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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
December 21, 1907. 
is priced at 2s. by one grower and 
3s. 6d. by another. No, doubt the plants 
would be of a size to conform to the differ¬ 
ence in price. Winter Aconites are sold by 
every seedsman or bulb grower worthy of 
the name. The Diascia is obtainable in is. 
packets of seed from several seedsmen. New 
’Mums would be obtainable from the leading 
tradesmen in that particular line, and our 
pages during the shows are well supplied 
with those names. Orchids would have to 
be obtained from those who lay themselves 
out to deal in Orchids. They vary in price 
according to quality. The perennial Toad¬ 
flax is a very scarce plant, and was merely 
recorded by our correspondent who saw it 
growing in a garden. There are hundreds 
of such plants up and down the country, 
the favourites, perhaps, of a bygone day, 
and now forgotten by most people. The bed 
of shrubs contains the names of shrubs that 
are readily obtainable from any nurseryman 
who pretends to grow hardy shrubs. We 
select them not because they are rare, but 
because they are useful and readily obtain¬ 
able from practically any grower. The 
Star wort, Ferns, and Lithospermum are old 
plants, and easily obtainable from those who 
grow them. A fairly easy way out of the 
difficulty is to ask your nurseryman to send 
you such and such plants, and .even if he 
has not got them in stock, he generally knows 
where to obtain them, so as to make up his 
customer’s orders. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Bamber and Son, The Norfolk Nurseries, 
Emneth, near Wisbech. — Catalogue of 
Hardy Norfolk-grown Fruit Trees. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading, England. — 
Sutton’s Amateur’s Guide in Horticulture 
for 1908. 
James Yeitch and Sons, Ltd., Chelsea. — 
Catalogue of Seeds for 1908; also New 
('hrysanthemums. 
William Bull and Sons, Chelsea, London. 
—Bull’s Catalogue of Seeds, etc. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(C. D.) 1, Crataegus Pyracantha; 2, Picea 
orientalis; 3, Abies nordmanniana; 4, Ros¬ 
marinus officinalis; 5, Euonymus japonicus 
albo-marginatus. 
(F. Moore) 1, Pelargonium fragrans; 2, 
Lippia citriodora; 3, Chlorophytum elatum 
variegatum; 4, Selaginella kraussiana. 
(Subscriber) 1, Pteris tremula; 2, Asple- 
nium bulbiferum fabianum; 3, Pteris serru- 
lata cristata; 4, Cyrtomium falcatum; 5, 
Adiantum cuneatum; 6, Adiantum Capillus- 
Veneris ; 7, Adiantum formosum. 
(E. B.) 1, Agapanthus umbellatus variega- 
tus; 2, Nepeta Glechoma hederacea; 3, Ve¬ 
ronica Andersoni variegata. 
(G., Blackpool) 1, Asparagus Sprengeri; 
2, Sedum spathulifolium; 3, Aspidistra 
lurida ; 4, Cyrtomium falcatum. 
(D. G.) 1, Viburnum Tinus; 2, Chimonan- 
thus fragrans grandiflorus; 3, Hedgehog 
Holly (Ilex Aquifolium ferox) ; 4, Euony¬ 
mus japonicus latifolius albo-variegatus. 
(C. W.) 1, Winter Heliotrope (Petasites 
fragrans); 2, Ophiopogon Jaburan variega- 
tus ; 3, Mentha Requieni; 4, Begonia metal- 
lica. 
(T. Leslie) 1, Cypripedium leeanum; 2, 
Ruellia Portellae; 3, Senecio Kaempferi 
aureo-maculatus. 
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ALBION 
HEAT1N0 
APPARATUS 
For all sizes and Descrip¬ 
tions of Greenhorn es 
Lists Free. After 5 years’ 
heavy derm nd I have now been 
able to Ell up my stock and 
can deliver at once. 
M. BARNES, 
Horticultural Engineer, 
Albion Foundry, 
Lenton, Nottingham. 
Chrysanthemums 
— At Covent Garden. 
The special exhibition of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums as grown for market, under the 
auspices of the National Chrysanthemum 
Society, was held in the Foreign Flower 
Market, Covent Garden, on Wednesday, 
December 11th. Gold, silver-gilt and sil¬ 
ver medals were offered as first, second 
and third prizes respectively. Prizes were 
also offered for Carnations, but as the 
date of the show clashed with that of the 
Winter-flowering Carnation Society at Re¬ 
gent’s Park, no Carnations turned up. 
The Chrysanthemums, however, were 
fresh, bright and of high quality. They 
will serve to show readers the varieties 
which find favour with market growers for 
late work. 
In the class for a collection of market 
Chrysanthemums to fill a space 15 ft. by 
3 ft. the first prize was taken by Mr. 
