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JOURNAL  OF  EORTIOULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
January  14,  1897, 
Lcelia  Lucy  Ingram  (T.  W.  Bond).  —  A  hybrid  between  L.  pur- 
purata  and  L.  Perrini.  The  sepals  are  pare  white,  the  petals  delicate 
rose,  and  the  lip  rich  maroon  (award  of  merit), 
Mormodes  labium  luteum  (E.  Hill). — Pure  yellow,  as  inferred  by  the 
name,  is  the  coloar  of  this  variety  (award  of  merit). 
Yellow  Madame  Carnot— Simultaneity  and  Reversion. 
There  are  now  three  yellow  sports  from  this  variety — Wells’  sport, 
No.  1  ;  Jones’  sport,  No.  2  ;  and  Owen’s  sport,  No.  3.  All  originated 
during  the  same  month  and  the  same  year,  in  three  different  localities. 
They  have  all  three  flowered  and  shown  a  decided  yellow  shade.  The 
one  I  am  in  possession  of  I  mean  to  thoroughly  prove  before  offering  it 
to  the  public  at  any  price.  Should  I  have  to  refund,  as  in  the  case 
of  White  Viviand  Morel  and  two  others  I  could  name,  growers  would 
fight  shy  of  me  in  future.  I  have  known,  after  two  and  three  years’ 
trial  and  careful  selection  of  cuttings  to  fix  the  sport,  a  great  portion  of 
the  stock  to  revert.  The  plant  that  produced  Mrs.  S.  Coleman  produced 
Princess  of  Wales,  Miss  Haggas,  Matthew  Russell,  and  Mrs.  Heale,  all 
in  the  same  year  and  from  same  rootstock.  What  may  we  expect  from 
the  three  sports  during  1897  ?  George  Haigh,  sport  from  Robert  Petfield 
(the  latter  a  seedling  from  Princess  of  Wales)  reverted  in  several  places 
after  two  years’  trial.  Again,  Lord  Alcester  has  reverted  with  me,  and 
produced  the  whole  of  the  Queen  family  bar  the  bronze  sport.  Such 
freaks  are  enough  to  make  one  cautious. — Robt.  Owen, 
Big  Chrysanthemums. 
The  Oardeners ’  Magazine  says,  “  We  have  heard  many  complaints 
of  the  large  size  of  the  Chrysanthemum  blooms  shown  in  London, 
and  at  Hull,  Birmingham,  Edinburgh,  and  other  centres,  during  the 
past  season  ;  but  it  would  appear  that  these  blooms  were  mere  pigmies 
as  compared  with  those  exhibited  at  one  of  the  smaller  towns  in  Scotland. 
A  correspondent  sends  us  a  cutting  from  a  Scottish  paper  of  a  few 
weeks  since,  in  which  appeared  a  report  of  the  Chrysanthemum  show 
held  at  Kilmarnock,  and  ask9  whether  we  have  seen  blooms  equal  to 
those  which  the  reporter  states  were  exhibited  there,  and  we  have  to 
confess  that  we  have  not.  ‘  The  exhibition,’  we  are  told,  ‘  was  of  excellent 
quality,  and  excelled  any  previously  held  by  the  Society  ;’  and  this  we 
can  readily  believe.  We  are  also  informed  that  ‘  in  the  gardeners’ 
classes  for  pot  plants  the  principal  prizes  were  won  by  Mr.  Andrew 
Kerr,  Bellfield,  some  of  whose  blooms  measured  5  feet  across.’  We 
have,  unfortunately,  no  information  with  regard  to  the  dimensions  of 
the  plants,  or  the  pots  in  which  they  are  grown  ;  or  of  the  varieties  they 
represented.  We  are  also  left  in  some  doubt  as  to  whether  the  blooms 
which  ‘  measured  5  feet  across,’  borne  by  Mr.  Kerr’s  plants,  were  the 
largest  in  the  show,  for  '  in  the  class  of  eighteen  blooms,  Japanese 
Chrysanthemums,  twelve  varieties,  remarkable  for  colour,  size,  and 
height  of  bloom,’  Mr.  Kerr  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  second  place. 
We  are  sorry  these  remarkable  specimens  were  not  shown  on  the  occa¬ 
sion  of,  the  N.C.S.  Jubilee,  and  trust  that  we  shall  have  an  opportunity 
of  seeing  the  next  plants  with  blooms  that  measure  ‘  5  feet  across.’  ” 
The  N.C.S.  Judges. 
