November  li,  1895. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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Mons.  Panltonohe  (Calvat). — Japanese,  with  florets  more  or  less 
incurving ;  deep  golden  yellow, 
Madame  Ad.  Chatin  (Calvat). — Incurved  Japanese ;  a  good  solid 
bloom  ;  pure  white. 
Mdlle.  A.  de  Galbert  (Calvat). — Japanese  ;  broad  florets,  pointed  at 
the  tips  ;  white,  slightly  tinted  in  the  centre, 
Madame  Ad.  Moulin  (Calvat). — Another  large  white  Japanese,  with 
very  long  florets. 
Australian  Gold  (Calvat). — An  immense  Japanese,  not  yet  in  com¬ 
merce  ;  colour  canary  yellow  tinted  lemon. 
Amiral  Avellan  (Calvat).— Japanese  ;  rich  golden  yellow. 
Madame  Paul  Lacroix  (Lacroix). — Japanese  ;  large  in  size  ;  pale 
sulphur  white,  passing  to  primrose. 
Mons.  Cli.  Delahousse  (Hoste). — Small-sized  Japanese,  but  very 
distinct  in  colour  ;  velvety  purple  amaranth  ;  reverse  silvery  pink. 
Madame  G.  Eymard-Duvernay  (Calvat). —Japanese  ;  colour  deep 
rosy  amaranth  ;  reverse  silvery  pink. 
Deuil  de  Jules  Ferry  (Calvat). — Japanese ;  petals  somewhat  incurving ; 
velvety  violet  amaranth. 
La  Garonne  (Lacroix). — Pretty  but  small  Japanese ;  colour  rosy  pink ; 
centre  white  tinted  yellow. 
Leviathan  (Lacroix). — Japanese  incurved  ;  rather  regular  in  build  ; 
velvety  amaranth  ;  reverse  silvery  ;  broad-pointed  florets. 
L'Aigle  des  Alpes  (Calvat). — Japanese ;  rather  broad  florets  ;  carmine 
crimson  ;  reverse  golden  streaked  carmine. 
Mons.  J.  Ginet  (Calvat), — Japanese  ;  carmine  amaranth  ;  reverse 
■silvery  white. 
Tendresse  (Lacroix). — Japanese  ;  rather  loosely  built ;  very  long 
florets  ;  colour  delicate  blush  tinted  yellow. — P. 
Chrysanthemums  at  Earlswood. 
Mr.  W.  Wells  has  a  high  reputation  as  a  collector  of  the  best  novelties 
and  grower  of  fine  blooms — two  excellent  things.  As  a  trader  he  does 
not  despise  the  popularity  which  attaches  to  showing  in  competitions 
first-class  flowers,  because  in  selling — or  striving  to  sell — novelties,  few 
things  help  so  much  as  presenting  the  flowers  to  the  eyes  of  the  intend¬ 
ing  customer  in  the  best  possible  form.  For  these  reasons  the  huge 
collection  of  1000  varieties  now  grown  at  Earlswood  has  special  interest. 
The  very  large  lofty  span-house,  now  full  to  the  utmost  of  plants,  is 
indeed  one  of  the  Chrysanthemum  sights  of  the  year,  where  can  be  seen 
not  one  or  two  but  a  dozen  or  so  of  plants  of  one  variety,  especially  of 
novelties,  and  thus  enable  the  real  habit  of  the  sorts  to  be  fully  dis¬ 
played.  Of  course,  here  as  in  all  other  of  these  grand  show  collections, 
most  interest  centres  in  the  new  ones,  of  which  there  are  many  of  the 
Japanese  and  some  of  the  other  sections. 
It  is  very  apparent  that  the  French  raisers,  and  M .  Calvat  in  par¬ 
ticular,  have  the  best  novelties  in  the  Jap.  section,  indeed  Mr.  Wells  thinks, 
and  it  is  rather  a  bold  thought,  that  a  dozen  of  Cal  vat’s  recent  raising  could 
be  put  up  that  would  hold  their  own  with  any  other  dozen  in  commerce. 
