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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
October  24, 18ft5. 
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Chrysanthemum  Shows, 
As  ia  usual  at  this  time  of  the  year  we  have  received  numerous 
intimations  of  Chrysanthemum  shows  which  are  to  be  held  during  the 
coming  season.  Space,  however,  can  only  be  found  for  mentioning  those 
which  have  been  advertised  in  our  columns.  If  any  have  been  omitted 
we  shall  be  glad  to  add  them  to  the  following  list.  We  append  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  respective  secretaries. 
Get,  30th  and  31st, — Kent  County. — F.  J.  Garwood,  37,  Turner  Koad, 
Lee,  S.E, 
Nov.  2ad. — Crystal  Palace. — W.  G.  Head,  Crystal  Palace,  S.E, 
„  4th  and  5th. — Battersea. — J.  O;  Tiangrish,  167,  Elsley  Eoad, 
Battersea,  S.W, 
„  5th  and  6th. — Hanley  (Staffs). — J.  and  A.  Kent,  Hanley,  Staffs. 
,,  5th  and  6th. — Herefordshire. — J.  Gogh,  Hereford. 
„  5th,  6th,  and  7th.— National  Chrysanthemum  Society  (Royal 
Aquarium,  Westminster). — R.  Dean,  Ranelagh  Road, 
Ealing,  W. 
„  5ih  and  6th. — Brighton. — The  Secretary,  56,  Queen’s  Road, 
Brighton. 
„  5th  and  6th. — Watford. — C.  R.  Humbert,  Watford. 
,,  6th. — Reading. — W.  L.  Walker,  Dunollie,  Bulmershe Rd.,  Reading. 
„  6th  and  7ch. — Bromley  (Kent). — W.  Weeks,  29,  Widmore  Road, 
Bromley,  Kent. 
„  6th  and  7th.— Wolverhampton.— J.  H.  Wheeler,  The  Gardens, 
Glen  Bank,  Tettenhall. 
„  7. h.— Birkenhead  and  Wirral.— W.  Bassett,  23,  Grove  Road, 
Rock  Ferry. 
„  7ch  and  8th. — HARROGATE. — L.  Hobkinson,  40,  Cold  Bath  Road, 
Harrogate. 
„  8  h. — Windsor. — Mr.  Finch,  High  Street,  Eton. 
„  12th  and  13th.— Kingston-on-Thames — F.  J.  Hayward,  High 
Street,  Kingston-on-Thames. 
„  12th  and  13th. — Liverpool. — W.  Dickson,  7,  Victoria  Street, 
Liverpool. 
„  12th  and  13th.— Plymouth  (West  of  England). — C.  Wilson,  4, 
North  Hill,  Plymouth. 
,,  13th  and  14th. — Birmingham. — J.  Hughes,  High  Street,  Harborne, 
Birmingham. 
„  13th  and  14th. — BOURNEMOUTH. — J.  Spong,  Landisfarne  Gardens, 
Bournemouth. 
„  13th  and  14tb. — Bristol. — E.  G.  Cooper,  Mervyn  Road,  Bishop- 
ston,  Bristol. 
,.  13ch  and  14th. — Hertford. — Jason  Fears,  Hertford. 
„  13th  and  14th. — Hull. — E.  Harland  and  J.  Dixon,  Manor  Street, 
Hull. 
„  14th  and  15th. — Winchester. — Chaloner  Shenton,  Westgate 
Chambers,  Winchester. 
„  15th  and  16th. — Bolton. — J.  Hicks,  Markland  Hill  Lane,  Heaton, 
Bolton. 
„  15th  and  16th. — Eccles  AND  Patricroft.— H.  Huber,  Hazel- 
dene,  Winton,  Patricroft,  Manchester. 
„  15th  and  16th.— Sheffield.— W.  Houseley,  177,  Cemetery  Eoad, 
Sheffield. 
„  15  h  and  16th.— Bradford.  —  J.  Collier,  51,  Midland  Eoad, 
Frizinghall,  Bradford. 
„  19th  and  20th.— Leeds  Paxton.— J.  Campbell,  Methley  Park 
Gardens,  Leeds. 