Philip Ladds, nurservman, Swanley Junc¬ 
tion. Each vase employed carried a 
dozen blooms set up in tiers of three 
blooms each. The varieties employed 
were A. J. Balfour (pink), Mme. Therese 
Panckouke (white), Mme. P. Radaelli 
(pink), Mytilene (yellow), Lady Lennard 
(bronze), Snowdrift (white), Matthew 
Hodgson (crimson), W. H. Lincoln (yel¬ 
low)., Framfield Pink (rose-pink), Mrs. J. 
Thompson (white), Winter Cheer (rose), 
Negoya (yellow), Golden Aje (golden), 
Tuxedo (bronze), and Yellow Victoria. 
For a smaller collection the lead was 
taken by Messrs. Butler Bros., Burr Farm 
Nurseries, Bexley Heath. Varieties other 
than the above in this group were Mrs. J. 
Cooper (bronze), Lord Brooke (golden), 
Violet Lady Beaumont (crimson), Mabel 
Butler (darker than Tuxedo), Yellow 
Thompson and the two whites, Mme. R. 
Oberthur and Revoir. The second place 
was taken by Mr. J. Tulley, Rose Nur¬ 
sery, Enfield Highway. The third prize 
was secured by Mr. F. S. Goundrie, 
Heathside Nursery, Dartford, Kent. A 
very bright display was presented by the 
above groups. 
For a table of one variety of market 
Chrysanthemum the first prize was taken 
by Mr. R. Weir, 3, Forest View Villas, 
Enfield Highway, with Guy Hamilton, a 
beautiful white. The second prize went 
to Mr. Philip Ladds, with Framfield Pink. 
Mr. J. Tulley came in third. 
For a collection of market Chrysan¬ 
themums, not disbudded, Mr. Philip 
Ladds had the first award. He also took 
the lead for twelve varieties of market 
Chrysanthemums, disbudded, shown in 
vases. Besides varieties above named he 
had Buttercup, a golden-yellow Japanese 
incurved sort. The second prize was won 
by Mr. R. Weir; and the third by Messrs. 
J. and F. Chatfield, Southwick, Sussex. 
The best three vases of a white market 
Chrysanthemum was Guy Hamilton, 
shown by Mr. R. Weir. The second best 
white was Heston White. 
The best three vases of bronze was 
Tuxedo, shown by Mr. Philip Ladds. The 
second prize went to a bronzy-pink in¬ 
curved variety named Mrs. F. Chatfield. 
The best yellow was Negoya, shown by 
Mr. J. Tully. 
The best six plants in 5 in. or 6 in. 
pots were shown by Mr. Milton Hutch¬ 
ings, Field Heath Nurseries, Hillingdon, 
Uxbridge. He also had the best group 
of pot-grown Chrysanthemums in 6 in. 
pots. The second prize went to Messrs. 
Butler Bros., who had even smaller pots. 
Messrs. W. Wells and Co., Merstham, 
Surrey, had an exhibit not for competi¬ 
tion, including Satin Rose, White Queen 
of the Axe, White Bouquet, Snowflake, 
Yellow Queen of the Axe, etc. 
The best three vases of single Chrysan¬ 
themums were Mona (pale yellow), Rye- 
croft Belle (pink) and General Bullough, 
shown by Mr. J. Tulley. The best 
plumed Chrysanthemum was May 
McBean (bronze, fringed and lightly in¬ 
curved). The best crimson was Violet 
Lady Beaumont, the best pink, Framfield 
Pink. 
In the class for novelties Mrs. J. H- 
Virgo, a yellow sport from Western King 
was shown by Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft 
Nursery, Lewisham. 
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Grove Hill Park, Bow. 
An appeal is being made for help to 
secure a part of the estate of Grove Hill 
Park, Bow, London, for the people. The 
L.C.C. have contributed ,£4,500, being 
one-half the total cost, besides bearing 
the cost of laying out, and of future 
maintenance, and other bodies have as¬ 
sisted, leaving about £ 1,200 to be sub¬ 
scribed. A strong committee has been 
formed to further this worthy object, of 
which the Rev. Henry J. Kitcat, Rector 
of Bow, is chairman, and to whom sub¬ 
scriptions may be forwarded. 
Queer Fruits. 
At the recent R.H.S. Show of Colonial- 
grown Fruits were exhibited a number of 
eccentric fruits and vegetables, whose 
shapes and flavour defy description. 
These included Sapodillas, like an ele¬ 
phant's skin outside and deep bronze pulp 
within; Eddoes, a sort of Potato, looking 
like an Anemone bulb ; Papaws, a dark 
green Melon, looking like a Marrow; so- 
called “ Golden Apples,” not much unlike 
a Mango ; and Mamee Apples, containing 
a strange dark pulp. Made from these 
and other marvels of growth are jams 
and sweets of all manner of quaint 
flavours; and it may be stated, as a strik¬ 
ing example of the value of the Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s work, which has delighted 
the Colonial Governments, that the jams 
now come to the English market in 
glasses instead of tins, in direct conse¬ 
quence of the judges’ recommendation at 
this show last year. 
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