to the Paris 
public: Baronne Renee R-eille, Japanese incurved, canary 
yellow ; Belle l’lsloise, deep 1 yellow, incurving blo-om, shaded 
red; Mme. Brejal, bright rose, c-entre paler; Mme. Marie 
Carrel, Japanese, rather flat- blooms, greenish-white, deeper 
green towards the centre; Mile. Rose d’Elchingeu, Japanese 
incurved, Peach blossom colour; Souvenir de Bruxelles, 
Japanese incurved, orangey-red, reverse straw-yellow : Souvenir 
de la Comtesse Re-ille, incurved Japanese, violet with silvery 
reverse ; Triomphe de Montbrun, incurving blooms, rosy-buff, 
paler in the centre ; and Vierge Mont-brunoise, pure white. 
This year at the same show he wa.s even more fortunate, for 
he won the large Gold Medal of Honour -presented by the City 
of Paris, and twelve First-class Certificates for a- collection, of 
truly magnificent bloomsi, such a. collection as we,have rarely 
seen. The names 1 of these are Angele, Anne-Marie, Baron, de 
Labusquiere, Bebe, Charles Bacque Germaine-, Marquis de la 
Motto Saint-Pierre, Mile. Las.iesi, Nyphon, Po-upoule, t-h-er 
biggest show Chrysanthemum we ever sa-w ; Rose and Souvenir- 
da Lombo-z. 
The seedlings for the present year raised by other growers 
are absolutely a quantite negligeable, many of them being pre¬ 
sented in very poor condition when compared with those of 
Calvat and the new raiser now before our notice. 
Mummer. 
Propagating Potatos. 
Dining the past season we have heard much about the value 
of certain new Potato®. In fact, if reports are to be relied 
upon, in several instances fabulous prices 1 have been paid for 
several varieties. Taking the Northern- Star, the price for 
which in the spring was from 10s. to* 15s 1 . per lb., aeemed pro¬ 
hibitive, yet those who invested found it a- profitable venture. 
But we now hear -of much higher prices being paid for other 
Lilium maritimum. 
new varieties. Whatever may be the ultimate result to tho-se 
who invest- remains to be seen. This, however, is not the 
question I intend to deal with. It- is, the- making the most, of 
the stock (or seed) purchased that I am concerned about. Most 
people have heard of the Irishman who, ate all of his Potatos 
and depended upon the “ parings ” for the next year’s crop, 
and though some may be a, little incredulous, it- is a fact that 
an equally good cro-p- may be obtained from the thin parings 
as from a whole tuber. 
My first experience in, propagating Potato® was when the 
American Early Rose- was introduced; 7s. 6d. per lb. wa.s then 
thought a, fabulous price, but that was the price paid for those 
which I handled. It was 21b. which I had to work with, and 
these I received early in February, and, according to my 
diary, we started a Peach house (or, rather, the Peach trees in 
it) on, February 5th, and the Potatos were laid out on the 
border under the trees. The warmth and moisture were just 
