October 18, 1913. 
787 
the gardeners* magazine. 
of tlie varieti<?s in the several sections was, 
as already recorded in tliese pages, en¬ 
trusted to a joint committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society and the National 
Dahlia Society, and this committee ’vdsited 
Duffryn during the first week of September 
last, and spent two whole days in the per¬ 
formance of their pleasant hut onerous 
duties. My engagements prevented me 
joining the joint committee at Duffryn, 
but, on the invitation of Mr. Cory I went 
down a fortnight later, and the two 
days I had among the dahlias afforded much 
pleasure and were full of interest. The 
results of the work of the joint committee 
will be published in due course by the two 
societies, and for these it will probably be 
necessary to wait some time. 
I also made notes of some of the more 
noteworthy varieties in the several sections, 
and, with the co-operation of Mr. Cobb, who 
is fully acquainted with the characteristics 
stem. Some of the best of the giant decora- 
tives are Papa Charmet, deep crimson; 
Phenomene siilmon; Le Grand Monitor, 
flaked puiple; ¥. Grimsted, yellow striixd 
red; ITysses, crimson, dwarf; Souv. do G. 
Douzon, scarlet; Yellow Colosse, yellow; 
and Mont Rose. 
Very effective among the cactus varieties 
were Conquest, deep crimson maroon, pro¬ 
bably the best of the dark varieties for the 
garden; Effective, lemon colour, very fi*ee 
flowering, and one of the most v^aluable 
for the garden ; Erecta, a rather deeper 
shade of pink than Sweet Briar, and very 
good; Hon Mrs. A. Greville, orange-yel- 
low" suffuse<l salmon; Mauve Queen, cie<ir 
mam e; Miss 'Willmott, golden-yelloAv ; 
Mrs. Forester Paton, scarlet, early, free, 
and continuous in flowering, very fine; 
Mrs. Lonsdale, yellow edged with ro.'^e, a 
pleasing combination; Mrs. H. Treseder, 
bronze-yellow, the florets tipped pink, one 
son, the height ranging fmm four to five 
feet; Ladysmith, deej) rose; LiInuty, Lon¬ 
don, scarlet; Holman Hunt, a grand crim¬ 
son, tail; John Green , a new variety of 
exceptional merit, the blooms are large and 
attractively coIoure<l scarlet and yellow, 
and are borne on sU'in.s of go<Hl U'ligth ; 
King Leojwfld, the lH\st tall j)ale yellow; 
Mrs. Kerr, cream-white striptnl pale pink ; 
Mrs. T. G. Raker an<l l*rinc<'ss I<la, white; 
Paul Kruger, cream-wliite, heavily splashinl 
and strijHd rose-crimson; ami Warrior, 
deep ixhI, fine habit. The dwarfer varieties 
in this section include many that |M»ssess 
much merit, the following being ver.y fine; 
Colonel C(Kly, buff; Frau .\nne Galster, 
bronze-yellow; Kaha<hH'. unique, pale yel. 
low, with long cjictus-like florets, habit not 
perfect; May Day, a lovely variety, the 
liabit good, and the flowers are large ami 
borne on good stems clear of the foliage; 
tlie white striped rose-pink should be in- 
SHOW AND FANCY DAHLIAS AT DUFFRYN. 
The variety in the foreground is Goldsmith, immediately behind is Queen of the Belgians, and on the left David Johnson. 
roll number of varieties in tl 
li have been able to prepare a sho 
s that cannot fail to be of value to tho; 
of anxious to grow a few of the be 
am ^ types. Especially notewortl 
vaH^+^ better-known of the decoratii 
U ^Te Delice, a charming foim W'i1 
brifrt? ^ rich pink hue; Lovelines 
to f n and so beautiful ; 
ij,, pi^rit its name; Princess Julian 
Jeanne Charmet, bright heli 
anrit.’ Rfentwood Yellow^, dwarf in growi 
lou' fl ^ profusion of large, soft y€ 
toHa Kaiserin Augusta Vi 
fill J white, an exceptionally us 
torini^*^^^^^- A few highly mer 
aro that are not so well know 
Pink a new variety w ith love 
variety ’ dwarf wdiii 
white Lagdina, crimson shading 1 
j a lovely flower, borne on a croc 
of the very best; Salmon Queen, bright 
salmon ; Star, bronze-ye^llow; Sweet Briar, 
pink, the best of its colour, but late in 
coming into bloom; AVhite Ensign, white, 
this has the best flow er-stem of the wdiite 
varieties, but is not so pure as Mrs. Doug¬ 
las Fleming or Snow^don, and is later in 
coming into bloom ; Vivid, scarlet, dwmrf, 
and good; and Westhall Scarlet, a good 
variety in its colour. The following are a 
few of the best of the pompon cactus 
varieties; G.'luchant, scarlet, very free; 
Grade, yellow^ tipped scarlet and white; 
Miss Hicks, crimson ; Magenta Queen, ma¬ 
genta ; Niobe, yellow, very good; and 
Queen of Pinks. 
The Pseony-flow^ered varieties, which have 
formed so glorious a feature at Duffryn, 
include the following, all of which are of 
special merit: Bayard and Geisha, scarlet 
and yellow, both very attractive; Balak, 
soft dark red ‘ fine habit; Garibaldi, orim. 
eluded in the smallest selection. Miss 
M'alton, white stnped rose, very fine, and 
most effective; Lord Milner, pale yellow^ 
striped and suffused rose-pink; Mrs. 
George Gordon, lemon-wdiite, flowers large 
and iborne on good stems, Primrose Queen, 
a fine yellow'; Red Indian, rich deep 
red; Reynolds, a grand crimson variety ; 
Romolo Piazzani. yellowish-salmon ; and 
Viscount New'port, orange-red, flowers 
small but freeily produced. 
Although but few regard the show and 
fancy dahlias of value for garden decoi*a- 
tion, it must be stated that Canary Bird, 
yellow; Duchess, scarlet; Edward Maw- 
ley, crimson; Harbinger, peach; Miss Or- 
merdd, rose-peacb; Peacock, crimson and 
white; Queen of the Belgians, delicate 
pink; Tom Jones, cream edged rose;« and 
Sunbeam, are wondrously atteactive when 
grown, as at Duffryn, under conditions 
favourable to flower preduet ion. 
