JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
December  51,  1903. 
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occiuiies  a  position — second — quite  in  keeping  with  its 
quality ;  no  doubt  it  will  depose  the  previously  named 
variety  after  another  season’s  trial.  Lady  Cranston, 
although  coming  out  late  in  the  season,  was  sufhciently  seen 
to  wan’ant  its  inclusion  in  the  best  twelve.  That  lovely 
white,  Mrs.  J.  Dunn,  obtains  the  coveted  position  which  is 
just  missed  by  Maud  du  Cros,  a  variety  that  has  only  to  be 
seen  to  be  admired.  J.  H.  Silsbury  and  Beauty  of  Leigh 
also  suffer  in  that  way.  No  fewer  than  thirty-one  varieties 
are  named  but  once,  thirteen  receive  two  votes,  twelve 
three.  I  think  it  will  be  generally  admitted  that  there  is  a 
distinct  shortage  of  what  are  known  as  new  and  desirable 
kinds  outside  of  the  select  few  as  compared  to  some  years. 
Raisers  and  cultivators  exercise  a  greater  supervision  than 
formerly.  A  variety  to  make  headway  must  have  distinct 
points  of  excellence.  A  greater  tendency  to  quality  instead 
of  mere  size  characterises  the  bulk  of  new  kinds  in  any 
section. — Edwin  Molyneux. 
Thirty  Single  Flowering  Varieties. 
Earlswood  Glory,  pure  white  ;  Earlswood  Beauty,  prim¬ 
rose  ;  Edith  Pagram,  rich  pink  ■,  Captain  Allsop,  rich  yellow. 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Forbes,  rich  purple  maroon  ;  Felix,  terra¬ 
cotta  ;  The  Bride,  pure  white  ;  Elsie  Neville,  crimson,  terra¬ 
cotta  ;  Kate  Williams,  yellow. 
Jane,  pure  white;  Lady  Windsor,  deep  lilac;  Miss 
Mary  Anderson,  blush  white ;  Miss  Annie  Holden,  pale 
yellow  ;  Mrs.  D.  B.  Crane,  ceriSe^  pink. 
Purity,  pure  white  ;  Rev.  W.  E.  Remfrey,  crimson 
maroon ;  Oceana,  peach  blush ;  Sir  Geo.  Bullough,  deep 
yellow  ;  Star  of  Honour,  white,  cream  centre. 
Ewan  Cameron,  blush  white  ;  Thomas  Suter,  white, 
yellow  disc  ;  Princess  of  Wales,  flesh  colour,  white  ring  at 
disc  ;  Mrs.  Henry  Herbert,  pure  white. 
kramfield  Beauty,  deep  rich  velvety  crimson;  Miss  A. 
Edwards,  white,  flushed  rose  ;  Glorious,  rose,  base  of  petals 
white  ;  Belle  of  Weybridge,  rich  chestnut  crimson ;  F.  W. 
Smith,  rich  glowing  pink ;  Josephine  H.  Stallard,  crimson 
red  ;  Mrs.  E.  Roberts,  lilac. 
Taventy-four  Pompon  Varieties. 
William  Westlake,  golden  yellow;  Rosinante,  blush 
lose,  Mrs.  Bateman,  orange  brown;  Mr.  Sabey,  bright 
golden  yellow ;  Nelly  Rainford,  buff ;  Mdlle.  Elise-  Dordan, 
silvery  pink. 
Madame  Marthe,  pure  white  ;  Golden  Madame  Marthe, 
golden  yellow;  La  Piirete,  white;  Comte  de  Morny, 
purple ;  Black  Douglas,  dark  crimson ;  Pygmalion,  deep 
rose. 
President,  dark  rosy  crimson;  Marabout,  blush;  Tous- 
saint  Maurisot.  rosy  lilac  ;  St.  Michael,  bright  gold  ;  Lizzie 
Holmes,  canary  yellow,  tipped  rose. 
Adele  Prizette,  rosy  lilac  ;  Prince  Victor,  dark  maroon  ; 
edged  gold  ;  Klondike,  bright  yellow  ; 
Miss  Ada  Williams,  white  shaded  blush  ;  William  Kennedy 
crimson ;  Gallia,  clear  soft  pink. 
Eighteen  Anemone-pompon  Varieties. 
Aglaia,  blush  white;  Antonins,  bright  yellow;  Madame 
Montels,  white,  yellow  centre  ;  Madame  Chalonge,  blush, 
tipped  sulphur ;  Marie  Stuart,  blush,  sulphur  centre  ;  Reine 
des  Anemones,  pure  white,  late. 
