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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARHENER. 
NoTember  19,  1896. 
Another  very  ?ood  pink  of  the  same  season  is  Mrs.  James  Murray  (see 
Jmrnal  of  Horttoultvre,  paee  439)  not  quite  so  lara;o,  but  worth 
nading  to  a  select  collection.  George  Haigh,  a  dull  bronzy  flower,  sent 
out  this  year,  is  a  sport  from  R.  Petfield,  and  is  worth  having,  but,  like 
the  parent,  needs  special  culture.  It  should  be  either  stopped  in  May 
or  else  rooted  late  and  grown  quickly.  Two  other  new  bronzes  are 
Bonnie  Cundee  (1S9C)  and  D.  B.  Crane  (1893)  ;  the  latter  is  a  neat 
pretty  flower,  bnt  only  large  enough  for  the  front  row  ;  the  former 
I  had  great  hopes  of,  bnt  it  is  coming  cross-eyed  with  me  ;  how¬ 
ever,  the  queer  season  we  have  had  may  have  induced  this.  I  hope  that 
it  may  come  all  right  another  year,  as  it  is  a  true  incurved  and  pretty 
colour.  It  should  be  stopped  in  March  to  pet  it  in  time  for  the  exhibi¬ 
tion  season.  L’Ams^thiste.  one  of  Calvat’s  1895  set,  was  shown  as  an 
incurved  last  jear,  and  will  be  valuable  from  its  purple  colour,  but  it  is 
too  late  with  me  to  say  anything  of  it  yet,  and  I  suppose  this  is  the  case 
with  others,  as  I  have  not  seen  it  shown  this  year.  I  should  advise 
stopoing  it  in  April  next  year  and  taking  the  first  bud  after. 
■  am  sorry  not  to  be  able  to  say  a  good  word  for  the  red  or  crimson 
novelties  of  the  past  two  years,  as  we  want  the  colour  sadly,.  Owen’s 
Crimson  has  not  given  me  a  flower  fit  to  exhibit.  Jno.  Fulford  is  better, 
but  shows  a  large  eye,  which  must  be  taken  out  early  to  get  a  full 
flower.  Of  whites  we  have  not  had  much  since  J.  Agate  in  1^94,  the 
only  one  I  have  noted  being  Mrs  F.  Hepper,  sent  out  this  spring  ;  a 
well-built  flower,  of  medium  size  but  rough.  Before  leaving  the 
incurved  section  I  may  mention  Major  Bonaffon  (sent  out  in  1894)  in 
order  to  give  a  cultural  hint,  as  it  comes  a  pure  Jap  if  taken  in  early 
bud.  It  should  be  stopped  March  Ist,  and  not  given  too  large  a  pot. 
Coming  now  to  the  Japs,  and  again  taking  the  yellows  first,  I  think  this 
has  been  a  red  letter  year  for  the  colour.  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  we  have 
in  Modesto  and  Australian  Gold  (see  page  447),  two  of  the  grandest  nove’ties 
seen  for  the  last  ten  years,  and  beine  so  opposite  in  shade,  there  will  be  no 
rivalry, between  them.  Modesto  is  the  richest  colour  ever  seen,  and  simply 
extinguishes  any  other  yellow  placed  by  it  for  comparison.  The  two  are 
faultless  as  to  size  and  form,  and  are  also  fortunately  good  doers,  those 
•vho  saw  the  fine  flowers  of  Australian  Gold  shown  recently  at  the  R.H.S. 
on  small  late  rooted  p'ants  in  4S'8,  will  concur  as  regards  that  variety, 
and  I  believe  Modesto  will  prove  equally  free. 