That  is  in  any  case  high  praise,  and  I  am  not  disposed,  from  what  I  have 
seen,  to  disagree  with  it.  Looking  over  the  collection  the  first  novelty 
that  attracts  attention  is  the  beautiful  Mons.  Chenon  de  Leche, 
certificated  at  the  Drill  Hall  on  29th  ult.,  and  described  in  the  Journal, 
It  is  a  reflexed  Jap,  a  model  flower.  Very  fine  and  rich  in  colour,  some¬ 
thing  after  Gloire  du  Rocher,  is  Mons.  Alfred  Geroud,  but  it  is  finer, 
dwarfer,  and  more  attractive.  Very  grand  whites  are  Madame  Carnot, 
a  splendid  flower.  Rose  Wynne  and  Souvenir  du  Petite  Amie,  which  is 
here  first  rate,  and  quite  a  beat  on  Avalanche,  and  does  wonderfully 
well  on  late  struck  plants  20  inches  in  height.  Very  beautiful  is 
the  soft,  refined  Col.  Chase,  and  a  grand,  rich,  rosy  bronze  is  Mons. 
Charles  Molin.  A  striking  flower  is  Mrs.  Airdrie,  white  ground  with 
rosy  stripes  and  incurved  form.  Reddish  terra-cotta  seems  to  be  the 
colour  of  Mons.  George  Biron,  a  fine  bloom,  so  also  is  Mr.  H.  J.  Jones, 
colour  rose  amaranth.  Madame  Maurice  Ricord,  somewhat  style  of 
Excelsior,  but  richer  in  colour,  is  very  fine,  a  grand  dark  flower.  Found 
good  elsewhere,  too,  is  Deuil  de  J ules  Ferry,  and  is  a  superb  variety. 
Another  very  fine  white  is  Mdlle.  M.  A.  Calbert,  and  Lizzie  Seward  is 
charming.  Rose  Wilkins  promises  to  make  a  very  fine  yellow.  A  noble 
flower  is  La  Moncharette,  after  Col.  C.  B.  Smith  bat  apparently  finer 
and  deeper  colour. 
Maud  Pearson,  after  the  old  Belle  Paule,  is  fine  and  beautiful.  A 
grand  flower  here  is  the  new  dark  Beauty  of  Teignmouth.  These  are 
but  a  few  out  of  hundreds,  but  they  indicate  the  trend  of  the  novelties. 
Globe  d’Or  is  here  a  splendid  golden  buS  incurved  Jap,  and  Jas.  Agate 
seems  to  be  a  valuable  addition  to  the  old  incurved  section,  so  also  is 
Mrs.  R.  C,  Kingston,  soft  peach,  a  full  massive  flower.  Of  course  there  are 
old  incurves  in  abundance.  A  beautiful  new  reflexed  is  Clara  Leal, 
golden  buff  colour.  All  the  best  Anemones  are  grown,  and  Mr.  Wells  is 
invariably  strong  in  singles,  of  which  he  has  a  fine  collection.  These 
are  charming  for  cutting.  Specially  handsome  are  Virgin  Queen,  pure 
white,  charming  yellow,  rose  pink  ;  Mary  Anderson,  white  ;  Bertha 
Jenks,  magenta ;  and  Lizzie  Mainwaring,  blush.  The  nursery  adjoins 
the  Earlswood  station,  and  a  visit  just  now  will  be  amply  repaid. 
Chrysanthemums  at  Woking. 
Among  the  later  additions  to  the  list  of  nurserymen  who  are  making 
a  speciality  of  the  ever-increasingly  popular  Chrysanthemum  must  be 
included  Mr.  W.  Baxter,  who  has  in  an  unostentatious  way  worked  up 
a  selection  of  the  choicest  old  and  new  varieties,  and  his  plants,  grown 
in  the  orthodox  way  of  three  or  four  blooms  each,  are  carrying  some 
splendid  flowers,  notwithstanding  that,  with  a  view  to  a  healthy  and 
useful  crop  of  cuttings  later  on,  they  are  not  subjected  to  the  usual 
heavy  feeding.  Many  large  “  kind  ’’-looking  buds  also  promise  a  rich 
harvest  of  attractive  flowers  for  several  weeks  to  come. 
