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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
December  10,  1903. 
Successful  Varieties. 
It  is  .seldom  M’e  find  all  varieties  of  Japanese  succeed  in  the 
same  .season,  even  given  an  equal  start  in  growth  and  date  of 
introduction.  A  variety  that  was  almost  universally  successful 
last  season  may  not  be  seen  once  this  year  in  its  proper  form. 
I\hy,  it  is  difficult  to  say.  Some  peculiarity  about  the  constitu¬ 
tion  in  conjunction  with  certain  kinds  of  w'eather  at  a  particular 
stage,  may  account  for  such  discrepancies  as  bad  colour,  want 
of  perfect  development  of  the  petals,  as  also  colour.  Again,  a 
variety  may  not  this  season  be  anything  like  the  size  in 
diameter  and  depth  that  it  naturally  reaches  when  the  season 
IS  suitable  for  this  particular  kind. 
Those  who  have  not  the  opportunity  of  seeing  the  leading 
shows  in  various  counties  are  no  doubt  interested  in  knowing 
what  varieties  are  “doing  well,  ”  as  the  phrase  goes.  For  their 
benefit  I  have  jotted  down  a  few’  of  the  leading  varieties  I  can 
recommend  this  season.  At  the  .same  time  I  purpose  naming  a 
few  of  the  non-<successful. 
F.  S.  Vallis  is  the  flower  of  the  year  w’ithout  a  doubt.  The 
blooms  are  massive,  splendidly  built-up  in  the  centre ;  the  long 
florets  have  a  graceful  droop  w’hich  is  at  once  elegant,  besides 
the  colour  is  all  that  one  could  desire — a  true  yellow’. 
Mrs.  Mileham  is  all  I  said  it  w’ould  be  when  introduced  a 
couple  of  seasons  ago-- an  improved  Mrs.  Barkley.  The  florets 
reflex  naturally,  showing  freely  that  lovely  deep  rose  colour. 
Ihe  bloom.s,  too,  are  more  refined  than  many  of  the  huge  grow¬ 
ing  varieties. 
Edwin  Molyneux  still  holds  its  own  as  the  brightest  coloured 
variety  we  have.  It  does  .seem  strange  that  it  is  the  only  variety 
in  existence  now  popular,  that  was  introduced  with  others  at  the 
same  time,  seventeen  years  since.  From  the  millions  of 
seedlings  there  has  never  been  one  to  equal  it  in  colour,  nor  one 
just  like  it.  [Mhat  of  Alfriston.^ — En.]  Henry  Barnes,  an 
Australian  seedling,  is  the  neare-st  approach.  This  has  been 
shown  well  this  season,  but  it  lacks  perfection  in  the  centre  of 
the  flow’er.  In  colour  it  is  extremely  rich,  having  a  suffusion  of 
plum  over  the  crimson. 
Mrs.  Greenfield  is  quite  one  of  the  best  of  yellow’  flow’ered 
varieties.  The  florets  are  broad  and  the  blooms  are  compact, 
yet  not  without  grace.  The  habit  is  dwarf,  which  is  really  a 
point  in  its  favour. 
Bessie  Godfrey  is  quite  the  be.st  of  Mr.  Godfrey’s  introduc¬ 
tions:  a  full,  massive  flower  of  a  soft,  yet  rich  yellow’.  The 
florets  and  general  character  of  the  flower  is  all  that  one  could 
w’ish  for. 
Sensation,  with  the  strong  dashes  of  bronze  upon  the  yellow, 
marks  this  variety  as  a  true  sen.sation. 
Nellie  Pockett  and  its  yellow’  .sport,  Mrs.  T.  W.  Pockett,  are 
so  consistent  in  their  manner  ^f  growth  and  production  that  they 
are  indispensable  as  cut  blooms.  In  addition  they  are  most 
suitable  for  specimen  plant  growth  or  for  “  bush  ”  training. 
Miss  Elsie  Fulton  maintains  its  po.sition  as  the  be.st  flower  in 
the  Japanese  incurved  section.  The  massive  petals  are  suffi¬ 
ciently  tight  to  render  it  .solid,  yet  beautiful. 
Mdme.  Paolo  Radaelli  was  this  season  quite  at  its  best. 
Generally  it  is  of  huge  size,  with  loosely  incurving  florets,  and 
of  a  pleasing  .shade  of  pink.  In  some  fon’  instances  nearly  w’hite 
flowers  have  been  seen,  but  this  is  more  a  question  of  culture 
than  fault  in  the  variety. 