Of  the  other  new  yellows  Oct  ana,  a  grand  incurved  flower,  is  worth 
making  a  note  of,  while  Pallanza  is  now  so  well  known  as  to  scarcely 
need  mentioning.  1  am  rather  doubtful,  now  that  we  have  tried  it  a 
second  season,  whether  it  will  oust  Sunflower  from  the  show  board,  but 
it  is  a  lovely  bloom  for  all  other  purposes.  Edith  Tabor  and  Phoebus 
are  both  splendid  flowers  with  long  falling  florets,  and  not  difBcult  to 
manage,  requiring  no  stopping  or  special  treatment.  The  former  is  a 
little  too  tall  for  decorative  purposes,  but  this  does  not  count  for  much 
with  exhibiting  enthusiasts.  Though  yellows  are  so  many,  John  Seward 
must  not  be  left  out,  as  it  is  a  grand  flower  and  of  diflierent  form  to  most 
of  those  already  mentioned,  the  florets  being  long  and  strap  shaped.  It 
is  a  pure  clear  yellow  except  on  late  buds,  when  it  assumes  a  bronzy 
tint.  Bads  should  be  taken  fairly  early,  as  it  takes  a  long  time  to  open. 
Still  another  grand  yellow  is  Sunstone,  deep  orange  at  the  centre, 
shading  to  primrose  at  the  oatside.  This  was  sent  out  in  the  spring, 
but  is  very  little  known,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  beard  of  next 
season.  Two  promising  yellows  sent  out  in  the  spring  of  1890  have 
disappointed  most  buyers  —  viz,,  W.  Slogrove  and  Lsgo  Maggiore. 
Of  the  first  I  have  not  seen  a  good  flower,  and  the  second  is  too  small 
for  anything  except  decoration. 
Coming  to  whites  the  swarm  is  almost  as  great  as  the  yellows.  One 
of  the  best  is  Lady  Byron,  a  charming  flower  of  most  gracefal  form 
though  large.  Grown  naturally  it  is  a  little  too  early  and  requires 
stopping  in  March,  taking  the  first  bud  after.  It  is  rather  tender  rcoted, 
and  should  not  have  too  large  a  pot.  Mrs.  Richard  Jones  is  another 
lovely  white  with  long  drooping  florets  curling  upwards  at  the  tip.  It 
is  an  easy  one  to  grow,  reqniring  no  stopping  or  special  treatment. 
Mrs.  Chas.  Blick  is  another  good  white,  doing  best  I  find  on  late-rooted 
plants,  and  there  are  in  addition  three  fine  whites  in  Calvat’s  set  for 
this  year  all  worth  having — viz.,  Baronne  Ad.  de  Rothschild.  Mrs.  J. 
Lewis,  and  Madame  Gustave  Henry.  I  bad  almost  overlooked  two, 
which  should  however  be  mentioned — viA,  Emily  Silsbury,  for  early 
work  the  best  October  variety  to  date,  and  Miss  Elsie  Teicbmanr,  a 
pretty  flower  on  a  very  dwarf  sturdy  plant,  hut  not,  I  think,  quite  full 
enough  for  the  board, 
Of  tinted  whites  Mrs.  H.  Weeks  takes  the  palm,  being,  in  fact, 
worthy  to  rank  with  Modesto  as  the  two  finest  novelties  of  the  season. 
The  reason  it  was  not  staged  so  freely  as  was  expected  on  Tuesday, 
November  10th,  is  that  it  requires  special  treatment,  which  of  course  the 
growers  were  not  aware  of  the  first  season,  and  most  of  them  will  only 
get  it  fully  general  when  the  shows  are  over.  It  is  naturally  very  late, 
and  should  be  rooted  as  early  as  possible,  pinching  the  point  out  at  the 
end  of  January.  N.B.— -This  is  the  raiser’s  advice,  but  my  grower  says 
he  would  prefer  the  Ist  of  March,  and  take  the  first  bud  after.  This 
ought  to  be  widely  known,  as  it  is  such  a  splendid  flower  as  to  be  worthy 
any  pains  to  get  it.  Pride  of  Exmouth  (see  Journal  of  Horticulture, 
page  469)  is  a  white  with  pink  markings,  very  distinct  and  good,  as  is 
also  William  Fyfe,  a  variety  approaching  the  old  “  Belle  Paule  ”  in 
colouring.  Of  the  real  pinks,  the  finest  as  an  exhibition  flower  is 
Australie,  one  of  the  first  fruits  (with  Oceana)  from  the  Antipodes, 
where  the  Mnm  ereze  has  taken  largely  ;  it  is  a  purple  pink,  with  silvery 
reverse,  immense  in  size,  but  not  so  coarse  as  some  of  the  same  race— • 
e  g.,  Mrs.  Harman  Payne. 
