■JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
November  3,  1898. 
LONDON  PARKS. 
Battersea  Park. 
This  collection  is  always  popular  amongst  the  residents  in  the  dis¬ 
trict,  and  large  numbers  of  visitors  are  constantly  passing  through  the 
house  where  the  Chrysanthemums  are  staged.  Japanese  varieties  of 
Continental  origin  are  fairly  numerous,  and  include  La  Triomphante, 
M.  William  Holmes,  M.  C.  Molin,  Bri.-e  du  Matin,  President  Borel, 
Madame  Ed.  Rey,  Louise,  M.  Chenon  de  Lechd,  Mdlle.  Thercse  Rey, 
Madame  Carnot,  Australian  Gold,  L’Ami  Etienne,  Hamlet,  Comte 
F.  Lurani,  Ed.  Audiguier,  Val  d’Andorre,  Bouquet  des  Dames,  Mdlle. 
Lacroix,  and  Charlotte  de  Montcabrier. 
Chrysanthemums  of  English  and  American  origin  include  some 
very  good  examples  of  James  Salter,  Lady  Selborne,  A.  II.  Fewkes, 
.J.  H.  Runchman,  Sunflower,  Gloriosum,  W.  II.  Lincoln,  Edith  Tabor, 
Modesto,  John  Shrimpton,  William  Seward,  Edwin  Molvneux, 
G.  W.  Childs,  W.  Tricker,  Florence  Davis,  Puritan,  Eda  Prass,  Mrs.  H. 
Weeks,  Lady  Bvron,  Good  Gracious,  and  the  newer  Lady  Hanham. 
For  brightness  of  colour,  especially  in  the  front  of  the  group,  very  free 
use  is  made  of  such  highly  coloured  varieties  of  crimson  shades  as 
G.  W.  Child,  M.  William  Holmes,  John  Shrimpton,  and  the  old 
Jeanne  Ddlaux.  In  Anemones  there  are  M.  Charles  Lebocqz,  Descartes, 
and  Delaware.  Incurved  are  numerous,  and  the  mention  of  a  lew  will 
be  sufficient  to  show  the  value  that  may  be  attached  to  this  group. 
They  are  Golden  Empress  of  India,  Empress  of  India,  Mrs.  W.  Ship- 
man,  Baron  Ilirsch,  Golden  George  Gleuny,  Lord  Alcester,  John 
Lambert,  Queen  of  England,  Mrs.  Robinson  King,  John  Doughty, 
Princess  of  Wales,  Jeanne  d’Arc,  Globe  a’Or,  Relulgens,  Mr.  Bunn, 
Alfred  Salter,  C.  II.  Curtis,  and  Princess  of  Teck.  Hairy  varieties 
receive  a  somewhat  smaller  share  of  recognition,  the  only  prominent 
ones  being  Louis  Boehmer,  Hairy  Wonder,  Beauty  of  Truro,  Esau, 
Mrs.  Alpheus  Hardy,  Spartel,  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Ward.  The  collection  is 
a  great  credit  to  Mr.  F.  Coppin,  the  superintendent,  and  his  assistants. 
Finsbury  Park. 
Although  our  visit  to  this  collection  was  the  first  one  of  the 
season,  and  only  a  few  days  alter  the  opening,  it  was  gratifying  to 
find  the  plants  in  a  forward  condition  and  mostly  carrying  some 
well-develoned  blooms.  The  greenhouse  in  which  the  plants  are 
staged  is  near  the  Manor  House  entrance,  and  contains  a  prettily 
arranged  bank  of  Chrysanthemums  in  sloping  and  undulating  form. 
Some^of  the'  varieties  are  grown  in  considerable  quantity,  no  doubt 
the  result  of  Mr.  Melville’s  previous  experience.  Emily  Silsbury, 
Mrs.  E.  G.  Hill  Mrs.  C.  Harman  Pavne,  Louise,"  M.  Freeman,  and 
Mr.  C.  E.  Shea  are  among  those  that  seem  to  be  the  most  freely  used. 
Taking  individual  blooms,  we  noticed  among  some  of  the  best, 
Australie,  Mastic,  a  flat  reflexing  Japanese,  colour  pale  ochre  yellow; 
Descartes,  Mrs.  C.  Harman  Payne,  La  Triomphante,  and  Marquis  de 
Paris,  a  large  white  Japanese  with  a  faint  greenish  centre  ;  Gorgeous, 
an  incurving  golden  yellow  Japanese  ;  and  Mr.  C.  E.  Shea,  the  pale 
yellow  sport  from  Mdlle.  Lacroix,  were  conspicuous  by  the  excellence 
of  their  culture.  Other  varieties  in  fairly  good  form  comprise  such 
well-known  sorts  as  Werther,  Mons.  Panckoucke,  Mons.  R.  Bahaunt, 
Bouquet  des  Dames,  Souvenir  de  Petite  Amie,  Emily  Silsbury,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Weeks,  and  several  others  in  the  same  colour.  Louise  main¬ 
tains  a  foremost  position  as  a  useful  dwarf  front  row  flower  for  such 
groups  are  we  see  at  the  parks. 
