November  19,  1896. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
487 
-  Qaedenbbs’  Royal  Benevolent  Institution. — The  Com- 
-mittee  of  this  Inatitution,  at  their  meeting  held  on  the  13th  inst,, 
decided  to  place  twenty  candidates,  from  the  list  of  applicants,  on 
'the  funds  at  the  next  election,  on  January  14th,  1897.  Ten  of  these 
■candidates  will  be  recommended  for  election  withost  votes,  they  having 
implied  with  the  terms  of  Rule  III,,  5,  and  other  rules  in  connection 
therewith.  The  remaining  ten  will  be  elected  by  the  votes  of.  sub- 
-scribers  in  the  usual  way.  In  thus  increasing  their  liabilities  by 
adding  to  the  pension  list  the  largest  number  of  candidates  ever 
admitted  at  any  one  election  in  the  history  of  the  Institution,  the 
Committee  had  in  mind  the  fact  that  next  year  will  witness  the 
celebration  of  the  sixtieth  year  of  the  Qseen’s  reign,  and  as  Her 
Majesty  has  been  for  forty-five  years  the  gracious  patroness  of  the 
Charity  they  intend*  to  appeal  to  all  gardeners  and  other  friends  of 
the  Institution  to  assist  them  in  making  some  special  effort  on  its 
behalf  during  the  coming  year,  to  pommemorate  an  event  which  will  be 
unique  in  the  annals  of  this  country. 
-  Apple  Ecklinvicle  Seedling. — On  page  465  “  E.  M,”  makes 
■some  interesting  remarks  on  this  variety.  Ic  is  a  favourite  in  this  locality 
for  early  culinary  purposes,  and  the  best  crop  of  Apples  I  saw  on  a  single 
'tree  this  season  grew  in  some  allotments  that  years  ago  was  not  worth 
cultivation,  which  is  now  let  at  £3  pet  acre,  thus  showing  what  can  be 
done  by  skill.  I  noticed  a  good  dish  of  Ecklinville  in  a  collection  at  the 
Birmingham  Chrysanthemum  and  fruit  show  last  week,  thus  showing 
it  is  not  a  very  bad  keeper.  There  is  one  point  not  mentioned  by 
E.  M.,”  that  I  find — as  with  some  other  soft-fleshed  varieties,  Warner’s 
King,  for  instance — they  cannot  bear  very  hot  sunshine,  and  are  subject 
to  brown  spots  under  the  skin,  which  eventually  develop  into  rottenness 
through  the  flesh  without  much  show  from  without. — J.  Hiam,  Atf  ioood 
Baiih, 
-  The  Tulip  Tree. — The  Tulip  Tree  seems  to  have  too  grand  a 
blossom  for  a  northern  tree.  It  would  better  fit  the  southern  forests, 
setting  off  its  Magnolia  cousins  with  its  own  handsome  shining  leaves 
and  the  royal  orange  and  yellow  of  its  splendid  flower  cup.  I  once  saw 
a  great  mound  of  its  winged  seeds  gathered  at  the  foot  of  a  tree  near  a 
squirrel  hole.  They  had  not  been  nibbled  at,  but  as  it  was  early  in  the 
season  they  were  probably  intended  for  use  later,  in  case  of  a  scarcity  of 
Chestnuts  or  acorns  or  Beechnuts,  I  have  sometimes,  says  a  writer  in 
•*'  Meehans’  Monthly,”  stood  under  the  trees,  whose  lowest  limbs  are 
geiicrally  50  feet  above  me,  and  wondered  how  I  should  get  my  subject 
bstween  my  thumb  and  finger  ;  the  grove  is  a  long  way  from  ladders 
and  line-men,  and  it  would  be  too  long  to  wait  until  a  tempest  should 
come  to  blow  off  a  branch,  as  the  devotees  of  India  wait  under  the  tree 
for  the  sacred  leaf  which  never  falls. 
CnRYSANTHEMUJf  SHOWS. 
As  is  usual  at  this  time  of  the  year  we  have  received  numerous 
intimations  of  Chrysanthemum  shows  which  are  to  be  held  during 
the  coming  season.  Space,  however,  can  only  be  found  for  mentioning 
those  which  have  been  advertised  in  our  columns.  If  any  have  been 
omitted  we  shall  be  glad  to  add  them  to  the  following  list.  We  append 
the  names  and  addresses  of  the  respective  Secretaries. 
