CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 21, 20 November 1912, Page 39

CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

The National Chrysanthemum Society’s autumn exhibition was held at the Crystal Palace on October 2 and 3. The show is one of the best in the recent history of the society, and as compared with last year's exhibition in particular shows how much better a cool, wet season is than a dry. hot one for the favourable development of the buds. The finest exhibition blooms are in the

class for 12 distinct Japanese varieties on boards, a well-contested class, in which first and second are won by Mr G. L. Wigg, Merstham, and Mr E. G. Mocatta, Weybridge, respectively. The class for six blooms, with eight entries, is won by Mr A. T. Miller, Leatherhead. These show-board classes should be compared with that for a single vase of three Japanese blooms of one variety, in which the Rev. T. Sheepshanks, Chudleigh, Devon, showing Frances Jolifl’e, is placed first. Apart from the added value of stem and foliage, the vase brings out the beauty of depth of Hower, whereas the boards emphasise breadth. Frances Jolifl’e is a pale yellow suflu-ed with pink, and Mr Sheepshanks’ blooms measure a foot from the crown to the tips of the long hanging petals. Second in this class is won by Mr Mocatta's White Queen. a great favourite among specimen blooms, being included in f« ur other vases in the same class as well as in most of the boards. Other notable largo blooms are Messrs Wells' Mrs G. Lloyd Wigg, ’a canary yellow flower with a flat head a foot in diameter, and Mr H. J. Jones’ Rob Pulling, a bright yellow with long drooping pedals. are the best novelties in the show, securing the only first-class certificates awarded.—London Times.