"  A  Member  of  the  N.C.S.”  does  not  write  in  a  spirit  of  fair  play 
when  he  adduces  spite  and  vindictiveness  as  the  motive  for  my  calling 
attention  to  the  judging  of  the  principal  classes  at  the  second  exhibition 
(November  5th)  of  the  N.C.S.  I  am  well  aware  of  the  fact  that  it  is 
very  easy  to  criticise  other  men’s  work,  and  judges  of  Chrysanthemums 
oftentimes  get  their  share  of  criticism.  I  have  no  patience  with  the 
disappointed  exhibitor  who  will  make  a  fuss  over  nothing. 
Had  “  A  Member  of  the  N.C.S.”  been  in  the  vicinity  of  the  principal 
class  for  incurved  he  would  have  given  me  credit  for  something  more 
than  “  spite  and  vindictiveness.”  Scores  of  the  best  exhibition  growers 
of  the  day,  including  friends  of  the  Judges,  protested  against  the 
awards,  many  stating  that  “  the  bad  judging  was  apparent  yards  away 
from  the  blooms.”  To  show  that  I  am  not  alone  in  a  protest,  au 
editorial  note  to  my  previous  letter  informs  us  that  others  had  written 
on  the  matter,  but  too  strongly  for  publication.  Again,  did  not  some 
of  the  press  reports  inform  us  that  the  awards  did  not  give  general 
satisfaction  ? 
“A  Member  of  the  N.C.S.,"  whilst  admitting  that  trade  growers 
should  not  judge  in  classes  in  which  any  blooms  they  may  have  special 
interest  in  are  shown,  points  to  the  National  Rose  and  other  societies 
as  having  trade  judges,  as  if  that  makes  what  he  thinks  is  wrong  to  be 
right.  These  societies  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  question,  but  I 
contend  that  if  a  trade  grower  puts  plants  into  the  hands  of  an  expert 
to  grow,  and  the  said  trade  grower  holds  the  entire  stock  of  the  variety, 
which  is  yet  undistributed,  he  is  naturally  desirous  that  this  variety  should 
have  prominence  in  a  first  prize  stand— in  fact,  he  has  more  monetary 
interest  in  the  exhibit  than  the  exhibitor  himself.  I  do  not  suggest  he 
would  knowingly  do  what  is  wrong ;  on  the  contrary,  I  will  give  him 
credit  for  doing  what  he  feels  to  be  exactly  right ;  but,  all  the  same,  he 
is  placed  in  an  unpleasant  position,  and  such  as  numbers  of  persons 
think  he  ought  not  to  be  called  upon  to  occupy. 
Will  “A  Member  of  the  N.C.S.”  inform  us  when  such  a  case  has 
been  known  of  a  trade  judge  officiating  in  classes  in  which  his  own  new 
varieties  were  included  at  exhibitions  of  other  floral  societies  ?  I  am 
taken  to  task  for  singling  out  the  N.C.S.  for  the  criticism  in  respect  to 
the  appointing  of  judges.  There  is  no  need  to  select  so  many  judges 
from  the  Committee,  for  there  are  plenty  of  equally  good  growers  outside 
of  the  Committee  as  there  are  in  it ;  and  when  all  the  Chrysanthemum 
world  is  taking  interest  in  the  champion  classes,  no  opportunity  should 
be  given  for  anyone  to  say  that  any  of  the  judges  had  the  slightest 
interest  in  any  of  the  exhibits.  If  my  critic  think  they  may  have  Buch 
interest,  and  that  the  principle  is  sound,  let  him  say  so.  It  will  be 
better  than  attributing  “  spite  and  vindictiveness  ”  to  one  whose 
motives  may  even  be  as  pure  as  his  own. — Fair  Play. 
New  Chrysanthemums— Decorative  Varieties. 
( Concluded  from  page  5.) 
Cultivators  are  recognising  the  value  of  this  section.  Beautiful 
as  are  the  large  exhibition  blooms,  the  smaller  flowering  graceful  types 
are  really  more  valuable  to  the  decorator.  The  following  new  varieties 
are  deserving  of  attention  : — 
Surprise. — This  is  an  October  flowering  variety  of  the  richest  plum 
purple  in  colour.  The  florets  are  narrow,  reflexed,  and  drooping. 
Golden  Bail. — Known  also  as  Golden  Elsie.  It  is  a  sport  from  the 
primrose  coloured  Elsie,  having  all  the  characteristics  of  that  free- 
growing  and  flowering  variety.  Go'den  yellow  in  colour. 
Single  Flowered  Varieties. 
So  popular  have  the  free  flowering  types  of  single  Chrysanthemums 
become  that  any  addition  possessing  merit  is  eagerly  sought  after.  The 
following  I  can  recommend,  having  noted  them  during  a  tour  of  the 
shows  in  various  parts. 