Brighter  shades  of  colouring  are  to  be  found  in  President  Borel, 
William  Seward,  Prefet  Robert,  Edouard  Audiguier,  Triomphe  du 
Nord,  and  Baron  Ilirsch.  It  is  only  possible  to  mention  just  briefly 
some  of  the  many  other  sorts,  and  of  these  Australian  Gold,  N.C.S. 
Jubilee,  Source  d’Or,  L’Ami  Etienne,  Mons.  Chenon  de  Leche,  Marjory 
Kinder,  Hairy  Wonder,  Phoebus,  Edith  Tabor,  and  Mrs.  E.  G.  Hill 
merit  special  attention.  We  noticed  that  M.  Freeman,  a  pretty  dwarf 
incurving  pink  Japanese,  is  employed  as  a  front  row  plant  with  good 
effect,  and  in  pinks  Charlotte  de  Montcabrier  and  M.  Tarin  always 
seem  to  find  favour  in  the  metropolitan  parks. 
Southwark  Park. 
The  collection  in  Southwark  is  housed  in  a  T-shaped  structure 
close  to  the  Gomm  Road  entrance,  and  just  now  is  in  a  forward  con¬ 
dition  and  ready  for  public  inspection.  The  plants  are  well  arranged, 
and  are  interspersed  with  Palms,  Araucarias,  Ferns,  Ficus,  and 
Dracamas,  which  lend  a  charm  to  the  excellent  display  provided  by 
Mr.  Curie. 
Incurved  are  grown,  and  several  good  blooms  of  C.  H.  Curtis, 
Baron  Ilirsch,  Mons.  R.  Bahuant  are  coming  on  well,  while  the  Queens, 
the  Bundles,  Beverleys,  D.  B  Crane.  Lord  Wolseley,  Prince  Alfred  are 
among  the  best  in  this  group.  Hairy  varieties  are  not  so  numerous 
as  they  were  a  few  years  ago;  but  in  one  corner  of  the  greenhouse, 
Enfant  des  Deux  Mondes,  white  ;  Esau,  Dr.  W ard,  Mrs.  W.  II.  Caldwell, 
Louis  Boehmer,  Prima  Donna,  Sautel  1893,  F.  Bertin,  and  King  of  the 
Hiisutes  are  grouped. 
Varieties  of  Continental  origin  in  the  Japanese  section  comprise 
Gloire  de  Mezin,  a  globular  golden  bronze  of  deep  tone  and  early  ;  M. 
Demay  TaJandier,  Commandant  Blusset,  Prefet  Robert,  Gambetta,  a 
beautiful  golden  reddish  terra  cotta,  with  a  reverse  of  old  gold; 
Charlotte  de  Montcabrier,  pale  pink;  La  Triomphante.  Viviand  Morel, 
M.  C  Molin,  M.  Georges  Biron,  Madame  Carnot,  M.  Panckoucke,  the 
verv  effective  golden  bronze  Source  d’Or,  and  the  deep  rosy  piuk 
N. C.S.  Jubilee. 
American  seedlings  come  in  for  a  fair  share  of  recognition,  the  best 
being  G.  W.  Childs,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Hill,  Gloriosum,  Inter-ocean,  W.  Tricker, 
and  Puritan.  Still  confining  our  remarks  to  the  Japanese  section, 
home  raisers  are  represented  by  W.  Seward,  Gloire  du  Rocher,  Marjory 
Kinder,  Edith  Tabor,  Mr.  C.  E.  Shea,  Sunflower,  H.  Shoesmith,  Lady 
Byron,  Emily  Silsbury,  Mutual  Friend,  Fair  Maid  of  Guernsey,  Mrs. 
C.  Blick,  Elaine,  Lady  Selborne,  and  a  few  others.  Several  of  the 
Anemone  section  are  grown,  chief  of  which  is  the  very  bright  and 
useful  Descartes.  Mdlle.  Elise  Dorian  attracts  considerable  attention 
by  its  pretty  little  pink  globular  bloom 
Victoria  Park. 