Such  well-tried  varieties  as  W.  H.  Lincoln,  Edwin  Molyneux, 
Sunflower,  William  Seward,  Colonel  W.  B.  Smith,  G.  C.  Schwabe, 
Viviand  Morel,  and  Charles  Davis  are  in  good  form ;  whilst  the  newer 
ones  are  well  represented  in  Duchess  of  fork.  Commandant  Blusset, 
Mons.  Panckoucke,  Viscountess  Hambledon,  Eda  Prass,  Mons.  Chas. 
Molin,  Niveus,  Louise,  Prefet  Robert,  Miss  Goschen,  Mrs.  W.  G.  Newett, 
and  many  others. 
A  feature  here  that  struck  me  as  particularly  valuable  is  the  fact 
that  the  bulk  of  the  collection  are  also  represented  by  ground  roots, 
which,  grown  as  they  are  in  the  pure  country  air,  guarantee  the  quality 
and  health  of  the  cuttings  for  propagating  purposes,  which  cannot  always 
be  said  to  be  the  case  where  a  free  use  is  made  of  powerful  stimulants 
on  pot  plants.  Judging  by  the  supply  a  large  demand  is  evidently 
expected  for  such  varieties  as  Mrs.  W.  H.  Lees,  Mrs.  H.  T.  Drewett, 
Mons.  C.  Molin,  in  addition  to  the  ones  already  enumerated.  Incurved 
varieties  are  not  neglected,  Baron  Hirsch  and  Lord  Rosebery  being 
particularly  noticeable. — Mummer, 
CHRYSANTHEMUM  SHOWS. 
HULL. — November  13th  and  14th. 
The  strides  that  have  been  made  by  the  Hull  and  East  Riding 
Society  in  previous  years  were  more  than  maintained  in  the  twelfth 
exhibition  that  was  held  on  the  above  dates.  As  is  customary  here, 
wires  our  representative,  specimen  plants,  groups,  and  cat  blooms  were 
all  shown  in  marvellous' form,  and  also  in  very  large  numbers.  Perhaps 
the  best  feature  were  the  groups,  though  there  was  really  little  to  choose 
between  them  all.  In  several  of  the  classes  handsome  pieces  of  plate 
are  given  by  generous  donors,  and  our  reporter  has  wired  down  the 
prizewinners  in  the  chief  of  these. 
Magnificent  blooms  were  staged  in  the  class  for  twenty-four  incurved 
in  not  less  than  eighteen  varieties,  or  more  than  two  blooms  of  any  one 
variety.  The  class  is  open  to  all  comers,  and  with  the  first  prize  of  £10 
is  given  a  cup  value  5  guineas.  The  competition  was  very  keen,  the  prizes 
eventually  being  awarded  to  Messrs.  W.  H.  Lees,  gardener  to  F.  Bevan, 
Esq.,  Trent  Park,  Barnet  ;  J.  P.  Leadbetter,  gardener  to  A.  Wilson,  Esq., 
Tranby  Croft,  Hull,  in  the  order  of  their  names.  These  competitors  also 
secured  the  prizes  in  the  class  for  twelve  incurved,  distinct. 
In  the  open  class  for  twenty-four  Japanese,  distinct,  some  superb 
stands  of  flowera  were  exhibited.  Richness  of  colouration,  size  without 
coarseness,  and  freshness  were  the  leading  characteristics  of  the  flowers, 
amongst  which  were  some  as  fine  examples  of  high  culture  as  have  been 
seen  at  any  show  this  season.  The  first  prizewinner  was  Mr.  W.  H. 
Lees,  with  a  perfect  stand.  Messrs.  J.  R.  Pearson  &  Sons,  Cbilwell,  were 
a  good  second,  and  Mr.  W.  Wells,  Earlswood  Nurseries,  Red  Hill,  third. 
