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J.  Lewis,  M.  Edouard  Andre,  M.  E.  Rosette,  M.  Delamotte,  Madame 
Gustave  Henry,  and  L’Emindra.  From  America  come  Modesta,  Sunstone, 
and  Sunclad,  a  trio  thought  highly  of  by  our  Yankee  cousins.  English 
raised  varieties,  too,  are  most  promising,  erpecially  where  the  plants 
were  distributed  early.  Those  raised  by  Mr.  W.  Seward  apparently 
contain  sterling  varieties.  Mrs.  John  Sbiimpton,  a  charming  flower, 
combined  with  such  stocky  growth,  is  all  that  could  be  desired.  John 
and  Dorothy  Seward  also  promise  well.  Mrs.  Herman  Kloss  needs  only 
time  to  show  her  splendid  form  and  quality.  Mrs.  H.  Weeks,  that 
beautiful  pearly  white  seen  late  last  season,  may  not  be  seen  in  its  best 
form  except  by  a  favoured  few,  as  it  appears  to  need  early  treatment 
to  give  the  desired  blooms.  Edith  Tabor  I  look  upon  as  being  one  of 
the  best  of  yellows.  Varieties  of  somewhat  earlier  introduction,  like 
Phoebus,  M.  Pankoucke,  Madame  Carnot,  Mutual  Friend,  Madame 
Ad.  Chatin,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Lees,  and  Louise,  promise  to  give  a  satisfactory 
account  of  themselves. 
There  appears  to  be  quite  a  lack  of  enthusiasm  over  the  small- 
flowered  sections  generally  amongst  exhibitors.  The  Anemone  or  reflexed 
varieties  are  hardly  ever  mentioned  amidst  the  rush  after  the  more 
showy  Japanese.  The  useful  and  attractive  Pompons,  too,  are  being 
fast  elbowed  out  of  favour.  The  single-flowered  varieties  are  perhaps 
more  appreciated  for  their  undoubted  usefulness  for  decoration,  either 
in  a  growing  state  or  cut  for  filling  vases.  As  exhibition  flowers  they 
receive  lilt'e  encouragement  in  the  matter  of  prizes,  consequently 
they  are  not  grown  nearly  so  freely  as  they  would  be  were  it  otherwise. 
— E.  Molyneux. 
The  1895  Chrysanthemums. 
The  above  is  the  title  of  Bulletin  112  of  the  Cornell  University 
Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Ithaca,  N.  V.,  and  although  isaued 
early  in  the  year  has  only  recently  reached  me.  The  Bulletin  is  divided 
into  two  main  headings — viz.,  1,  Sundry  remarks  upon  the  subject ; 
2,  Test  of  novelties  ;  with  several  sub-headings,  and  the  remarks  in  one 
or  two  cases  are  well  worth  repetition  in  this  column.  A  few  remarks 
concerning  the  blue  Chrysanthemum  elicit  the  following  :  —  There  is 
a  tradition,  to  be  sure,  that  a  blue  Chrysanthemum  was  once  produced, 
under  political  pressure,  in  the  Orient,  but  there  is  no  exact  knowledge 
of  the  matter,  and  if  the  King  of  Japan  really  did  receive  such  a  tribute 
I  am  willing  to  believe  that  someone  connected  with  the  transaction 
forestalled  the  modern  flower  “  artist  ”  and  dyed  the  flower.  It  is 
possible,  of  course,  that  a  blue  Chrysanthemum  may  appear,  but  the 
probabilities  are  all  against  it,  and  if  it  does  come  it  will  probably  origi¬ 
nate  as  a  sport  or  bud  variety,  rather  than  as  a  definite  attempt  thereat 
on  the  part  of  the  operator. 
