CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13288, 20 May 1905, Page 2

CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW.

In view of the chrysanthemum show to b» hold in tho Garrison Hall on Empire Day a few notes with regard to a fov of tho most popular vaiiotie? may be- of interest. Miny of Ihe best varieties bate had their origin on onr suto of the line. Mcssis '"lining and Co., of Melbourne, raised T/ulv Hopetoun and Loul Hcpetoun. Tha former, a heliotrope pink with the rev er.-o of tho petak' silverj'. is a robust grower, and has tho divnif habit esteemed by cluvsnithemum expeits; tlio latter is a lovely rich enmsen, (he petals rcfUv.cd, with the revcue sid» golden Lord Hopetoun jnny 1)" looked upon n* a glorified Edwin Molynenx, a \anety that long held svvav. hut hr.s now 1 icn suncrsedct) 'Mr Thomas Pockett, cura or of the Malvern Public Gardens, Melbourne, a noted rai«er of ehry-anthomums, anionir=t many first-dnss varieties js responsililq for the oiijin of Mi«s Nellie Poekett and W. It. Church. Those interested in the dift'eient varieties of tho autumn queen who weie picfont at the last v.inter show will lcmember the magnificent blooms of the Isiely Xellie staged by Mr Poole in his chanipionexhibit. AA T . R. Chinch, deep ioy crimroti, v. is bracketed equal with F. S. A'allis, eanaiy yellow, in the \ote taken in Enslanc) four months ago by th 9 Jeuinal of Horticulture 111 a \o_to taken nuring tho picsent month by the Melboiuie Ai gu*. Madame Cat not heads the list. It is a pure white (loner uith fonp-. drooping petals. It was laiscd by If. Calvat, tho great French •■hij-santhcnmm giovver, who al'o rai'od F. S. A* illis, regai cl-d as tlio of .Calvat's introduction": Madame Oarnot has fallen somewhat out of favour lnio, but usitors to the Dmiodm shoiy will have an opportunity of seeing good specimens of tlio ho b'.cms most in fa\our ill England—vi/., FS. A'allio and AV. R Church.