December  2,  1897.  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
anthemuin  Society  could  do  without  music  hall  assistance,  for  where  the 
leading  Society  holds  its  annual  carnival  of  all  that  is  first  and  best  in 
Chrysanthemum  culture,  there  will  its  supporters  assemble  to  witness. — 
E.  D.  S. 
“A.  D.”  (page  503)  is  having  his  annual  0ing  at  the  N.C.S.  He  does 
not  like  the  lioyal  Aquarium.  There  is  plenty  of  room  for  difference  of 
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held  at  the  Royal  Aquarium.  It  is  now  much  larger  than  it  originally 
was,  the  quality  of  the  exhibits  and  their  variety  much  greater,  and  the 
attendance  equal  to  the  utmost  capacities  of  the  building  to  contain  it. 
Why  should  the  popular  element  be  deprived  of  their  annual  display 
of  Chrysanthemums  at  Westminster  because  “  A.  D.”  does  not  like  the 
place  ? 
Your  correspondent  of  last  week  is  as  barren  of  suggestion  and 
rhoto  by  Mr,  E.  T  Lamb,  Tetbury,  Glos, 
i^lG.  78.— THE  CONSERVATORY  AT  WESTONBIRT. 
opinion  on  this  point  That  the  November  show  m  particular  Is  appre¬ 
ciated  by  thousands  is  demonstrated  by  the  crowded  state  of  the  building 
when  the  show  is  on.  The  public  appear  to  like  the  arrangement  of  the 
exhibits  also.  They  regard  them  as  a  desirable  and  an  appreciative 
break  away  from  the  formal  straight  lines  of  the  Drill  Hall  and  the 
Temple  shows. 
For  the  space  of  twenty-one  years  a  Chrysanthemum  show  has  been 
i-esoUrce  as  the  rest  of  the  critics  (very  few,  indeed)  who  take  the  same 
line.  They  name  no  alternative  place.  If  they  could  there  might  l>e 
some  use  in  their  criticism  ;  but  they  do  not,  because  they  cannot.  The 
Crystal  Palace  (occasionally  suggested)  is  out  of  the  question.  Two 
years  ago  the  executive  which  he  invokes  appointed  a  Committee  to  look 
for  and  suggest  more  appropriate  sites  for  the  November  show  ;  they 
failed  to  discover  a  single  one.  Will  “A.  D.”  supplement  their  labours 