Jenny  Wren. — The  reflexing  florets  are  semi-drooping,  rich  chocolate 
purple  in  colour,  graceful  in  form. 
Alphonso. — This  is  blush  white,  and  the  flowers  are  large. 
Miss  M.  Rennie. — Cinnamon  is  the  ground  colour,  which  is  flushed 
with  bronze. 
Rose  Pink. — As  the  name  implies,  the  colour  of  this  is  a  rosy  pink  ; 
excellent. 
Sarah  Wells. — The  narrow  florets  of  this  variety  are  somewhat  open  ; 
rosy  white. 
Miss  Brown. — Yellow,  flushed,  spotted,  and  striped  with  crimson  is 
the  colour  of  this. 
Snowdrift. — As  its  name  implies,  this  is  pure  white,  beautiful  in 
shape  of  floret ;  a  graceful  semi-drooping  variety. 
Ewan  Cameron. — A  blush  white  with  broad,  semi-drooping  florets. 
Mary  Williams. — This  is  related  to  Admiral  Sir  T.  Symonds, 
judging  from  the  style  of  flower.  The  colour  is  yellow,  edged  red. — 
E.  Molyneux. 
A  Few  Scrappy  Chrysanthemum  Notes. 
I  find  there  are  a  few  persons  not  so  far  “  gone  ”  in  the  craze  for 
bigness  as  to  worship  at  the  feet  of  that  great  idol — “  size.”  With 
the  exhibitor  everything  else  seems  to  be  cast  on  one  side  for  “size,”  and 
whatever  new  variety  is  placed  before  the  critics,  it  may  possess  all 
the  attributes  of  beauty,  may  be  of  the  most  refined  shape,  display 
colours  the  most  tender  in  various  shades  harmoniously  mingled  ;  these 
and  every  other  merit  you  can  mention  are  all  cast  away  to  the  four 
corners  of  the  earth  if  not  built  up  to  the  magnitude  of  the  idol — 
“size.”  Is  this  as  it  should  be  ? 
Mr.  Molyneux’s  annual  selection.  I  look  for  this  with  unabated 
interest,  carefully  noting  his  remarks  for  comparing  with  my  own,  and 
only  feel  disappointed  when  at  the  bottom  I  see  “  To  be  continued.” 
He  is  too  far  away  for  us  to  shout  to  him,  as  is  sometimes  done  to  a 
public  speaker,  “  Go  on,”  so  we  must  anxiously  wait  for  the  next  edition. 
But  to  go  on.  “  S.,  Yorks,"  and  “  W.  S.,  Wilts,"  have  drawn  out  my 
pen,  for  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  far  too  little  attention  is  given  to  the 
decorative  class  of  Chrysanthemums,  and  I  feel  that  many  varieties  of 
the  most  exquisite  form  are  swept  under  that  “  Juggernaut  car  ” — 
“size.”  I  quite  endorse  all  that  is  said  about  Niveus  as  being  a  real 
gem  for  late  cutting.  Mdlle.  Thdrese  Rey  is  very  good  white,  but  too 
weak  in  the  stem.  No  mention  is  made  of  the  sturdy  grower  Princess 
Victoria,  creamy  white,  a  grand  variety  for  cut  flowers  at  Christmas  or 
after.  Potter  Palmer,  a  pure  white,  of  large  size,  is  also  late,  and  of  good 
habit.  New  Year’s  Gift  is  another  large  white,  with  long  broad  florets 
of  good  form,  coming  in  as  its  name  indicates  with  the  new  year. 
Leon  Frache  is  certainly  a  very  good  pink,  but  one  of  later  intro¬ 
duction  will  come  to  the  front  as  soon  as  its  merits  as  a  late  bloomer  are 
better  known — viz.,  Madame  Felix  Perrin,  a  soft  rose,  free  grower,  and 
erect  flowers.  I  can  recommend  to  “  W.  S.,  Wilts,"  a  good  dark  sort 
for  Christmas — viz.,  Elmer  D.  Smith,  a  rich  deep  crimson,  not  half 
enough  known.  L.  Canning  was  condemned  by  me,  but  following 
“  W.  S.  ’8  ”  hint  it  will  now  get  reprieve  for  one  year  to  see  how  second- 
year  plants  succeed. 
Madame  Carnot  for  market  is  a  gem,  and  has  a  good  companion  in 
Mdlle.  M.  A.  de  Galbert,  pure  white.  Souvenir  de  Petite  Amie  is  no  doubt 
the4“  beau  ideal  ”  of  a  decorative  or  market  plant.  Simplicity,  of  recent 
introduction,  a  pure  white,  extra  large  flower,  in  the  way  of  Niveus,  of 