Reflections  upon  nomenclature,  contain  some  trenchant  but  useful 
recommendations.  Mr.  Miller,  one  of  the  compilers,  speaking  of  the 
distributors,  says  they  name  flowers  after  actors,  baseball  players, 
barons,  saints,  and  society  leaders.  .  .  .  The  only  consistent  course 
is  to  abolish  the  whole  system  of  naming  varieties  after  living 
persons.  ...  All  such  titles  as  Mr.,  Mrs.,  Miss,  General,  Judge, 
Count,  and  Baron  should  be  dropped.  These  titles  cause  endless 
confusion.  What  makes  the  case  peculiarly  hopeless  is  that  the  National 
Chrysanthemum  Society  of  England,  in  its  oflScial  catalogue,  has  set  the 
example  of  indexing  varieties  according  to  these  titles,  in  defiance  to  the 
established  rules  adopted  by  librarians,  indexers,  and  cataloguers.  It 
frequently  happens  that  the  paterfamilias  is  not  the  only  popular 
member  of  the  family.  .  .  .  Label  writers  are  usually  careless,  and 
their  “  M  ”  may  stand  for  Mr.,  Mrs.,  Miss,  Monsieur,  or  a  Christian 
name.  The  writer  might  even  have  gone  further  and  added  Ma^^re, 
Mdlle.,  or  Madame.  It  will,  however,  be  comforting  to  our  perplexed 
American  friend  to  inform  him  that  in  the  new  Jubilee  edition  of  the 
N.C.S.,  now  in  the  press,  an  attempt  has  been  made  in  the  general  alpha¬ 
betical  list  to  follow  the  method  indicated,  and  that  henceforth  it  is 
hoped  that  the  names  of  all  varieties  will  be  placed  under  the  initial 
letter  of  the  surname,  or  most  important  noun.  In  such  a  name  as 
Souvenir  de  I’Exposition  de  Paris,  I  take  it  in  the  latter  case  “  P  ”  is 
the  proper  place. 
A  good  portion  of  the  Bulletin  is  devoted  to  a  description  and 
estimate  of  the  various  1895  novelties,  of  which  the  following  is  an 
example  : — 
13.  Carnot,  Madame  (Smith). — Very  good  ;  flower  very  large 
(8  inches  wide),  loose  and  free,  the  florets  being  very  limp  and  graceful 
and  ligulate  ;  pure  white,  outer  florets  reflexed  or  hanging,  the  inner 
ones  variously  placed  ;  very  tall  (4  feet  or  over),  the  stem  long- jointed, 
and  foliage  rather  scant.  A  long  keeper,  «nd  a  most  graceful  and 
excellent  white,  November  10th.  (Calvat,  1894.  Introduced  in  America 
by  S  mith). 
The  Bulletin  contains  nil  e  illustrations  of  various  types  of  blooms, 
and  also  one  of  forms  of  Chrysanthemum  florets  of  various  kinds.  Before 
closing  this  notice  it  might  be  serviceable  to  just  briefly  refer  to  the 
heading,  “  Colour  Problems”  (Mr.  Miller).  He  says  that  in  consulting 
catalogues  of  Chrysanthemums  some  very  perplexing  colour  problems 
were  encountered.  Cataloguers  should  not  attempt  to  make  very  fine 
and  subtle  distinctions.  .  .  .  The  great  practical  reason  against 
using  words  expressing  fine  shades  of  colour  is  that  these  words  mean 
very  different  things  to  different  persons.  .  ,  .  Horticulturists  ought 
to  agree  upon  twenty  or  thirty  common  names  of  colours,  and  tht-n 
secure  the  preparation  of  a  chart  to  correspond  with  these  common 
names.  Many  of  us  who  have  to  describe  at  a  few  moments’  notice 
hundreds  of  new  Chrysanthemums  would,  I  am  sure,  appreciate  some 
such  chart. — C,  H.  Pi 
Chrysanthemums  in  the  South. 