.JTov.  18th  and  19th.  —  Bristol.  —  Edwin  G-.  Cooper,  Mervyn  Road, 
Bishopston,  Bristol. 
18th  and  19th. — Newcastle-on-Tyne.  — J.  J.  Gillespie,  Jun., 
Cross  House  Chambers,  Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
„  18th,  19th  and  20th. — York. — J.  Lazenby,  13,  Feasegate,  York, 
„  19th  and  20th. — Leamington,  Warwick  and  District.— The 
Secretary,  76,  Parade,  Leamington  Spa, 
„  20th  and  -  21st. — Aiderley-  Edge  and  Wilmslow.— G.  Lead- 
better,  Jun.,  Fern  Bank,  Trafford  Road,  Aiderley  Edge. 
20th  and  2l8t. — Bolton. — James  Hicks,  Markland  Hill  Lane, 
Heaton,  Bolton. 
24th  and  25th.— Leeds  Paxton  Society. — James  Campbell,  The 
Gardens,  Methley  Park,  Leeds. 
Sport  from  Madame  Carnot. 
We  are  informed  that  a  beautiful  canary  yellow  sport  has  been  fixed 
from  the  above-named  favourite  white  Chrysanthemum,  and  that  blooms 
may  shortly  be  exhibited  from  the  Earlswood  collection. 
Pride  op  Madford  and  Beauty  op  Teignmouth. 
Re  query  in  last  week’s  Journal  of  Ilorticulture.  re  Pride  of  Madford 
and  Beauty  of  Teignmouth,  they  are  the  same.  Pride  of  Madford  was 
sent  to  England  in  1893,  but  was  named  and  distributed  fu  Australia  in 
1892. — W.  Wells. 
[The  variety  appears  to  have  been  certificated  under  both  names 
by  “  experts.”! 
Pride  op  Madpoud. 
Referring  to  the  Editorial  inquiry  at  the  foot  of  my  notice  of  Mr. 
Wells’  Chrysanthemums,  I  can  only  say  la  reply  that  so  far  as  I  was 
able  to  judge  last  season  there  was  no  difference  between  Pride  of  Mad¬ 
ford  and  Beauty  of  Teignmouth.  I  saw  blooms  bearing  both  names  at 
the  Floral  Committee  meeting  of  the  N.C.S.,  and  at  two  of  our  trade 
growers,  but  on  neither  occasion  could  I  discern  any  difference.  If 
there  are  two  distinct  varieties  I  have  only  seen  one  of  them,  and  that 
is  the  one  certificated  under  the  name  of  Pride  of  Madford.  It  was  a 
name  known  to  me  for  some  little  time  previous  to  seeing  it  as  an  Aus¬ 
tralian  variety.  This  season  I  have  not,  up  to  the  time  of  writing, 
specially  noticed  any  flower  called  Beauty  of  Teignmouth,  although 
many  blooms  of  Pride  of  Madford  have  conde  before  me. — Expert, 
Mdlle.  Thebese  Rby. 
Regarding  Mdlle.  Thdre^e  Rey  (page  418),  I  have  eighteen  plants 
allowed  to  grow  naturally.  The  cuttings  were  inserted  Ich  December, 
and  the  buds  taken  the  last  week  in  July  upon  the  first  run  from  the 
May  bud.  The  blooms  now  average  5  to  6i  inches  deep,  8  to  10  inches 
acruss.  The  buds  of  one  plant,  taken  about  July  15th,  blooms  are  now  just 
over.  All  the  plants  are  growing  in  10-inch  pots  (outside  measurement)  ; 
average  height  of  plants  5  feet,  and  carry  three  blooms  each. — F,  W.  B. 
Chrysanthemum  Duchess  of  Fife. 
It  is  somewhat  difficult  to  understand  why  this  markedly  incurved 
Y&riety  should  be  by  the  N.C.S.  Fiona!  Committee  classed  as  a  Japanese, 
as  I  hear  has  so  been  decided,  whilst  at  Kingston,  and  probably  else¬ 
where  by  good  judges  it  is  admitted  and  passed  as  an  ordinary  incurved. 