,,  20th  an^  2Dt’. — South  Shields. — Bernard  Cowan,  Harton,  South 
Shields. 
,,  20;h,  2l4t,  and  22ad. — York. — J.  Lazenby,  13,  Feasegate,  York. 
,,  29th  and  30th. — Alderley  Edge — G.  L^adbetter,  jun,  Fern 
Ba'ik,  Traff.iid  Road,  Alceiley  E()gf. 
'B.NIHEIVIU 
Chrysanthemum  Boule  d’Gr  (Calvat's  Variety). 
Early  as  it  is  in  the  Chrysanthemum  season  many  new  varieties 
havealreaiy  been  exhibited,  both  at  the  last  exhibition  of  the  National 
Chrysanthemum  Society  at  the  Royal  Aquarium  and  before  the  Com¬ 
mittee  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  at  the  Drill  Hall.  Amongst 
the  most  striking  of  the  novelties  was  Calvat’s  variety  of  Boule  d’Gr, 
and  which  is  pourtrayed  in  the  engraving  (fig.  62).  The  flower,  as  may 
readily  be  seen,  i*  of  massive  build,  without  being  coarse,  the  florets 
incurving  in  a  pleasingly  uniform  variety.  The  colour  is  a  distinct  pale 
buff,  and  the  flower  is  in  every  way  totally  different  from  the  old  Boule 
d’Gr.  As  seen  at  the  above  places  it  appears  to  be  a  variety  of  the 
first  merit,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  th's  early  promise  may  be  fulfilled.  At 
the  Royal  Aquarium  a  certificate  was  granted,  and  at  the  Drill  Hall  an 
award  of  merit,  it  being  staged  in  each  case  by  Mr.  W.  Wells,  Earls- 
wood  Nurseries,  Red  Hill,  Surrey. 
Chrysanthemum  Mons.  R.  Bahuant. 
I  suspect  the  buds  of  Mr.  Gsborne’s  (page  352)  plants  were  “taken" 
too  early.  If  they  formed  before  the  20th  August  they  would  be  sure 
to  have  reflexed  instead  of  incurved  petals.  I  do  not  consider  this 
variety  worth  the  trouble  entailed  in  growing  it,  seldom  do  we  meet 
with  a  perfect  bloom,  nearly  all  lack  the  two  essentials — depth  and 
solidity.  Cuttings  should  be  inserted  early  in  December,  the  plants 
grown  strong,  and  allowed  to  carry  four  instead  of  three  blooms. — M. 
Gctober  Chrysanthemums. 
I  think  the  experience  of  the  past  year  or  two  in  regard  to  the 
Chrysanthemums  of  American  and  of  French  origin  is  likely  to  be 
maintained  again.  The  former,  taken  collectively,  seem  to  be  later 
in  arriving  at  perfection  than  the  latter,  and  on  going  the  round  of  the 
tables  at  the  recent  Gctober  show  of  the  N.C.S.  at  the  Aquarium,  I  was 
much  struck  at  the  few  American  novelties  staged.  Gf  course  we  had 
Eda  Prass,  W.  Tricker,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Hill,  and  one  or  two  others,  but  the 
exhibition  was  mainly  made  up  with  French  varieties,  and  these  were 
principally  Calvat’s  seedlings. 
Most  of  them  have  been  previously  described  in  the  Journal,  but  the 
most  noteworthy  were  President  Armand,  Mons.  C.  Molin,  Boule  d’Gr, 
a  grand  new  thing ;  Madame  Aug.  Gachd,  Mons.  Georges  Biron,  Le 
Grand  Som,  Mons.  Benj.  Giroud,  Eeine  d’Angleterre,  Madame  Ed.  Rey, 
excellent  in  several  stands  ;  Mdlle.  Thdi^se  Rey,  Souvenir  de  Toulon, 
Mons.  J.  Allemand,  large,  but  straggly  ;  Madame  C.  Champon,  President 
Borel,  L’lsoie,  Mrs.  C.  Harman  Payne,  Commandant  Blusset,  Louise,  of 
great  excellence  ;  Souvenir  de  Petite  Amie,  Mons.  Panckoucke,  Madame 
Ad.  Chatin,  a  fine  pure  white  Japanese  ;  Professeur  Lachmann,  &c. 