Having  the  privilege  of  a  holiday,  I  made  Southsea  my  head¬ 
quarters.  As  I  had  often  met  Mr.  Nevill,  gardener  to  F.  W.  Flight, 
Erq.,  Cornstiles,  Winchester,  I  took  the  train  to  Shawford  to  pay 
him  a  visit.  Passing  along  a  beautiful  carriage  drive  brought  me 
to  Mr.  Nevill’s,  who  was  pleased  to  see  an  old  mum  grower  and  one 
who  has  often  competed  at  the  principal  shows.  The  number  of  plants 
grown  here  was  600,  arranged  in  three  lean-to  houses. 
The  plants  are  not  remarkable  for  the  extra  size  of  their  stems,  but 
they  certainly  are  for  the  quality  of  the  foliage,  which  is  good  from  the 
bottom  upwards.  The  buds  appear  to  be  well  timed.  The  Queen,  the 
Princess,  and  the  Teck  families  are  all  looking  as  well  as  could  be  wished. 
The  most  noticeable  incurved  were  Mrs.  F.  W.  Flight,  Miss  Phyllis 
Fowler, Lyne,jun.,  Owen’s  Crimson,  Lord  Rosebery,  C.  H.  Curtis,  J.  Agate, 
Globe  d’Or.  Mr.  J.  Murray,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Kingston,  William  Tunnington, 
and  D.  B.  Crane. 
The  Japanese,  which  were  showing  fine  buds,  were  Mrs.  H.  Weeks 
(good).  Beauty  of  Teignmouth,  Mutual  Friend,  Wilfred  Marshal', 
W.  Seward  (good),  J.  W.  McHattie  (good),  Duke  of  York,  Edith 
Tabor.  Australian  Gold,  James  Myers,  E.  Molyneux  (good),  R.  Deane, 
Col.  W.  B  Smith,  Mrs.  G.  Gower,  and  Casino.  From  what  I  saw  of 
Mr.  Nevili’s  plants  and  his  many  new  varieties  mum  growers  will,  I 
think,  hear  of  him  later  on. 
On  my  return  from  Shawford  I  alighted  at  Fareham  and  called  at 
Messrs.  W.  &  G.  Drover’s  nurseries  to  see  how  the  plants  were  looking. 
The  height  averages  between  5  to  6  feet,  and  the  buds  appear,  on  the 
whole,  well  timed.  There  are  about  600  grown  for  large  blooms, 
arranged  in  two  long  lean-to  houses — Japanese  in  one,  incurved  in  the 
other.  They  are  placed  so  that  the  blooms  may  be  1  fcot  from  the  glass. 
The  Queens  are  especially  good.  About  800  cut-backs  are  also  grown, 
as  well  as  a  promising  lot  of  incurved  seedlings.  Globe  d’Or,  Mr.  J. 
Murray,  J.  Agate,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Kingston,  J.  Pearce,  Owen’s  Crimson, 
William  Tunnington,  D.  B.  Crane,  and  Bonnie  Dundee  are  the  best 
incurved,  while  Edith  Tabor  (good),  Ptcebus,  Pallanza,  M.  Carnot, 
Major  Bonnaffin,  Mrs.  C,  H.  Wheeler  (good),  M.  Panckoucke,  Mrs. 
H.  Weeks,  W.  Seward,  E.  Molyneux  (good),  Mrs.  G.  Gower,  Alice  M, 
Love,  G.  Langdon,  Emily  Silsbury  (good),  Lago  Maggiore,  Maggie 
Shea,  W.  Wright,  W.  H.  Lees,  Olive  Oclee  of  Japanese  are  particularly 
deserving  of  mention. 
