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choice  alpine  plants  were  included  in  the  collection,  and  others  of 
larger  growth  and  necessary  to  add  to  the  beauty  of  the  place  were  in 
beautiful  condition. 
Very  fine  were  the  Irises,  conspicuous  being  Iris  Kaempferi  in 
considerable  variety,  and  I.  aurea.  The  Liliums  were  also  very  beautiful, 
such  kinds  as  L.  chalcedonicum,L.  dalmaticum,and  L.pardalinum  being 
of  noticeable  value  in  such  a  position.  Hardy  Cypripediums  were  also 
doing  well  (as  they  seem  to  do  all  about  Dublin),  C.  spectabile  being 
exceedingly  beautiful,  and  C.  macranthum  and  pubeecens  were  also  in 
very  flourishing  condition.  There  are  many  noteworthy  things  in  the 
demesne  at  St.  Anne’s,  and  I  can  only  hope  to  have  the  opportunity  of 
seeing  it  again. 
The  arboriculturist  would  find  much  to  admire  in  the  famous  Ever¬ 
green  Oaks,  Cedrus  atlantica,  Pinus  insignis,  and,  in  brief,  the  great 
collection  of  Cupressus,  Abies,  and  other  choice  trees  in  which  Lord 
Ardilaun  takes  a  deep  interest  and  understands  so  well.  The  beauty  of 
St.  Anne’s,  and  the  perfect  condition  in  which  it  is  kept,  are  principally 
due  to  his  lordship,  who  has  in  all  his  improvements  kept  in  view  and 
endeavoured  to  carry  out  the  plans  of  the  late  Sir  Benjamin  Guinness. 
It  is  no  secret  that,  while  the  demesne  owes  so  much  to  Lord  Ardilaun’s 
taste,  Lady  Ardilaun,  who  is  a  sincere  lover  of  flowers,  is  the  one  to 
whom  the  floral  department  is  indebted  for  its  superb  condition.  They 
are  to  be  congratulated  on  the  results  which  have  rewarded  the  interest, 
the  thought,  and  the  great  expense  freely  expended  upon  their  palatial 
demesne. 
In  Mr.  Campbell  they  have,  it  is  evident,  one  devoted  to  their 
interest,  and  able  to  carry  out  in  a  satisfactory  way  the  wishes  of  his 
noble  employers..  That  Lord  and  Lady  Ardilaun  recognised  this  was 
marked  by  the  transference  of  Mr.  Campbell  a  few  years  ago  from  Lord 
Ardilaun’s  Galway  residence  to  the  greater  responsibility  attached  to  the 
appointment  of  head  gardener  at  St,  Anne’s.  Gardening  and  forestry 
as  carried  on  there  are  not  only  pleasure-giving  to  their  noble  supporters, 
but  give  an  impetus  to  that  love  of  Nature  and  Nature’s  gifts  which 
needs  to  be  more  and  more  encouraged  in  these  times  in  which  we  live. — 
S.  Arkotx. 
CTo  be  continued.) 
FbbjsCh  National  Chrysanthemum  Society. 
CONSIDERiNa  the  great  interest  that  is  taken  in  the  Chrysanthemum 
in  England  I  have  often  wondered  that  none  of  our  horticultural  pub¬ 
lishers  have  as  yet  undertaken  the  publication  of  a  serial,  monthly  or 
otherwise,  exclusively  devoted  to  the  popular  flower.  A  circular  recently 
received  from  the  Secretary  of  the  French  N.C.S.  announces  that  the 
Society  has  decided  to  issue  quarterly  a  periodical  specially  devoted  to 
matters  concerning  the  Chrysanthemum,  and  that  it  is  hoped  ere  long  to 
make  it-  a  monthly  one.  The  first  number  of  this  new  venture  will 
probably  make  its  appearance  in  the  course  of  next  month. 
Paris  Chrysanthemum  Committee. 
The  National  Horticultural  Society  of  France  some  few  months  ago 
organised  a  Chrysanthemum  Committee  which  has  already  got  to  work, 
and  is  engaged  in  compiling  useful  lists  of  varieties  for  various  purposes 
by  way  of  election.  Members  of  the  Chrysanthemum  Committee  are 
entitled  to  receive  a  printed  report  of  the  work  accomplished  by  the 
Society  from  time  to  time,  and  the  first  number  of  this  report  has  recently 
come  to  band.  Its  contents  are  briefly  as  follows: — OflScers  of  the 
Society  and  of  the  Chrysanthemum  Committee,  rules, list  of  members,  an 
article  on  the  cultivation  and  vegetation  of  the  Chrysanthemum  by  Mr. 
Georges  TrufFant ;  a  paper  by  Mr.  Nonin  on  the  Chrysanthemums  grown 
by  Mr.  Lionult  at  the  Chateau  of  Jouy-en-Josas,  accompanied  by  an 
illustration  of  one  of  his  specimen  plants;  schedule  of  the  forthcoming 
Paris  show  on  the  17th  to  22nd  November  next. — P. 