Bessie  Flight,  rosy  lilac  ;  Briolis,  rosy  blush  ;  Emily 
Kowbottom,  white;  Jean  Hatchette,  white,  pale  yellow 
centre. 
Grace  Darling,  blush  ;  Calliope,  ruby  red  ;  Marguerite 
de  Loi,  blush,  yellow  centre  ;  Mr.  Astie,  golden  yellow  ; 
Meteor,  crimson,  scarlet  and  gold  ;  Madame  Sentir,  pure 
whffe  ;  Magenta  King,  magenta  guard,  yellow  disc  ;  Gem 
ot  Earlswood,  citron. 
Twelve  Large  Flowered  Anemone  Varieties. 
Lady  Margaret,  pure  white  ;  Gluck,  orange  yellow ; 
Fleur  de  Marie,  white;  Acquisition,  rosy  lilac,  yellow 
centre  ,  Delamare,  creamy  white  ;  Descartes,  bright  crim¬ 
son  red. 
Mrs.  Judge  Benedict,  sulphur,  tinted  blush;  Mrs.  P.  R. 
Dunn,  pure  white ;  Mdlle.  Nathalie  Brun,  cream,  tipped 
primrose  ;  M.  C.  Leboeqz,  citron  yellow,  tinted  rose ; 
1  nnce  of  Anemones,  lilac  blush  ;  Miss  Annie  Lowe,  prim¬ 
rose  yellow. 
Twelve  Japanese-Anemone  Varieties. 
W.  W.  Astor,  salmon  blush,  centre  golden  rose;  Mrs. 
H.  M.  Gardner,  deep  rose,  tipped  gold  ;  Nelson,  crimson 
purple  ;  John  Bunyan.  rich  yellow  ;  Jeanne  Martz,  blush 
white,  lilac  disc  ;  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  pale  blush. 
Madame  Lawton,  white  and  rose  ;  Clara  Owen,  pale 
straw  ;  Mrs.  Bassett,  lilac  guard,  yellow  disc  ;  Marsia  Jones, 
pure  white  ;  Fabian  de  Mediana,  lilac,  purple  and  gold  ; 
Halcyon,  pure  white,  extra  large  guard  florets. 
Twenty-four  Late  Flowering  Varieties. 
W.  H.  Lincoln,  orange  yellow  ;  L.  Canning,  white  ;  Lord 
Brooke,  bronze  and  yellow  ;  Princess  Victoria,  creamy 
white  ;  Tuxedo,  terra-cotta  bronze ;  Framfield,  pink,  rich 
pink ;  Etoile  de  Feu,  brilliant  red  ;  Queen  of  the  Exe,  soft 
lilac  pink. 
Mrs.  J.  Thompson,  chestnut  bronze  ;  Niveus,  pure 
white  ;  Red  Lady  Carey,  bright  red  ;  Miss  Anna  Hartshoi'n, 
pink  and  white  ;  Etoile  de  Lyon,  lilac  rose,  shaded  silver ; 
Mrs.  Alfred  Tate,  terra-cotta  and  gold. 
The  Queen,  pure  white ;  Sunstone.  straw  yellow ; 
Madame  Phillipe  Rivoire,  white ;  Miss  J.  Cottee,  golden 
yellow  ;  Lady  Osborne,  soft  flesh  pink. 
Madame  Edmund  Roger,  greenish  Avhite  ;  King  of 
Plumes,  yellow  ;  Progne,  amaranth ;  Yellow  Mrs.  Thomp¬ 
son,  yellow  ;  Red  L.  Canning,  dark  red. 
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Tk  “Daffodil  King"  on  Tour.— No.  12. 
{Continued  from  parje  .573.) 
Again  the  .scene  shifts — ^^tliis  time  to  New  Caledonia,  which  i.s 
a  French  convict  establishment.  The  ve.ssel  had  a  quantity  of 
coals  to  discharge  here,  which  work  occupied  the  greater  part  of 
a  week,  ,so  that  there  was  ample  time  to  see  the  sleepy  township, 
Bui^pos,  and  its  neighbourhood,  so  far  as  strangers  were  per¬ 
mitted.  The  natives  are  not  allowed  to  enter  the  town,  and  no 
prisoners  are  to  be  seen,  except  a  few  aged  men  vho  sweep  th® 
streets  in  the  mornings.  Soldiers  in  uniform  Avre  not  to  be 
seen,  but  at  a  cafe  Mr.  Barr  met  some  officers  in  civilian  dress. 