Giher  French  novelties  were  Phoebus,  a  new  yellow  Japanese  ;  Mons. 
Aug.  Lacvivier,  Madame  Marie  Massd,  a  decorative  variety ;  while  our 
home  growers  were  represented  by  Mrs.  E,  Shea,  Emily  Spilsbury, 
another  new  white  Japanese;  Miss  Alice  Phillips,  Pallanza,  Lady 
Randolph,  Ladv  Esther  Smith,  a  new  white ;  Wilfred  Marshall,  Thos. 
Wilkins,  Wm.  Fyfe,  and  Mrs.  E.  Jones. 
Louise. 
This,  aa  was  the  case  last  year,  is  again  one  of  the  grandest  of 
incurved  Japanese.  It  was  figured  in  the  Journal  for  November  8th, 
1894,  and  was  well  deserving  of  the  distinction.  It  appeared  in  most  of 
the  groups,  and  in  many  of  the  stands  of  cut  blooms  at  the  recent 
Aquarium  shows,  and  is  a  valuable  variety  from  every  point  of  view. 
Aa  a  companion  flower,  Boule  d’Gr,  the  new  amber-coloured  Japanese 
incurved,  will  probably  rank  next. 
New  Early  Chrysanthemums. 
Mr.  Simon  Delaux  has  long  held  a  foremost  place  in  the  ranks  of 
the  French  Chrysanthemum  growers,  although  of  late  years  his  ordinary 
November  flowering  varieties  seem  to  have  been  eclipsed  by  the  more 
massive  and  brilliant  seedlings  of  Mr.  Ernest  Calvat.  Mr.  Delaux  has, 
however,  been  devoting  bis  energies  of  late  years  to  the  improvement  of 
the  early  flowering  section,  and  such  varieties  as  Roi  des  Prdcoces, 
M.  Gustave  Grunerwald,  Madame  la  Comtesse  Foucher  de  Careil, 
Madame  Marie  Massd,  Eugene  Farez,  Madame  Eulalie  Morel,  Madame 
Louis  Lionnet,  and  many  others  suitable  for  outdoor  cultivation,  and 
blooming  in  September  and  Gctober,  will  do  much  to  encourage  him  to 
continue  in  bis  new  pursuit. 
Every  year  since  1891  this  eminent  raiser  has  sent  out  some  novelties 
belonging  to  the  early  flowering  section  and  of  the  Japanese  type,  but 
I  do  not  remember  to  have  seen  so  many  promising  varieties  of  his  as 
I  have  this  autumn.  They  are  mostly  of  dwarf  habit  with  rather 
small  foliage,  and  the  flower  stalks  are  of  good  length,  rendering  the 
blooms  useful  for  cutting,  and  some  of  the  colours  are  really  a  great 
improvement  on  the  older  tones  with  which  we  are  familiar.  The 
following  appear  to  me  to  be  some  of  the  best : — 
Prefet  Cassagneau. — An  early  Cullingfordi  ;  a  beautiful  shade  of 
dark  velvety  crimson,  centre  tipped  gold,  medium  size. 
Madame  Emile  ]\uniii  (Japanese). — Very  free  long  florets,  colour 
delicate  pale  sulphur,  centre  tinted  lemon  yellow.  A  pretty  flower. 
Eotalre  Groz  (Japanese). — Twisted  florets,  pointed  at  the  tips, 
delicate  lilsc  mauve,  similar  to  Jas.  Salter. 
M.  Georges  Menier  (Japanese). — Rich  velvety  purple  amaranth,  very 
free,  reverse  almost  the  same  colour,  rather  narrow  flat-pointed  florets. 
Madame  Henry  Jacotot  (Japanese). — Rather  large  blooms,  long  in¬ 
termingling  florets  pointed  at  the  tips;  olour  wb.te  suSused  pale 
purple  mauve,  reverse  same  colour. 