If  it  be  true  that  the  N.C.S.  Floral  Committee  classed  it  as  a  Jap  after 
an  equal  division  of  members  by  the  casting  vote  of  the  Chairman,  then 
must  the  decision  be  regarded  as  very  unsatisfactory,  and  should  be 
reviewed.  Fine  blooms  exhibited  at  Kingston  showed  it  to  be  literally  a 
C,  H.  Curtis  in  every  sense  except  colour.  In  that  sense,  and  in  form 
and  character  of  petal,  it  is  a  glorified  Jeanne  d’Arc.  The  petals  have 
some  hairs,  but  not  prominent,  indeed  is  in  that  respect  again  the  counter¬ 
part  of  0.  H.  Curtis.  Its  petals  are  more  of  a  Princess  type  by  far 
than  are  those  broad-petalled  and  somewhat  coarse  varieties,  Baron 
Hirsch,  Globe  d’Or,  M,  A.  Bahuant,  Bobt.  Canneli,  and  some  others. 
It  is  so  obvious  that  the  dictum  of  the  N.C.S.  Floral  Committee 
will  not  bo  generally  accepted  that  it  is  hoped  in  classifying  the  variety 
full  consideration  will  be  given  to  its  greater  resemblance  to  incurved 
form  than  to  Japanese.  There  can  be  no  doubt  but  that  the  inclusion  of 
varieties  such  as  have  been  so  classed  during  the  past  few  years  have 
done  much  to  help  give  the  incurved  renewed  popularity.  With  such 
huge  Japanese  it  was  inevitable  that  the  incnrved  as  they  were 
should  look  disproportionate.  Now,  what  with  C.  H,  Curtis,  Major 
Bonaffon,  R.  0.  Kingston,  Robert  Petfield,  Duchess  of  Fife,  and  others 
size  is  being  provided  that  is  by  growers  greatly  welcomed. — A.  D. 
New  CHRY.SANTHBMUMS, 
[  suppose  we  could  not  get  through  an  autumn  without  the  inevit¬ 
able  paper  on  Chrysanthemums,  and  every  side  of  this  subject  being 
now  threadbare  with  the  one  exception  of  the  new  varieties,  1  have  been 
asked  to  make  these  the  subject  of  my  remarks.  There  is  certainly  no 
lack  of  matter  here,  the  difficulty  being  to  know  where  to  begin  and  to 
leave  off.  I  should  have  taken  the  varieties  of  the  year  only,  but  this 
method  is  open  to  one  objection — viz.,  that  many  kinds  received  from 
abroad  are,  owing  to  damage  in  transit,  never  seen  in  good  form  until 
the  second  year  after  arrival,  and  practically,  to  the  general  public, 
.  belong  to  that  season  rather  than  the  one  in  which  they  actually 
arrived.  Ou  this  account  I  propose  to  take  the  novelties  of  1895  and 
1896  together. 
Taking  the  incurved  section  first,  not  because  they  now  occupy  that 
position,  but  from  old  habit  and  the  fact  that,  being  few,  they  are  soon 
disposed  of,  I  should  like  to  remark  that  1  think  our  judges  are  getting 
a  little  lax  in  their  requirements  as  to  form,  perhaps  because  novelties 
in  this  class  are  scarce,  and  therefore  they  do  not  wish  to  reject  anything 
which  has  any  pretensions  to  call  itself  an  incurved.  But  the  fact 
remains  that  several  which  have  been  admitted  lately  have  a  good  deal 
of  Japanese  blood  in  them,  and  require  not  a  little  manipulation  to  fit 
them  for  the  boards. 
Of  the  new  incurved  Charles  H.  Curtis  has  undoubtedly  taken  the 
first  place,  being  a  grand  flower  in  form,  size,  and  colour,  also  an  easy 
variety  to  grow,  which  last  may  be  gathered  from  the  speed  with  which 
it  has  taken  its  place  as  a  standard  variety  all  over  the  coantry.  1 
should  give  the  next  place  to  Mrs.  R.  C.  Kingston  sent  out  the  same 
year  (1895),  a  pale  rosy  pink  of  first  size  and  perfect  form.  It  also  is  a 
good  doer,  coming  in  at  the  fight  time  without  stopping  or  other  aid 