A  class  that  always  attracts  attention  at  Hull  was  for  twelve  vases 
Chrysanthemum  blooms,  in  twelve  varieties,  three  blooms  of  each, 
stems  to  be  not  less  than  12  inches  from  the  top  of  the  vase.  First 
prize  given  by  Harold  J.  Reckitt,  Esq.,  J.P.,  Winestead  Hall.  This 
allows  an  exhibitor  to  stage  large  blooms,  and  also  to  display  a  little 
taste  in  the  arrangement  of  them.  The  successful  candidates  were 
Messrs.  J.  P.  Leadbetter  and  F.  Mason, 
In  the  class  for  a  group  of  Chrysanthemums,  arranged  in  a  space  of 
100  square  feet,  Sir  James  Reckitt,  Bart.,  offers,  in  addition  to  the  first 
prize  of  £6  given  by  the  Society,  a  silver  challenge  vase,  value 
20  guineas,  which  must  be  won  three  times  before  it  can  become  any 
exhibitor’s  absolute  property.  The  arrangement  here  permits  the 
utilisation  of  foliage  plants,  so  that  the  best  possible  effect  may  be 
produced,  though  the  quality  of  the  blooms  must  also  be  high.  Very 
beautiful  indeed  was  the  winning  group  arranged  by  Mr.  Coates, 
gardener  to  W,  Wheatley,  Esq.,  Hull.  Mr.  Dearing,  gardener  to 
E.  Paulson,  Esq,,  was  a  good  second  ;  Mr,  W.  Cottam,  Cottingham, 
third  ;  and  Mr,  Jarvis,  gardener  to  Mrs.  Whittaker,  Hessle,  fourth. 
Mr.  Wheatley  having  won  this  prize  each  year  for  the  past  three,  now 
becomes  sole  possessor. 
DEVIZES. — November  5th. 
This  show  was  held  on  the  above  date  in  the  Corn  Exchange,  and 
was  probably  one  of  the  smallest  exhibitions  in  the  country,  but  the 
quality  of  exhibits  was  of  first-class  merit. 
The  principal  class  was  for  twenty-four  incurved,  in  not  less  than 
eighteen  varieties,  which  brought  seven  competitors.  Mr.  N.  Molyneux, 
gardener  to  J.  Carpenter  Gamier,  Esq.,  Rookesbury  Park,  Fareham, 
secured  premier  award  with  a  stand  of  well  developed  and  highly 
finished  blooms,  consisting  of  Chas.  H.  Curtis,  Robert  Petfield,  John 
Lambert,  Lord  Wolseley,  Empress  of  India,  Lord  Alcester,  Queen  of 
England,  Mods.  R.  Bahuant,  Empress  of  India,  Prince  Alfred,  John 
Lambert,  Golden  Empress,  Lord  Wolseley,  Lucy  Kendall,  Empress 
Eugenie,  J.  Kearn,  Brookleigh  Gem,  Mrs.  Mitchell,  Baron  Hirsch,  and 
Princess  Beatrice,  Second  Mr.  C.  Salter,  gardener  to  T.  B.  Haywood, 
Esq.,  Woodhatch  Lodge,  Reigate  ;  and  third  was  Mr.  J.  Aplin,  gardener 
to  W.  M.  Barker,  Esq.,  Halfield  Court,  Gloucester. 
For  twelve  incurved  Mr.  C.  Salter  was  first,  Mr.  W.  Robinson, 
gardener  to  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Justice  Lopes,  Heywood,  Westbury, 
second,  and  Mr.  J.  Baylis,  Winterbourne,  Bristol,  third.  For  twenty- 
four  Japanese  in  not  less  than  eighteen  varieties,  first  prize  a  challenge 
bowl,  value  £5.  Nine  stands  were  staged,  and  so  close  was  the  order  of 
merit  that  the  judges  had  great  difficulty  in  deciding  the  first  prize 
which  was  ultimately  won  by  Mr.  Salter  with  a  fine  stand.  The  varietie 