There  are  two  or  three  of  the  striped  yellow  and  bronze  Japs  worth 
mentioning,  the  best  perhaps  being  Mrs.  Jno.  Shrimpton,  an  immense 
deep  yellow  bloom  with  reddish  stripinga,  should  be  stopped  the  middle 
of  May,  Arona  is  also  a  fine  flower,  much  in  the  colour  and  bnild  of 
Colonel  Smith,  but  having  more  substance,  and  consequently  a  much 
better  laster,  the  Colonel  being  notoriously  deficient  in  this  respect. 
Mons.  Chenon  de  Lechd,  a  curious  mixture  of  salmon,  bronze,  an^ 
yellow,  is  now  in  its  second  season  and  thoroughly  established.  There  {» 
no  difficulty  in  timing  it,  as  it  makes  buds  so  freely  that  if  one  be 
removed  another  may  be  confidently  expected  within  ten  days.  Olive 
Oclee,  a  bronzy  incurving  flower  which  was  expected  to  be  very  fine 
this  year,  is  a  failure  vvith  me,  and  I  have  not  seen  it  good  elsewhere. 
I  bad  forgotten  Mrs.  HCimann  Klose,  a  grand  flower  and  distinct  colour, 
orange  overlaid  with  chestnut  red ;  it  is  one  of  the  best  of  this  year's 
novelties.  I  will  conclude  my  list  of  Japs  with  one  which  stands  quite 
by  itself  in  colour — viz.,  Mrs.  Briscoe  Ironside,  a  lovely  flesh  pink,  the 
best,  1  consider,  of  Mr.  Ironside’s  introductions.  It  is  a  good  doer,  and 
requires  no  stopping.  I  have  some  charming  flowers  on  plants,  the 
cuttings  of  which  were  not  inserted  until  March  20th. 
I  am  afraid  my  paper  is  already  very  tedious,  in  fact  it  is  difficult  to 
deal  with  a  subject  like  this  without  being  cataloguey,  so  I  shall  not 
attempt  the  remaining  sections  except  to  give  an  opinion  that  those 
who  wish  for  an  antidote  to  big  blooms  should  take  up  the  singles  a 
little ;  they  are  most  charming  subjects  for  table  decoration,  and  there 
are  several  very  pretty  novelties  this  season,  among  them  notably  Annie 
Tweed,  a  deep  narrow  crimson,  Ewan  Carveran  and  Mrs.  Stubbs,  white 
(one  Jap  and  the  oiler  a  round  regular  flower).  The  list  of  fine  things’ 
1  have  given  is  a  triumph  to  the  raisers  who  are  at  work  on  the  autumn 
queen,  and  1  do  not  think  we  have  reached  the  limit  of  improvement,  or 
indeed  approached  it.  Already  several  grand  seedlings  have  been  shown, 
which  will  be  heard  of  later,  hut  as  less  than  half  the  season  haseLpi-ed 
it  would  be  premature  to  say  anything  of  future  prospects. — {_Read  iy 
Mr.  0,  E.  Peaeson,  ChilvoelJ,  at  a  mee'ing  of  the  Horticultural  Club  >  rt 
the  10th  ind. 
Hakton  Hall,  Durham. 
We  are  informed  that  there  is  a  fine  display  of  Chrysanthemums 
grown  by  Mr.  R.  Robson.  Harton  Hall  is  near  to  South  Shields,  and 
through  the  kindness  of  tbe  owner,  J.  M.  Moore,  Esq.,  the  beautiful 
conservatory  will  be  thrown  open  for  the  benefit  of  the  public.  This  has 
been  done  annually,  and  is  much  appreciated  by  the  public. 
Vines  ILL,  Perth. 
