November 12, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
Belfast Chrysanthemum Society. 
The annual exhibition of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums under the auspices of the Ulster 
Horticultural Society was held in St. 
George’s Market, on November 8th and 9th. 
The Countess Gro-svenor consented to per¬ 
form the opening ceremony on the first 
day, when t.liei Lord Mayor of Belfast (Aider- 
man Sir Otto Jaffa, J.P.) took the chair. 
The Red Crab. 
Several of the Crags have highly-coloured 
flowers, but more particularly in the bud 
state. “ Flora and Sylva ” for November 
contains a coloured plate of what is evidently 
a well-known Crab in Asia, though little 
known in this country. It is, however, re¬ 
corded in some good collections, and de¬ 
scribed as a new Crab with purple-red leaves, 
shoots, and flowers. The bark and twigs are 
conspicuous even in winter, on account of 
their red-purple colour. The leaves show 
this colour chiefly in the young state', later 
on changing to deep green with red veins, 
and fading to reddish-purple before they 
fall in, autumn. The fruits are conical, in¬ 
tense crimson, and when cut open the flesh 
is found to be tinted with a, similar hue, and 
said to be of good flavour. For this reason 
we think it might be usefully employed for 
making tarts, jam, or other culinary purpose. 
It was first found by a Russian traveller in 
Siberia., after whom it has been named, Pyrus 
niedzwetzkyana. It does not follow, how¬ 
ever, that this name will retain its spelling 
in this country, for we' have already seen a 
variant in P. niedwetzkiana. It has been 
cultivated for many years over a great extent 
of Russian Asia, extending from the Cau¬ 
casus to Turkestan, and is widely known, as 
the Red Apple in Central Asia. 
The Rock Aster. 
Under the name of Aster vimineus saxa- 
tilis, 'a. new Michaelmas Daisy has been de¬ 
scribed in “ Rhodora,” for 1899, p. 188. Mr. 
W. H. Blanchard gives a description, of it 
in the “ American Botanist” for August last, 
and thinks it deserves specific rank, and 
names it accordingly Aster saxatilisi. If it 
proves constant, or nearly so., under cultiva¬ 
tion, we consider it perfectly distinct from 
A. vimineus, and quite entitled to specific 
rank as Asters go. We can scarcely see how 
it could have been, named as a variety of the 
twiggy Aster. It is of very dwarf habit, with 
ascending branches about 2 in. in length. 
The main stem and side branches hear each 
a solitary flower head, about ^ in. in 
diameter. It is found on the rocky banks 
of the rivers in Maine and Canada,, flowering 
on the ledges from July to early in Septem¬ 
ber. It is also found under a wide range in 
various other part® of the United States, 
The stems vary from 6 in. to 16 in, in height, 
and it, has been seen even 2 ft, high. The 
rays of the flower heads are white, and the 
disc florets are purple. Another botanist 
has reckoned it t'O be an extreme form of A. 
vimineus foliolosus, of Gray, but it is alto¬ 
gether so extreme that it might with equal 
reason be made a variety of various other 
species. Our readers who are acquainted 
with A. vimineus will remember that it 
branches very freely, the Lateral shoots being 
horizontal, and bears a great profusion of 
small white heads. If introduced to' this 
country, it would probably make an interest¬ 
ing plant for the rock garden. 
Tariffs of the Midland Hotels. 
The' above is the title of a brochure, by 
Mr. Win. Towle, giving an account of the 
tariffs in the, Midland Railway hotels. It 
would be useful to gardeners and others who 
have much travelling at the present time in 
connection with Chrysanthemum and other 
■shows. His method of dealing with the sub¬ 
ject is to give, in the form of small para¬ 
graphs information concerning what articles 
of food may be obtained at these hotels, at 
different periods of the day, and their prices, 
together with accommodation available, con¬ 
veniences and facilities for carrying out 
correspondence, and transacting business 
generally. These hotels include the Midland 
Hotel, Manchester; Midland Grand Hotel, 
London; the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool; the 
Queen’s Hotel, Leeds-; the Midland Hotel, 
Bradford; also Derby, Moreoambe, etc. 
Everything is in the form of dry, useful in¬ 
formation, and is not concerned with holiday- 
making - in any way. A large number of 
these hotels are represented by full-page 
photographs,. A map of the Midland Rail¬ 
way system accompanies the brochure. 
Cassell’s Popular Gardening. 
Part XVI. of the re-issue of this -work con¬ 
tains a long article on garden pools and 
aquatic plants. In order to help those who 
have not yet got familiar with the methods 
of making water gardens in restricted space, 
a number of sketches are given to illustrate 
the subject. When the cultivation of aquatic 
plants is attempted in small gardens, it is 
necessary to build small tanks, or to, sink 
tubs in the ground. These may be of various 
kinds, including wooden tubs, slate tubs, 
and cemented tanks, consisting either of con¬ 
crete, or bricks cemented over. Sections 
of these tanks are shown, so that anyone 
with a genius for following out a hobby by 
making his own tanks can follow these de¬ 
signs with every hope of success. Illustra¬ 
tions also show the finished tank, or all that 
is to he seen of it above ground, with Water- 
Lilies and other plants in situ. The flower- 
garden also has a large chapter devoted to 
a description of what may be grown there, 
illustrated by plans for making gardens of 
various sizes, and for the cultivation of 
different subjects. A chapter on bulbs, takes 
account, of various things which may be 
planted at the present time,* or potted up, as 
the case may he. A photographic illustra¬ 
tion shows one of the finest of the white varie¬ 
ties of German Iris, namely, Princess of 
Wales. 
