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THE GARDENING WORLD 
December 24. 1904. 
SOCIETIES. 
NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM, 
December I4th. 
The above society has inaugurated a new departure in the 
holding of a special exhibition of market Chrysanthemums. 
The fir-st show of the kind was held in the Essex Hall, Essex 
Street, Strand, London, and was patronised not by the growers 
and raisers of Chrysanthemums who frequent the October and 
November shows, but by market growers and market men who 
do not grow big blooms, but cater specially for the public 
taste in plants and cut flowers. The first show was beyond all 
anticipation, and decidedly a success, as a large turn-out was 
not expected for the first show. Fourteen classes were insti¬ 
tuted, and Gold, Silver Gilt, Silver, and Bronze Medals were 
awarded, instead of money prizes. The expenses of this, show 
are to be met by voluntary subscription, and not drawn from 
the ordinary funds of the society. With a view of giving readers 
an idea of the varieties of Chrysanthemums chiefly employed 
for market work, wo give a number of the names put up by 
certain of the leading exhibitors. The order of merit was in¬ 
dicated merely by the value of the medals. 
For a collection of market Chrysanthemums in bunches, to 
fill a table spaco of 12 ft. by 3 ft., and to be shown in vases, a 
Gold Medal was won by Mr. Phillip Ladds, Swanley Junction. 
Kent. In this instance about twelve blooms, set up in four- 
tiers, one above the other, were arranged in each vase. Mr. 
Joseph Tulley, Rose Nursery, Enfield Highway, secured a 
Silver Gilt Medal for his exhibit. Messrs. G. Prickett and 
Sons, The Nurseries,, South Tottenham, and Enfield Highway, 
were awarded a large Silver Medal. 
White varieties most in evidence in, these collections included 
Western King, Mdlle. Panckoukei, Mme. Phillipe Rivoire, 
Princess Victoria White, Bonnaffon, Snowdrift, Winter Konigin, 
Mrs. .T. Thompson, Queen of the Exe, Souvenir de Petite Amie, 
Letrier, and Miss R, Cadbury. Crimson varieties were less 
numerous, but included Cullingfordii, Putney George, Violet 
L Beaumont, Red Canning, Matthew Hodgson, Papa Villiard, 
and Hilda Tulley, Papa Villiard being reddish-purple rather 
than crimson. Yellow varieties included W. H. Lincoln, Mrs. 
Greenfield, King of Plumes, Francois Pillon, Princess Victoria 
Yellow, W. H. Rieman, and Negoya. Prominent pink varieties 
were Framfield, Mdlle. Louise Charvet, Mrs. J. Balfour, Mme. 
I*. Radaelli, Ralph Hatton, Princess Victoria Pink, Mrs. 
Barkley, and Nellie Bean. Bronze varieties were moderately 
numerous, and, in our opinion, Tuxedo was the finest, and 
looked very handsome when not less than 3 in. to 5 in. in 
diameter. Some bunches of it were very pale, but all of them 
looked well under the electric light. Other bronze varieties 
were Mrs. Herman Klose, Lord Brooke, and Mrs. Sarah Owen. 
Only one green variety was shown, namely, Mme. .Edmund 
Roger, and it certainly stood out conspicuously amongst all 
the other colours under artificial light. 
A class for twelve vases of market Chrysanthemums dis¬ 
budded like the previousi class was open to market growers. 
A Gold Medal was awarded to Mr. Phillip Ladds for his ex¬ 
hibit, which was arranged in semi-globular masses in each vase. 
Incurved, recurved, and spreading types of bloom were freely 
used in this exhibit. A Silver Gilt Medal went to Messrs. 
Cragg, Harris and Cragg, Merrievale Nurseries, Heston, Mid¬ 
dlesex, who had massive blooms in the four leading colours, 
yellow, white, pink, and crimson. A large Silver Medal went 
to Mr. Joseph Tulley, whose blooms were arranged in one¬ 
sided tiers. The blooms in this case varied from 5 in. to 8 in. 
in diameter. 
In another market growers’ class for twelve vases of market 
Chrysanthemums, not disbudded, Messrs. Cragg, Harris and 
Cragg had a Silver Gilt Medal awarded them. Greater variety 
was introduced into this exhibit, including such single varieties 
as Earlswood Beauty, Clibr-an’s Yellow, Miss E. Roberts, and 
Lady Nindson, all of which were very choice. A Gold Medal 
in this class was awarded to Messrs. G. Pricket and Sons, who 
had a nice exhibit. 
For a collection of market Chrysanthemums, blooms or sprays, 
open to market salesmen, Mr. David Ingamells, 27, Catherine 
Street, London, W.C., was the only exhibitor, and was accorded 
a Gold Medal. In this exhibit the blooms were set up in 
vases in various forms rnd sizes, bunched, large and small 
blooms being employed, as if to please a variety of customers. 
