November  9,  1899. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
399 
CHRYSANTHEMUM  SHOWS. 
As  is  usual  at  this  time  of  the  year  we  have  received  numerous 
intimations  of  Chrysanthemum  shows  which  are  to  he  held  during  the 
coming  season.  Space,  however,  can  only  be  found  for  recording 
those  that  have  been  advertised  in  our  columns.  We  append  the 
dates  of  such  fixtures,  with  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  various 
secretaries : — 
Nov.  9.— Windsor,  Eton,  and  District. — Mr.  Herbert  Finch,  Bank 
House,  Eton. 
„  9  — Launceston. — E.  Leamon,  St.  Stephen’s,  Launceston. 
„  10,  11. — Derby. — H.  J.  Bell,  Normanton-rd.,  Derby. 
10,  11. — Eccles. — H.  Huber,  Hazeldene,  Winton,  Patricroft. 
„  10,  11.— Huddersfield. — John  Bell,  Marsh,  Huddersfield. 
„  10,  11. — Sheffield. —  Wm.  Houaley,  28,  Joshua-rd.,  Sheffield. 
„  10,  11. — Altrincham. — C.  C.  Moore,  22,  Railway-st.,  Altrincham. 
„  14,15. — Leeds  Paxton.  —  Wm.  Smith,  The  Gardens,  Weetwood 
Hall,  Leeds. 
„  14,  15. — Liverpool. — Harold  Sadler,  7,  Victoria~st.,  Liverpool. 
„  15,16. — HULL. — Edward  Harland,  Manor-st.,  Hull  ;  James  Dixon, 
2,  County -buildings,  Hull, 
„  15,  16.— Rugby. — Wm.  Bryant,  8,  Barby-rd.,  Rugby. 
,,  15,  16,  17. — York. — Geo.  F.  W.  Oman,  38,  Petergate,  York. 
„  17,  18. — Bolton.  — James  Hicks,  Markland-hill-lane,  Heaton,  Bolton. 
„  17,  18. — Bradford. — R.  Eichel,  Eldwick,  Bingley. 
MRS.  LANGTRY. 
I  was  much  interested  in  the  admirable  article  on  page  384 
relative  to  the  cultivation  of  single  Chrysanthemums,  and  as  1  follow 
almost  identical  methods  I  can  safely  endorse  all  your  contributor 
says.  I  am  not  now  writing  to  touch  upon  cultural  details  iu  the 
slightest  degree,  but  to  add  my  testimony  to  the  value  of  this  section 
for  decorative  purpose,  for  which  their  graceful  forms  and  pleasing 
colours  make  them  singularly  effective,  i  am  afraid  that  in  the  rush 
for  size  the  smaller  singles  have  fallen  into  disrepute,  but  much  as  I 
admire  and  value  the  immense  Japanese  I  do  not  think  they  approach 
the  singles  for  decoration.  That  they  can  be  advantageously  used  1 
have  often  proved  to  demonstration,  but  they  do  not  lend  themselves 
to  such  a  variety  of  uses  as  the  single  forms  do.  Your  correspondent 
prefaces  his  cultural  remarks  with  a  selection  of  varieties,  and  I  would 
add  my  appreciation  of  Mrs.  Langtry  (fig.  74),  whose  delicate  blush- 
coloured  flowers  are  amongst  the  most  beautiful  and  valuable  that  1 
grow.  Too  many  cannot  be  provided  for  my  employers,  who  never 
tire  of  their  beauty  and  are  always  ready  to  have  thorn  literally  by  the 
half  bushel.  “  Practice  ”  makes  no  note  of  the  fact  that  the  flowers 
of  Mrs.  Langtry  are  delightfully  fragrant,  and  in  this  respect  at  any 
rate  stand  before  the  majority  of  Chrysanthemums  in  cultivation. — 
w 
N.C.S.  FLORAL  COMMITTEE. 
