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Bulletin 147. 



Society of England, is of especial interest to the amateur. Day by 

 day new characters appear. Successive tiers of florets flop over and 

 the entertainment is ever changing. Shavings is full of curious motions 

 before it looks like figure 185, page 368. Geo. S. Kalb has two 

 different expressions and the change comes quickly. 



This watching of daily changes is one of the chief rewards of culti- 

 vating plants. A cut flower is bought at its perfection and changes 



177. — An early stage of Millbrook. See figure 178. 



little. A potted plant, like that in figure 179, has a higher beauty 

 than any cut flower. It has the greater artistic value of different sizes 

 and shapes, even if one does not watch the flowers develop. Such a 

 plant may be bought from a florist, but there is nothing like growing 

 it yourself. The plant in figure 179 is J, JF, McHattie^ but the name 



