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^ashiows in 
Those who would like to see the best 
blooms of the year among Chrysanthe¬ 
mums may expect to see them at the 
great annual show of the National Chry¬ 
santhemum Society in November. That 
is representative of all the southern coun¬ 
ties of England, or, in other words, of 
all the best blooms that are in perfection 
about that date. Some equally good 
blooms may be seen at other places fur¬ 
ther north as the season progresses, but 
we think it scarcely likely that there 
would be bigger blooms. The show at 
the Crystal Palace is also an occasion to 
see the trend of fashion or taste amongst 
lovers of the Autumn Queen. The times 
change and fashion amongst flowers also 
changes. 
The fine trained specimens which ap¬ 
peared in such splendid form at the Jubi¬ 
lee of the National Chrysanthemum So¬ 
ciety have entirely disappeared. There 
is not the Same amount of competition 
for large groups of Chrysanthemums as 
existed then, though some good groups 
still appear, chiefly amongst non-competi¬ 
tive exhibits. The national competition 
of affiliated societies is now fast dropping 
away, and its place must presently be 
taken by something else. Competition in 
combination of societies seems incapable 
of sustaining the energy necessary to grow 
and stage blooms of the best and highest 
development. 
The finest blooms in the Japanese and 
incurved types may still be seen in the 
classes for the Holmes’ Memorial Chal¬ 
lenge Cups. The class for forty-eight 
Japanese varieties takes a leading place 
in this respect, and both the best and 
the newest may be looked for in that 
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class. In like manner, the best incurved 
blooms may be found in the class set 
apart for thirty-six incurved varieties. 
Those who visited the show twenty years 
ago looking for the best incurved blooms 
would be quite surprised at the revolu¬ 
tion that has taken place if they were to 
visit this show for the first time again in 
twenty years. Empress of India, Queen 
of England and Lord Alcester, fine as 
they were, are probably not represented 
in any stand at the present-day shows in 
London. Those who would see such 
varieties must visit the London parks, 
where there is more conservatism for the 
old love. The class for twelve vases of 
Chrysanthemums and that for the Presi- 
November 23, 1907. 
dent’s prize are also exhibits amongst 
■which very fine blooms may be expected. 
One of the modern tendencies is to 
show a greater quantity of flowers of the 
decorative type. For instance, the class 
for dinner table decorations with Chry¬ 
santhemums was quite a feature, both at 
the October and the November shows. 
This competition also shows the skill or 
taste of individuals, which varies greatly, 
but may be expected to improve as time 
goes on. No doubt blooms of small size, 
as well as single ones, are more useful 
and decorative in the home, and when of 
moderate size they keep better and last 
longer than the big blooms of the exhibi¬ 
tion table. 
- Incurved Chrysanthemum - 
Incurved Chrysanthemum Clara Wells. 
CLARA WELLS. 
Improvements continue to be made 
amongst the true incurved Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, and the above is an addition to 
the class for this year. The blooms 
measure 55 in. in diameter, and have 
fairly broad florets of a soft creamy yel¬ 
low, except towards the base, which is 
softly but distinctly tinted with buff. The 
true colour is not evident until the bloom 
is fully developed. Readers may distin¬ 
guish an incurved Chrysanthemum from 
an incurved Japanese variety by the re¬ 
gularity with which the florets are in¬ 
curved, and have their points all directed 
towards the centre. A few of the lower 
ones do not lie so compactly as the rest, 
but when .staged these are partly hidden 
and the true incurved type is apparent. 
This form of Chrysanthemum never gets 
to the size that the Japanese varieties do, 
this being due chiefly to the regularity of 
the petals and the compact way in which • 
they are folded together round one an¬ 
other. The variety was shown by Messrs. 
W. Wells and Co., Merstham, Surrey, at. 
a meeting of the National Chrysanthe¬ 
mum Society on October 28th, when it re¬ 
ceived a First-class Certificate. It also 
received an Award of Merit from the 
R.H.S on October 29th. 