On  Wednesday  last,  the  1st  inst.,  a  meeting  of  the  Floral  Com¬ 
mittee  of  this  Society  was  held  at  the  Royal  Aquarium,  Westminster, 
Mr.  Harman  Payne  occupying  the  chair.  Several  promising  novelties 
were  submitted.  Miss  Adelaide  A.  Cooper,  a  large  Japanese  of  a  pale 
rosy  mauve;  Mrs.  Bagnall- Wild,  like  a  pink  Mrs.  H.  Weeks;  and  one 
or  two  others.  Only  one  award  was  made — viz,,  a  first-class  certificate 
to  Lady  Temple,  a  very  pretty  Japanese  Anemone,  with  several  rows 
of  ray  florets  and  a  good  disc  ;  colour,  soft  reddish  terra-cotta.  From 
Mr.  R.  Owen,  Maidenhead. 
RUST  FUNGUS. 
There  is  much  in  what  Mr.  C.  Pearson  says  (page  382)  respecting 
the  checking,  or  the  entire  dispersal  of  the  pest  so  well  known  to  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  cultivators  as  the  rust,  in  his  remedy— begin  early.  More 
than  one  collection  of  plants  have  come  under  my  notice  this  season 
that  are  in  a  poor  way  for  producing  exhibition  blooms  owing  in  some 
degree  to  the  presence  of  rust.  In  conversation  with  a  well  known 
Chrysanthemum  expert  a  few  days  since,  he  remarked,  “This  rust 
fungus  is  a  useful  ‘  tag  ’  to  hang  on  to  when  your  plants  are  below  par.” 
What  he  meant  was  that  rust  covers  a  multitude  of  errors  in  cultivation. 
If  plants  are  neglected  at  any  stage  of  their  growth  they  cannot  forget 
the  neglect,  and  when  they  are  attacked  with  fungus  it  forms  a  capital 
excuse.  Mr.  Pearson  says,  Begin  early.  I  have  seen  several  instances 
this  season  which  corroborate  the  wisdom  of  such  advice,  and  I  have 
seen  the  result  of  neglect. 
I  have  also  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the  rust  is  not  nearly  so 
formidable  as  some  would  have  us  believe.  At  a  recent  prominent 
exhibition  the  premier  blooms  in  the  incurved  section  "were  cut  from 
plants  so  smothered  with  rust  that  I  could  hardly  see  the  colour  of  the 
leaves  through  the  thick  coating  of  rust  powder  falling  from  the  under 
side  of  the  leaves  on  to  the  upper  surface  of  those  below.  When  such 
blooms  can  be  cut  from  plants  thus  affected  I  cannot  but  think  that 
too  much  is  made  of  the  scare.  Weakly  grown  plants  suffer  much 
more  than  those  that  are  vigorous.  This,  however,  is  a  point  that 
any  cultivator  is  answerable  for.  Here  again  the  remark  “  begin 
early  ”  comes  in.  Plants  well  attended  to  from  the  cutting  stage  until 
the  buds  are  formed  before  rust  appears  will  not  suffer  to  any  serious 
extent,  even  if  no  preventive  is  attempted.  These  remarks  may  be  a 
source  of  encouragement  to  many  who  have  felt  the  ill  effects  of  an 
attack  this  season.  They  are  not  made  without  due  observation  of 
other  people’s  practice.  My  advice  to  cultivators  is,  start  next  season 
Fig.  74.— Chrysanthemum  Mrs.  Langtry. 
with  clean  cuttings,  and  grow  the  plants  vigorously,  watching  closely 
for  the  appearance  of  the  pest,  and  at  once  take  prompt  measures, 
either  by  the  removal  of  leaves  or  by  dipping  the  plants  if  the 
leaves  cannot  be  spared.  It  is  not  wise  to  denude  the  plants  entirely 
of  their  leaves  ;  these  latter  have  a  function  to  perform. — -E.  MolyneuX. 
In  reference  to  the  formula  of  Mr.  Baker  of  Blackrock,  which  was 
published  on  page  363,  as  an  effective  cure  for  the  rust,  I  have 
journeyed  to  his  gardens,  and  found  them  abounding  in  magnificent 
trees  and  shrubs.  I  tackled  him  on  his  cure,  in  respronse  to  which  he 
ushered  me  into  the  houses,  to  test  personally  the  veracity  of  his 
remarks.  The  collection  of  Chrysanthemums  was  exceptionally  fine, 
and  in  all  stages  of  flower  development,  from  simple  buds  to  fully 
expanded  blooms.  The  autumn  queen  had  been  placed  in  a  congenial 