National  Chrysanthemum  Society, 
A  MEETING  of  the  General  Committee  of  this  Society  w'as  held  on 
Monday  evening  last  at  Anderton’s  Hotel,  when  Mr,  B.  Wynne  occupied 
the  chair.  After  the  usual  preliminaries  were  disposed  of  the  Secretary 
announced  that  the  annual  outing  of  the  members  to  Lord  Aldenham’s 
at  Eistree  was  a  successful  undertaking,  both  numerically  and 
•  financially.  The  members  of  the  Schedule  Sub  committee  for  1897  were 
elected,  the  constitution  of  the  Committee  being  almost  identical  with 
that  of  the  present  year.  Mr.  Ingamells  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
General  Committee  in  the  place  of  Mr.  C.  Hicks,  who  bad  resigned.  A 
financial  statement  was  submitted  showing  income  received  up  to  date, 
which  was  received  with  satisfaction.  Forty-two  new  members  were 
elected,  and  the  following  Societies  admitted  in  afilliation.  The 
Hamburg  Chrysanthemum  Society,  the  Jersey  Gardeners’  Society, 
the  Tenterden  Gardeners’  Society,  the  Sbanklin  (LW.)  and  Borough  of 
Hanley  Chrysanthemum  Societies. 
Chrysanthemums  in  Tasmania.. 
In  your  issue  of  April  30th  I  notice  a  letter  from  the  Hon,  Secretary 
of  the  Cambridge  Chrysanthemum  Society,  New  Zealand,  in  which  the 
writer  states,  “  We  are  the  only  Society  this  side  the  line  giving  the 
N.C.S.  medal.”  I  wish  to  point  out  that  such  is  not  the  case,  as  the 
Hobart  Horticultural  Society,  Hobart,  Tasmania,  has  for  the  past  six 
years  given  the  National  Chrysanthemum  Society’s  gold  medal  as  a  prize 
for  the  best  forty-eight  Chrysanthemum  blooms,  which  has  been  won  by 
Mr,  Joseph  Bidencope,  our  largest  amateur  Chrysanthemum  grower, 
four  times — three  in  succession.  1  forward  a  copy  of  our  schedules,  also 
report  of  the  Society’s  autumn  show.  The  latter  will  give  yon  some 
idea  as  to  the  growth  of  the  Chrysanthemum  in  Tasmania. — F.  B.  PococK,. 
Assistant  Secretary. 
[We  tender  thanks  to  our  correspondent  for  the  schedule  referred  to, 
and  also  for  a  newspaper  report  of  the  show,  which  gives  a  full  descrip¬ 
tion  corroborating  the  above  statement.! 
Chrysanthemum  Audit  in  Australia. 
Mr.  S.  B.  Levick  of  Sydney  for  several  years  past  has  compiled  an 
audit  of  the  principal  varieties  shown  during  the  season  there.  The 
following  is  the  result  of  his  compilation  for  the  past  season  : — "  In 
compiling  the  analysis  for  1896  I  have  only  dealt  with  first  prize  awards, 
and  the  totals  of  the  first  thirty-six  Japanese  varieties  are  as  follows  ;  — 
Kate  Mursell,  thirteen  ;  Mrs.  J.  H.  Horton,  Viviand  Morel,  twelve  ; 
Miss  Dorothea  Shea,  Golden  Gate  (syn.  The  President),  eleven  ;  Mdlle, 
Th^rese  Rey,  Col.  W.  B;  Smith,  Pride  of  Madford,  eight ;  Good  Gracious, 
Golden  Wedding,  Internationa',  Miss  Annie  Hartshorn,  Mrs.  C.  H. 
Payne,  Mrs.  B.  D.  Adams,  seven  ;  Robert  Williams,  Charles  Davis, 
Directeur  Kowallec,  Lady  T,  Lawrence,  Pelican,  six  ;  Eda  Prass,  Mdlle, 
Marie  Recoura,  five ;  E.  L.  Jamieson,  G.  W.  Childs,  Gloire  du  Rocher, 
T.  Wickham  Jones,  Sunflower,  W.  Tricker,  four ;  Madame  Carnot, 
Princess  May,  Regularity,  Rose  Wynne,  Abbie  Mendenhall,  Lucrece, 
Master  Bates  Spaulding,  Mrs.  Jerome  Jones,  Mrs.  S.  Purchase,  three. 
“  The  first  twelve  varieties  of  the  incurved  section,  as  exhibited  in 
first  prize  trays,  are  as  follows  Lord  Wolseley,  four  ;  Jeanne  d’Arc, 
Miis  M.  Simpkins,  three  ;  Antonelli,  Guernsey  Nugget,  Mabel  Ward,. 