Mr.  J.  W.  Moorman  is  an  enthusiastic  and  successful  cultivator  of 
the  Chrysanthemum,  and  the  collection  under  his  charge  at  Victoria 
Park,  although  not  yet  at  its  best,  will  certainly  repay  a  visit.  The 
house  in  which  the  plants  are  staged  is  about  100  feet  long  by  25  in 
width.  There  is  a  sloping  bank  down  each  side,  and  a  central  path 
for  the  visitors.  While  Japanese  predominate,  there  is  a  sprinkling  of 
incurved.  In  the  group  we  noticed  some  pretty  plants  of  Mdlle.  Elise 
Dordan,  and  several  bush  plants  of  Ryecroft  Glory  and  Emily  Sils¬ 
bury.  In  fairly  good  numbers  are  to  be  seen  such  well-established 
varieties  as  Mons.  R.  Bahuant,  deep  and  solid;  Margory  Kinder; 
Louise,  very  fine;  Baron  Ilirsch,  finely  incurved  and  very  rich  in 
colour;  and  President  Borel,  another  useful  highly  coloured  variety, 
and  early. 
Among  Japanese  of  Continental  origin  Viviand  Morel,  La  Triom¬ 
phante,  Mrs.  C.  Harman  Payne  in  the  pinkish  shades  are  noteworthy, 
while  yellows  are  rather  better,  represented  by  such  as  Australian  Gold, 
Globe  d’Or,  Amiral  Avellan,  Phoebus,  and  Mons.  Molin.  Yvonne 
Desblanc  is  a  very  large  globular  incurving  variety,  pure  white  in 
colour.  Descartes,  a  rich  deep  wine-coloured  Japanese  Anemone,  is 
striking  and  effective;  and  mention  must  also  be  made  of  the  curious 
novelty  Madame  Ed.  Roger,  the  green  Japanese  incurved,  which  in 
its  early  stages  shows  its  peculiarity  of  colour  in  a  marked  degree. 
Perle  Dauphinoise,  President  Nonin,  Mons.  Panckoucke,  and  J.  H. 
Runchman,  all  in  varying  shades  of  yellow,  are  interesting,  as  is  Lady 
Hanham.  Lady  Byron  is  a  tine  large  white,  and  older  known  sorts  in 
this  colour  are  Elaine,  Lady  Selborne,  Mdlle.  Lacroix,  Bouquet  des 
Dames,  and  several  more.  For  richness  of  colour  Mr.  Moorman 
jud’ciouslv  and  effectively  blends  such  valuable  crimsons  and  purples 
as  M.  William  Holmes,  Mr.  J.  Laing,  Edwin  Molyneux,  G.  W.  Childs, 
Baron  Ilirsch,  Ed.  Audiguier,  Prefet  Robert,  M.  Geo.  Biron,  Pride  of 
Madford,  and  most  of  the  well-known  sorts  in  these  shades.  The 
collection  is  also  a  thoroughly  representative  one,  for  American  seed¬ 
lings,  such  as  W.  Tricker,  A.  H.  Fewkes,  Col.  W.  B.  Smith,  H.  L. 
Sunderbruck,  and  Mrs.  E.  G.  Hill  are  freely  used.  H.  Shoesmith,  a 
Japanese  with  long  drooping  yellowish  buff  florets,  is  good,  and  of 
English  origin,  as  is  the  deep  golden  yellow  Margory  Kinder. 
The  front  rows  of  Mr.  Moorman’s  groups  are  ornamented  with  freely 
grown  bush  plants  of  various  Pompon  varieties,  which  when  fully  out 
will  do  much  to  enliven  the  collection. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM  N1PPONICUM. 
Although  hardy,  this  Japanese  plant  flowers  too  late  to  be  of 
service  in  the  open  air,  the  flowers  coming  irregularly  and  often 
deformed,  and  in  cold,  wet  autumns  not  opening  at  all.  For  the 
greenhouse,  however,  it  is  deserving  of  a  place,  as  it  can  be  crown 
easily  and  with  little  trouble,  and  makes  a  good  show  when  in  flower. 
Cuttings  can  be  put  in,  in  a  similar  manner  to  other  Chrysanthemums, 
and  the  after  treatment  regarding  stopping  and  potting  is  the  same. 
It  is  of  dwarf,  sturdy  habit,  with  dark  green  glossy  leaves  and 
terminal  inflorescences.  The  flower  heads  are  from  to  3  inches 
across,  the  ray  florets  white,  the  disc  greenish  yellow.  At  Kew  a 
large  group  of  eighteen  months  old  plants  are  in  flower  in  the  temperate 
house.  They  are  growing  in  8  and  9-inch  pots,  and  are  about  18  inches 
high  and  2  feet  through.  From  thirty  to  forty  flowers  are  pro¬ 
duced  on  each  plant.  If  rooted  in  heat  the  young  plants  should,  as 
soon  as  they  are  established,  be  stood  in  a  cold  frame,  as  the  cooler 
they  can  be  grown  the  sturdier  they  become,  and  the  foliage  benefits 
considerably  in  texture  and  colour. — W.  D. 