Calling  a  few  days  ago  at  Messrs.  Harley’s  floral  establishment 
at  Vinehill  we  had  the  pleasure  of  inspecting  the  fine  collection  of 
Chysanthemums  grown  there.  Of  course  in  such  establishments  as  the 
one  under  notice  the  great  majority  of  the  plants  are  grown  for  supply¬ 
ing  cut  blooms.  Tbe  plants,  numbering  over  jOOO,  are  arranged  in 
several  houses,  and  presented  a  very  imposing  apppearance,  healthy  well- 
grown  hushes  bristling  with  flower  buds  in  various  stages  of  develop¬ 
ment,  prom’sing  an  abundant  and  continuous  supply  of  cut  bloom  up 
till  and  after  Christmas.  Amongst  the  sorts  grown  for  this  purpese 
Viviand  Morel,  Elaine,  Lady  Selborne,  Yellow  Selborne,  Elsie,  Source 
d’Or,  and  Soeur  Melaine  were  very  much  in  evidence. 
One  house,  however,  was  filled  entirely  with  plants  grown  for  large 
blooms,  ,and  these  in  the  meantime  formed  tbe  centre  cf  attraction. 
Many  could  be  noted,  each  sort  displaying  its  own  peculiar  characteristic, 
and  all  combining  to  make  a  beautiful  and  interesting  display. 
We  cannot  close  these  rambling  notes  without  complimenting  Mr. 
Bush,  Messrs,  Harley’s  able  and  energetic  manager,  on  the  exceedingly 
successful  issue  of  his  year’s  labours,  and  doubtless  it  will  be  very 
gratifying  to  his  old  friends  in  tbe  Hull  district  to  leartJ  of  his  succese 
in  tbe  cultivation  of  the  autumn  queen  in  the  fair  city  of  Perth. — 
Clematis. 
Altrincham. 
Amongst  the  many  numerous  departments  at  Messrs.  Clibran’s,  Old¬ 
field  Nurseries,  Altrincham,  which  merit  attention  at  the  present  time 
that  devoted  to  Chrysanthemums  is  the  most  important.  The  grand 
show  house,  some  200  feet  in  length  and  30  feet  in  width,  is  now  a 
gorgeous  mass  of  colour  delightful  to  behold.  Banked  on  each  side 
with  a  central  path  the  plants  can  be  inspected  with  perfect  freedom, 
those  grown  for  large  blooms  numbering  2000,  whilst  some  1500  are 
grown  principally  in  bush  form. 
Tbe  plants,  too,  are  so  well  grown  by  Mr.  B.  Fletcher,  and  the 
information  tendered  by  him  is  of  such  great  value,  that  the  visit  is- 
always  made  doubly  interesting.  The  numerous  successes  attending 
this  firm  are  so  well  known  that  1  need  not  enter  into  detail,  bnt  I 
feel  bound  to  say  that  the  present  show,  as  regards  the  Japanese  sec¬ 
tion,  is  much  ahead  of  former  years. 
Several  of  Calvat’e  varieties  were  splendid.  Madame  Gustave  Henri, 
a  splendid  white  ;  Captain  L.  Cbaurd,  a  very  large  flower,  colour  chamois- 
yellow  ;  Ma  Perfection,  a  lovely  incurved  pure  white  ;  and  Australian 
Gold  were  the  gems  of  the  set  for  1896.  Tbe  handsome  Lady  Byron, 
large  in  flower  and  an  easy  grower ;  Lord  Lisbume,  one  of  the  firm’s 
own  raising,  ahold  flower;  Reine  a'Angleterre,  Miss  Elsie  Teichman, 
John  Seward,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Shea,  Phoebus,  Mrs.  Briscoe  Ironside,  a  lovely 
incurving  pale  flesh  colour ;  Emily  Silsbury,  and  others  were  also 
strongly  represented.  In  the  incurved  section  C.  H.  Curtis  and  a  new 
seedling  raised  here  named  Lady  Dartmouth  are  grown  in  abundance. 
The  latter  is  a  free  doer,  and  is  certain  to  prove  a  great  acquisition.  Tbe 
colour  is  white,  each  petal  being  edged  and  tippea  with  green,  and  it  ia 
one  that  ought  to  be  iu  the  bands  of  all  exhibitors,  being  so  distinct- 
Other  varieties  are  well  grown. 