Prince  of  Wales,  Eve,  Mrs.  Heale,  Alfred  Lyne,  Lord  Alcester,  Mus 
Violet  Tomlin,  two.” 
Novelties,  which  are  always  keenly  looked  out  for,  are  also  referred 
to  in  his  article,  and  it  appears  that  the  following  were  shown  for  the 
first  time  : — “  Madame  Carnot,  a  lovely  white  ;  Sir  Edwin  T,  Smith,  a  rich 
yellow  ;  Joan  Farwell,  crimson  ;  Good  Gracious,  peach  pink ;  Inter- 
Ocean,  pearly  white;  Louise,  a  beautiful  soft  pink;  Mrs.  H.  B. 
Higgins,  white  ;  Hairy  Wonder,  a  most  distinct  hirsute  variety,  terra 
cotta  colour,  a  fine  bloom  ;  Waverley,  a  lovely  white  ;  Philadelphia,  a 
soft  lemon  yellow  of  good  form  ;  E.  Forgeot,  Colonel  Chase,  Commandant 
Blusset,  Le  Colosse  Grenoblois,  Brydon,  jun.,  Madame  Chas.  Molin, 
A.  T.  Ewing,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Trafford,  Mrs.  T.  Denne,  A.  Ladenburg,. 
Madame  F.  Aprin,  Colonel  T.  C.  Bourne,  Miss  M.  Blenkiron,  Violetta, 
Robert  Petfield  incurved ;  Lord  Rosebery,  incurved  ;  Mrs.  E.  G.  Hill,  a 
large  bloom,  pearl  pink  ;  Mrs.  W.  H.  Lees,  white  ;  L’lsere,  straw  colour, 
very  large ;  Madame  Ad.  Chatin,  white  ;  M.  Panckoucke,  yellow ; 
J.  Agate,  incurved,  white  ;  Florence  Boyd,  rosy  blush  ;  The  Queen,  a 
most  charming  pure  white  incurved  Japanese.” — Specialist. 
Chrysanthemums  in  Australia. 
Apart  from  the  reports  of  the  Chrysanthemum  shows  in  the 
Australian  colonies,  which  are  generally  more  or  less  interesting,  there 
are  to  be  found  in  the  agricultural  papers  columns  specially  reserved  ft  r 
notices  of  new  importations  and  colonial-raised  seedlings.  Of  late  the 
editors,  desirous  of  keeping  well  up  to  date,  have  given  illustrations  by 
the  much-used  photo  process,  and  I  notice  several  attractive  pictures  c  f 
the  kind  in  newspapers  recently  to  hand.  In  the  "  Australian  Agricul¬ 
turist,”  which  is  now  the  organ  of  the  New  South  Wales  Horticultural 
Society,  appears  a  large  illustration  of  a  new  colonial  variety  call  d 
Wallaroo,  a  novelty  of  Japanese  form,  and  of  which  the  following  details 
are  supplied  : — 
“  Our  illustration  represents  a  new  Japanese  Chrysanthemum, 
Wallaroo,  raised  by  Mr.  S.  B.  Levick  of  Longueville,  and  exhibited  for 
the  first  time  this  season.  The  upper  petals  incurve,  while  the  lower 
recurve  close  to  the  stem,  the  colour  being  a  rosy  lilac  with  a  silvery 
reverse.  Three  blooms  of  this  variety  were  exhibited  at  the  Sydney 
Chrysanthemum  show,  all  taken  from  the  one  plant,  two  being  7  inches 
in  diameter  and  7  inches  in  depth,  while  the  third  was  only  very  slightly 
smaller.  The  flowers  were  all  full,  showing  no  centre.  This  variety 
will  be  distributed  by  Mr.  Levick  in  1897.” 
Another  colonid  newspaper',  “  The  Australian  Field,”  gives  illustrs* 
tions  of  JJaree  new  varieties  raised  there — viz.,  Minembah,  R.  Forsyth^ 
and  WAllaroo,  and  says  ; — “  During  the  past  two  or  three  years  some 
very  flme  new  varieties  have  been  raised  in  Sydney,  and  a  few  of  these 
have  been  awarded  first-class  certificates  by  the  Floral  Committee  of  the 
Horticultural  Society  of  New  South  Wales.  One  of  the  finest  is  Mrs, 
J.  H.  Horton,  raised  by  Mr.  J.  H .  Horton  of  Rose  Bay  ;  colour,  old  goldj 
and  which  is  now  well  known.  Another  is  Minembah,  raised  in  1895 
by  Mr.  S.  B.  Levick  of  Longueville,  the  colour  of  the  petals  being  a  deep 
yellow,  lined  reddish  brown.  The  seed  was  obtained  from  Sunflower, 
and  the  form  may  be  seen  from  our  illustration.  A  special  feature  with 
this  variety  is  its  splendid  keeping  qualities.  Our  other  illustrations 
represent  two  other  fine  seedlings  exhibited  this  season  for  the  first  time,. 