General  Hutton  (bronze  yellow)  is  w’ell  worthy  of  its  place 
among.st  a  select  list  of  Japane.se;  and  Mrs.  George  Law’rence, 
Avith  its  somewhat  narrow  florets  of  yelloAV,  .splashed  and  striped 
with  crimson,  is  a  distinct  gain. 
Mafeking  Hero  has  rendered  good  service  to  several  exhibi¬ 
tors,  its  bright  red  colour  being  conspicuous  anyAvhere.  Godfrey’s 
King,  too,  is  another  of  huge  size,  Avith  a  tendency  to  be  incurv¬ 
ing.  It  is  bright  chestinit  red  on  the  reverse  .side,  dull  crimson 
on  the  surface.  Au.stralian  Gold,  .seldom  heard  of  noAAadays, 
was  marvellously  Avell  shoAAn  at  Cardiff,  and  in  that  condition  is 
one  of  the  best  yelloAA’  floAvered  varieties  we  have.  Duchess  of 
Sutherland  is  extremely  rich  in  colour  and  of  full  size.  Lord 
LudloAv  is  still  quite  one  of  the  best  of  bronze  yellows:  its  long 
drooping  floretis  give  grace  and  fulness  to  the  flowers. 
George  Penford  (crimson  scarlet)  is  occa.sionally  found  in 
good  order.  The  Rev.  W.  Wilks  (deep  rose)  has  been  magnifi¬ 
cently  shoAA’n  on  several  occasions.  Mrs.  H.  Emmerton,  deep 
canary  yelloAA’,  a  Avell  built  flow’er,  is  fine.  Mrs.  Thorneycroft, 
apricot,  flushed  orange,  is  handsome  in  every  Avay.  Sir  H. 
Kitchener,  AA'ith  its  soft  cream  suffusion  over  a  rich  terra  cotta 
base,  is  handsome:  a  full  de.sirable  floAver.  • 
Henry  Perkins,  rich  yelloAV,  overlaid  Avith  chestnut  crimson, 
is  a  striking  A’ariety.  Mi.ss  Mildred  Ware,  terra  cotta-rose, 
over  amber,  is  a  full,  medium-sized  bloom.  It  has,  however, 
one  fault — going  over  in  colour  quickly. 
Non-Successful  Vabieties. 
No  one  Avill  dispute  that  aa’C  have  seen  the  best  of  the  Carnot 
family.  For  the  last  three  years  the  blooms  have  been  growing 
less.  We  .see  diameter  even  iioaa’,  but  Ave  do  not  get  the  depth 
or  AA’idth  of  petal  that  characterised  this  family,  and,  like  all 
other  hard-AA'orked  varieties,  its  comstitution  is  gone. 
W.  R.  Church  ha,s  not  been  con.si.stent  this  season,  and  hardly 
a  .single  perfect  bloom  has  been  seen.  In  colour  there  is  a 
distinct  tinge  of  green  at  the  tips  of  the  florets,  exhibiting  a 
Avant  of  fini.sh  in  development. 
Mrs.  Barkley  is  another  failure.  The  blooms  haA’e  been  large 
enough  in  AA’idth,  but  the  florets  have  lacked  regularity  as  w’ell 
as  vigour.  W^herei  the  blooms  AA’ere  perfect  in  outline  they  were 
small.  Florence  Molyneux  is  quite  a  failure. 
S.  T.  Wright,  from  Avhich  AA’e  expected  .so  much  at  the  end 
of  last  year,  has  been  so  short  in  its  florets  as  to  be 
unrecogni.sable.  Calvet’s  ’99  appears  to  have  lost  its  delicate  tint 
of  colour,  as  aa  cII  as  richness  of  petal. 
Charles  Davis  has  been  but  or/ce  presented  in  its  true 
character;  ViA’iand  Morel  and  Lady  Hanham,  not  at  all. 
Godfrey’s  Masterpiece,  Godfrey’s  Pride,  Godfrey’s  Triumph, 
and  Exmouth  Rival  are  all  too  small  for  up'-to-date  exhibitors. 
Guy  Hamilton  is  noAV  too  full  of  quill  petals  to  be  of  value. 
Mrs.  J.  LeAA’is  is  much  too  short  in  floret  to  be  graceful  or 
even  large  enough.  Mdme.  HerreAV’ege  is  fast  folloAving  in  the 
same  manner.  A  similar  remark  applies  to  M.  Louis  Reiny  and 
Le  Grand  Dragon.  The  moment  the  constitution  fails  shortness 
of  petal  folloAA’s. 