Our  narrator  says  tliere  is  Gvidently  a  good  doal  of  socrecy  Avith. 
this  establishment,  and  he  thought  it  Avould  be  well  for  the 
Australian  Government  to  keep  an  eye  on  this  French  possession. 
The  place  is  strongly  fortified,  fortifications  being  placed  on 
every  point  of  vantage,  .so  that,  should  there  ever  be  a  quarrel 
between  France  and  Australia,  the  taking  of  all  the  forts  Avould 
mean  a  very  severe  .struggle.  ^  -vt  tt  v  ■  i 
From  New  Caledonia  the  ship  sailed  for  the  New  Hebrides, 
callinof  CTi  rou/e  at  various  islands  to  discharge  cargo 
missiraarics.  Mr.  Barr  Avas  noiv  Avithin  a  feiv  hundred  miles  of 
the  Fiji  group  (Avliich  are  even  on  a  loAA’er  latitude),  Avhere  he 
had  voyaged  not  long  previously,  as  these  notes  have  shoAvn.  the 
tour  to  those  of  us  Avho  must  content  ourselves  at  home,  seems 
a  remarkable  one,  and  gains  in  interest  the  further  Ave  trace  it. 
When  off  the  island  of  Malokula,  the  passengers  Avho 
desired  to  land  and  .see  the  largest  active  volcano  in  the  AAorld 
Avere  limited  to  six  persons,  as  the  natiAms  have  the  reputation 
of  being  “  man-eaters.”  The  party  applied  to  the  mission  station 
on  landinc^  for  a  guide  ;  and  the  missionary  tried  to  induce  one 
or  more  of  his  people  to  accompany  the  explorers,  but  they  one 
and  all  positively  refu.sed,  as  a  Avar  Avas  then  raging  in  the 
different  villages.  Later,  hoAvever,  after  some  further  per¬ 
suasion,  one  man  consented,  and  at  the  first  village  the  party 
Avas  greeted  by  a  sentry  armed  Avith  a  musket.  No  harm  came 
from  this  source,  and  soon  the  head-man  of  the  village  was  inter- 
vicAved,  and  successfully,  as  it  AA’puld  seem,  for  he  sent  the  sentry 
Avith  Mr.  Barr  and  his  companions.  They  ascended  to  as  nmr 
the  mouth  of  the  crater  as  possible,  but  not  so  close  as  to  be 
able  to  look  doAvn  upon  the  mass  of  burning  laA'a. 
Enterino-  a  second  village,  the  party  Avas  taken  in  hand  by 
another  convoy,  and  so  on  from  village  to  Aullage,  finding  in  most 
places  men  avIio  could  speak  English  had  been  to  Queen.sland,  at 
the  sugar  plantations.  At  the  last  village  in  the  journey  they  were 
told  that  there  Avere  some  English  traders  on  the  coast,  and 
having  requested  to  be  taken  to  them  they  found  tAvo  men  (for¬ 
tunately  for  the  latter)  avIio  belonged  to  their  own  ve.ssel,  having 
come  all  the  way  from  Sydney.  Having  refreshed  them¬ 
selves,  the  party  set  to-  Avork,  and  Avith  the  aid  of  a  native  creAv 
they  Avere  soon  back  at  the  steamer,  AA’hich  they  reached  at  tour 
o’clock  in  the  morning.  They  had  been  aAA^ay  tAA^elve.  hour.s  on  a 
journey  that  ought  only  to  have  taken  four  hours.  captain 
AA^as  greatly  rejoiced  to  welcome  them  back,  as  he  had  begun  to 
de.spair  of  their  returning.  i  i  i 
The  members  of  the  ves.sel  must  liaA'c  been  real  coral-island 
adventurers !  Much  climbing  Avas  done  on  Malokula,  and  on  one 
occa.sion  it  was  necessary  for  the  natives  to  assist.  Mr.  Barr  Ava.s 
being  hauled  and  pushed  up  a  steep  place  by  means  of  a  rope, 
when  the  head-man  of  the  village,  evidently  feeling  over¬ 
worked,  exclaimed,  “  What  for  you  bring  this  old  felloAV  man  up 
here?”  Mr.  Cheesman,  the  Melbourne  nurseryman,  Avho 
accompanied  the  veteran  on  this  tour,  Avas  Avont  to 
call  out  “  Cocoanut,”  Avlien  the  natives  procured  for  him 
green  Cocoanuts;  and  he  Avas  able  to  consume  so  many  that  one 
observant  islander  was  not  slow  to  make  an  impolite  comparison. 
(To  be  continued.) 