In another class for market salesmen a large Silver Medal was 
awarded to Mr. Phillip Lad:ls for the best-packed two boxes 
of Chrysanthemums, one box of blooms and the other of bunches 
as received for sale. These were packed so that the blooms 
formed only a single layer in I,he box, and were directed to 
either end of the box, while a rod placed across the box kept 
the stems in position. A small Silver Medal went to Mr. David 
Ingamells in this class for two market boxes. 
All the rest of the classes were open. Messrs. B. Sheam and 
Son, 42, Shore Street, Bedford Square, W.C., received a large 
Silver Medal for one vase of yellow market Chrysanthemums, 
showing Rieman. Mr. Phillip Ladds took a small Silver Medal 
for Negoya. Mr. David Ingamells was accorded a Bronze Medal 
for King of Plumes. 
For one vase of a bronze market Chrysanthemum Mr. Phillip 
Ladds took the lead with Tuxedo, receiving a lar-ge Silver Medal. 
Messrs. B. Sheam and Son followed with the same variety, 
taking a small Silver Medal. 
Mr. David Ingamells had the best vase of a market white 
Chrysanthemum in Mdlle. Theresa Panckoucke, taking a large 
Silver Medal. He was followed by Mr. Phillip Ladds with 
Snowdrift, and Messrs. B. Shearn and Son for Purity, taking 
a large Silver and a Bronze Medal respectively. 
Mr. David Ingamells also had the best vase of a pink market 
Chrysanthemum with Framfield Pink, also apparently known 
by the name of Mme, Felix Perrin, taking a large Silver Medal. 
A small Silver Medal went to Messr-s. B. Shearn and Son for 
Lena Balfour, and a Bronze Medal to Mr. Phillip Ladds for 
Mdlle. Louise Charvet. 
For one vase of a crimson market Chrysanthemum Messrs. 
B. Shearn and Son took the lead with Yiolet Lady Bearrmont, 
taking a large Silver Medal. A small Silver Medal went to Mr. 
Phillip Ladds for Matthew Hodgson in this class. 
There was no competition in the class for six plants of de¬ 
corative Chrysanthemums in 5 in. or 6 in. pots as grown for 
market, so that the Silver Gilt Medal went to Mr. Milton Hutch¬ 
ings, Pield Heath Nurseries, Hillingdon, Uxbridge, who had 
well-grown plants, carrying eight to twenty blooms each. 
For the best novelty in market Chrysanthemums not in com¬ 
merce prior to 1903, Mr. C. E. Turner, Hale, near Liverpool, 
was the only exhibitor, receiving a large Silver Medal for leafy 
stems and flowers of Golden Standard set up in Bamboo stands. 
This new variety is described on page 1018. 
In the open class for the best-packed two boxes of cut 
Chrysanthemums as packed for travelling Mr. David Ingamells 
received a small Silver Medal. The lead, however, was taken 
by Messrs. Cragg, Harris and Cragg, who had very firmly-packed 
flowers, taking a large Silver Medal. Rolls of paper and rods 
served to keep the flowers from mixing with one another and 
from rolling about in the box. The long stems, of course, 
enabled the flowers to be readily secured by the use of a slender 
wocden rod placed across the middle of the box and fixed at 
the sides. Mr. Phillip Ladds came in third, receiving a Bronze 
Medal. 
There were also a few miscellaneous exhibits, including a 
collection of Chrysanthemum plants in 5 in. and 6 in. pots, 
and splendidly flowered, by Mr. Milton Hutchings. Mr. All- 
man, Rowhill Nurseries, Wilmington, Kent, showed a small 
group of a variety named Allman’s Yellow. Messrs. J. Ambrose 
and Son, Chesliunt, had an exhibit of cut Chrysanthemums, 
including three harps, and all set up in Bamboo receptacles. 
(Silver Gilt Medal.) 
NATIONAL AMATEUR GARDENERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Annual Dinner. 
The fourteenth annual dinner of the above association was 
held at the Holborn Restaurant, London, on Thursday evening, 
the 8th inst. The chair was occupied by the president (T. W. 
Sanders, Esq., F.L.S.), and the vice-chair by the deputy-pre¬ 
sident (Mr. D. B. Crane, F.R.H.S.). The guests numbered one 
hundred, and included a large proportion of ladies. 
After dinner and the disposal of the usual loyal toasts the 
company settled down to spending a very pleasant evening in 
listening to some excellent music and songs, under the direction 
of Mr. G. M. Gross, interspersed with recitations and a num¬ 
ber of speeches. The toast of the evening, “ The National 
Amateur Gardeners’ Association,” was most ably proposed by 
Mr. G. W. Cook, the chairman of the committee. He referred 
to the excellent progress the association had made during the 
year, and laid great stiess upon the thorough and loyal man¬ 
ner in which the officers and executive generally had co-operated 
to attain so eminently desirable a result. The response to this 
toast was fittingly placed in the hands of Mr. Richard Cordwell 
(the hon. secretary), who, in a very neatly rendered speech, ex¬ 
pressed the pleasure it gave him and his fellow members of 
