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TUB GARDENING WORLD. 
November 12, 1904. 
Chrysanthemum Notes. 
Earlswood Nurseries. 
At the 'end of October we paid a visit of inspection to the 
Earlswood Nurseries;, Earlswood, Red-hill, Surrey, of Messrs. 
W. Wells and Col, Ltd. The season, hasi been much more 
propitious for Chrysanthemums generally than it was last 
year, and the collection at Earlswood was in much finer condi¬ 
tion than at- the same period last year. The Chrysanthemums 
have also; been better in the new nursery of 'the. firm a-t- Merst- 
ham, Surrey, where the houses contain a. very fine collect-ion 
of plants indeed. Although we have seen blooms from this 
nursery, we had no -time to pay them a- v-is-it on that- day, as 
we -had to go much further afield. Many of the new varieties 
have been grown a-t both places in order to thoroughly t-est 
t-heir capabilities. The first year or two- of new Chrysanthe¬ 
mums is largely ai question of experiment, as to whether 
they will do best from the first or -second crown hud 
or terminal, and a-lso which is the best- time to stop 
them to get the best result®, if, indeed, they require 
artificial stopping at all. 
The under-mentioned -account, of varieties refers 
almost solely to those plant® grown at Earlswood. 
J. H. Silsbury was one of the fine introductions of last 
year, and lips d-on-e well on this occasion. It- is a- Jap. 
of a, rich crimson, with a. glossy yellow reverse, the tips 
being often recurved and showing the yellow. The 
second crown bud gives the best blooms, as those from . 
the early bud were more yellow than ’ crimson. The 
finest new crimson variety of this- year is Merstham 
Crimson, one of the Wells-Pockett- set- of -s-eedlings 
raised in 1903. The solid and massive-looking blooms 
are of -a. dark velvety crimson, with a- -bronzy-yellow 
reverse. The florets are of great sub-stance and quite 
stiff ; therefore the. -blooms; last well, and are not likely 
to suffer much from damp or sunshine. Some of the 
blooms ha-d been expanded for a, full month. The- 
natural second crowns should be- taken for the south, 
but in the north the plant must- be stopped early in 
April. 
Another variety with even greater recommendation, 
comes from Melbourne, under the name of J. H. Doyle, 
and took the -gold medal at. Melbourne; in 1902. The 
fl-orets are narrow, interlacing, -of a- reddish terra-cotta, 
making a- bloom about 7b in-, to- 8 in. in diameter, and 
the same in depth. Mrs. John E. Dunne is a new 
Wells-Pockett -seedling for this year, and is a- re-flexed 
Japanese with broad, reddish salmon-terrarcott-a., with 
a. huff-white reverse, changing almost tot white', though 
the reverse is very little shown. It forms a, bloom of 
great width and dep-t-h. It took silver gilt medal at 
Melbourne in April -of this year. E. J. Bro-ok-s is also 1 a 
new one, being a-n incurved Jap. of a. rich plum-colour 
with rosy-silver reverse and broad petals. This variety 
is distinctly scented, and is; a- good doer. The natural 
first -crown give® the best- results. Hetty Wedge is- a, 
new incurved Jap. of the Wells-Pockett- strain, and has 
clear yellow, very bread florets, tightly incurved and 
somewhat interlacing. After a- time, however, many 
of the flo-ret-s in the centre' fall hack and show -crimson -or 
red lines on the upper face. The bloom® are a-bout 7 in. in 
diameter. (See illustration.) 
Mrs. R. E. Mason is a- new reflexed Jap. of a- brilliant- crim¬ 
son with buff-yellow reverse, but not much of the latter is 
shown. It is notably a, dwarf variety, a-s the tallest plant 
tms year does not exceed 30 in. in height, while; it throws a, 
bloom 7 in. -in diameter. Near by it- we noted a- very promis¬ 
ing Japanese variety after the style-of Mme. Carnot-, with loner, 
twisted, narrow, pure white floret®. The blooms had not, 
long commenced to open, hut they already measured 9 in. in 
length, and we were assured it would equal this in breadth. 
Mrs. Henry Partridge -is. a deep -crimson. Ja-p-. with a- -buff re>- 
verse, and very broa-d florets, which, -owing t-o the twisting, 
show a- good proportion of the reverse. The plant should he 
stopped about the beginning -of April, and the second crown 
taken. It, is a new variety, growing about 4 ft-, in height. 
Another interesting new variety is Mrs. D. W illis Janies, a 
ma-ssive crimson Ja-p., a, -full account- of which we give in con¬ 
nection with our supplementary illustration. Mrs. G. Denyer 
is a new incurved variety which forms a, nearly globular bloom 
of large size'. The florets are soft- silvery-pink, very bread 
and closely incurved. It adds one more to the newer race 
that has been gradually supplanting the favourite old incurved 
varieties-. Mrs. F. Thompson is an incurved Ja-p. nearly white, 
and shaded with rosy-pink. The florets are broad, and form a 
massive bloom about 9 in. in diameter. Miss May Seddon is 
a Japanese variety, forming a- bloom of immense size. The 
fl-orets are tubular and forked at the tips, forming long points 
projecting in different directions. It is a pure white variety, 
and secured the gold medal at Melbourne, Australia, on April 
Chrysanthemum Lady Lennard. Size in. by 7 in. (Seep. 909.) 
21-st, 1904. Old Gold (Biunning) very well indicates- the 
colour -of the broad florets of this new Jap. The petals are 
exceedingly numerous and reflexed, making a compact- and 
solid-looking -bloom. It succeeds best when take-n from tiff 
first crown. The plant is of dwarf habit, being only 3 ft. high. 
Henry Perkins is now getting well-known, for it has been 
very much -on. the show boards already, under varying condi¬ 
tions a-s to colour. The -early bloom® are practically yellow, 
and heavily striped with crimson, but the late buds give blooms 
of a rich crimson, and very massive in size. Another variety 
which we mentioned last year is J. Fraver, a- sport- from 
Matthew Smith. The blooms arei of large size-, 7|- in. to S in. 
in diameter. The florets; are broad yellow, lined with bronze 
on the reverse, and the tip-s of the petals when fully developed, 
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