My  next  visit  was  to  Mr.  W.  Adams  of  the  Clarendon  Nurseries, 
Southsea.  I  was  very  much  impressed  by  the  splendid  condition  of  hia 
Chrysanthemums,  especially  the  incurved,  which  I  may  call  the  Jubilee 
set.  About  400  plants  are  grown  in  10  and  12-inch  pots,  every  plant 
carrying  good  leathery  foliage  from  the  pot.  Of  incurved  Mr.  Adams 
makes  a  speciality,  R.  Pet  field,  J.  Haigh,  Bonnie  Dundee,  Miss  Phylis 
Fowler,  Owen’s  Crimson,  J.  Agate,  Mr.  J.  Murray,  Globe  d’Or,  Duchess 
of  Fife,  Mrs.  R.  0.  Kingston.  Mrs.  F.  W.  Flight,  Lyne,  jun.,  and  J.  Pearce 
are  the  best.  Mrs.  G.  Gower,  PI  cebus,  Mons.  Chenon  de  Lech6,  Olive  Oclee, 
Emily  Silsbury,  Lago  Maggiore,  Mutual  Friend,  Alice  M.  Love,  Maggie 
Shea,  Mrs.  C.  Orchard,  and  W.  H.  Lees  represent  the  incurved.  I 
returned  home  much  pleasf  d  with  my  visit  to  Southsea,  and  the  kind 
reception  given  me  by  those  gentlemen  I  met. — Plymouth. 
Collected  Notes  on  the  Chry’SANthemum  in  the  North. 
An  old  Yorkshire  saw  has  it  “  That  there  is  always  some  sort  of 
weather  at  this  time  of  the  year.”  For  more  than  forty  days  the  rain 
has  descended  nearly  continuously,  and  when  not  raining  the  atmosphere 
has  been  at  saturation  point.  The  results  are  an  entire  collapse  of 
outdoor  blooming  plants,  so  thorough  that  even  Michaelmas  Daisies,. 
Anemone  japonica,  Harpaliums,  and  Chrysanthemum  uliginosum,  hardy 
as  they  are,  have  made  a  sorry  attempt  to  compensate  us  for  the 
desolate  bedraggled  beds  in  the  flower  garden  since  the  second  week  in 
August.  _ 
From  day  to  day  during  this  dreary  time  we  have  looked  forward  to 
the  usual  visit  of  “  St.  Martin,”  bringing  with  him  a  season  of  brighter 
days.  But  the  Saint  has  not  yet  given  us  of  a  view  of  his  cheerful 
presence,  and  at  the  time  these  notes  are  being  penned  the  continuous 
drip,  drip,  drip  of  the  rain  is  still  going  on,  as  a  supplement  to  a  light 
fall  of  snow,  with  the  thermometer  standing  at  34°  Fahr.  Truly  a  fore- 
stalment  of  November  weather  of  the  worst  type.  Between  this  state 
of  matters  and  the  heat  and  drought  of  the  spring  and  summer  never 
since  the  tide  set  in  favour  of  the  Chrysanthemum  has  the  line  of 
demarcation  been  so  sharply  and  distinctly  defined,  marking  this  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  year  as  one  of  exceptional  interest,  from  which  no  doubt 
many  useful  lessons  may  be  acquired  by  a  careful  study  of  results. 
Had  the  hot  and  dry  season  held  on  throughout,  no  doubt  we  should 
have  had  a  repetition  of  the  rough  narrow-petalled  incurved  flowers,  as 
the  result  of  over-ripening,  at  the  early  shows,  as  was  the  case  a  few 
years  ago.  Judging  from  present  prospects  the  early  autumn  has  proved 
to  be  the  salvation  of  this  section,  where  the  buds  were  secured  at  the 
usual  dates.  It  is  too  soon  yet  to  speak  with  confidence  of  the  results 
among  the  later  Japanese.  The  weather  has  been  in  the  inverse  ratio  to 
what  is  usually  considered  conducive  to  high-class  Japanese  bloom*. 
The  unsolved  problem  at  present  is,  Was  the  wood  of  this  section  suffi¬ 
ciently  ripened  before  the  weather  changed  ? 
The  continuous  hot  weather  brought  on  the  bud-taking  stage  ten  to- 
fifteen  days  earlier  than  is  usually  considered  to  be  the  best  dates,  and 
great  was  the  perplexity  of  growers  in  determining  their  line  of  action^ 