J.  R.  Upton  has  lost  that  rich  tint  of  yelloAA’  that  once  was 
its  charm.  Queen  Alexandra,  is  too  short  in  floret  to  be  of 
service.  It  is  an  attempt  at  reflexing,  as  W’ell  as  incurving  in 
the  same  flow’er,  AA’hich  is  generally  a  failure. 
Lily  Mountford  has  lost  that  pretty  tint  of  rose  colour  on 
the  Avhite.  Lord  Salisbury  has  lost  the  crimson  that  alone  ren¬ 
dered  its  colour  desirable. 
Mdme.  Philip  Rivoire  is  a  good  “  decorative,”  but  nothing 
more.  Mdme.  R.  Cadbui-y,  AA’ith  all  its  elegance  of  petal,  is  a 
thing  of  the  past.  Madame  Von  Andre  and  its  parent  are  now 
quite  useless  [.^j.  Miss  E.  Pilkington  is  a  good,  late  flowering 
variety,  but  of  no  value  tO'  an  exhibitor. 
Mrs.  H.  Weeks,  Avhich  had  such  a  run  but  a  feAV  years  since,  I 
hardly  ever  see  mentioned  noAV.  Mrs.  Clayton,  its  parent  Mrs. 
C.  H.  Payne,  and  its  sports,  are  all  varieties  of  the  past.  Crities 
have  now  ceased  to  argue  about  T.  Carrington  and  its  co-flow’er, 
Australie :  both  are  giving  Avay  to  more  recent  introductions — - 
Mdme.  W.  Rousseau  and  W.  Duckham  for  example. 
M.  Chenon  de  Leche,  once  so  popular,  has  about  run  its  race. 
Pride  of  Madford,  with  all  its  brilliancy  of  colour,  fails  to  main¬ 
tain  its  footing,  and  Calvat’s  Sun  is  hardly  destined  to  attain 
the  highest  pinnacle  of  fame,  w’hile  Edith  Tabor  and  Oceana  are 
no  more. 
Thehairy  section  are  quite  out  of  date,  for  the  interest  created 
in  this  type  was  but  shalloAV.  Lady  RidgeAA’ay,  at  one  tiine  a 
heroine  from  the  Isle  of  Man,  is  not  in  evidence  in  the  exhibition 
tent. — Sadoc. 
Proceedings  in  the  U.5.A. 
The  second  annual  meeting  of  the  Chrysanthemum  Society  of 
America  Avas  held  at  Ncav  York,  Wednesday,  November  11,  Avith 
President  Harrington  in  the  chair.  There  AA’a;S  a  good  attendance 
of  members,  and  after  the  delivery  of  the  President’s  able  address, 
interesting  and  encouraging  reports  w’ere  presented  by  the  secre¬ 
tary  and  treasurer.  Professor  Geo.  E.  Stone’s  lecture  on  the 
“Diseases  of  Chrysanthemums”  AA’as  AA’ell  received.  As  a  result 
of  the  President’s  recommendations,  the  committee  on  revising 
the  constitution  AA’as  instructed  to  report  at  the  next  annual  con¬ 
vention.  The  annual  report  AA’as  ordered  to  be;  printed.  It 
AA’as  announced  that  Elmer  D.  Smith,  of  Adrian,  Mich.,  had  made 
a  complete  card  index  of  all  A’arieties  of  Chrysanthemums  of 
domestic  origin  or  introduction  from  foreign  sources  since  the 
year  1887,  together  Avith  the  name  of  raiser,  disseminator  and 
other  descriptive  notes.  This  is  a  very  valuable  compilation 
requiring  much  labour,  and  Avorthy  of  the  highest  appreciation  by 
Chrysanthemum  lovers.  This  also  Avas  ordered  to  be  printed. 
The  interest  in  exhibition  Chrysanthemums  is  increasing  in 
the  IJ.S.A.  Over  ten  years  ago  they  formed  a  National  Chrys¬ 
anthemum  Society,  being  forty-seven  years  later  than  our  OAvn 
N.C.S.  The  president  of  the  American  N.C.S.  for  1903-1904,  is 
an  Englishman,  aa’Iio,  in  fact,  AA’as  at  one  time  on  the  staff  of 
one  of  the  English  gardening  journals.  Mr.  Arthur  Herrington, 
for  this  is  he,  has  created  a  considerable  reputation  since  he  left 
England  to  manage  the  private  and  commercial  gardens  of 
H.  McK.  TAA’ombly,  Esq.,  Jersey  City,  N.J. ;  and  it  Avill  be 
remembered  by  some  of  our  readers  that  a  fcAV  notes  about  him- 
