Dec-ember 7, 1907 



HORTICULTURE 



729 



The Chrysanthemum in Decorative Use 



Our frontispieee shows 

 ]iow attractivelj a green- 

 house and its promiscu- 

 ous contents niav lie tised 

 for the settinw of a clirvs- 

 iintheimnn sliow. An 

 equally pleitsing general 

 t'ffect in the iirdiuavy ex- 

 hibition hall, with its 

 various individual grou])s 

 hearing no relationslii)> 

 in contents or contour, 

 •one to another, is almost 

 impossible. The illustra- 

 tions OD this page from 

 photographs taken in the 

 greenliouses at Central 

 I'ark. New York, during 

 niuiii tlisplay there, are equally suggestive of the char- 

 acteristics in which most of our exhibitions are eon- 

 ■spicuously lacking. These jjictures will not jiarticn- 

 larly interest the grower of chrysanthemums for cut 

 ■flower purposes nor would they serve any purpose in 

 •a "scale of points" committee's rambles, hut Tor the 

 artistic eve nf tlie decorator wlm tries I'nr liroail eHects 



CmnSAXTHKMLMS At CENTRAL PARK. NEW YORK 



the recent chrvsanthe 



and seeks fitness and 

 balance in form and color 

 they will be found full of 

 suggestiveuess. We have 

 taken occasion in pre- 

 ceding issues to suggest 

 t(i our readers where we 

 believe they may find the 

 uiissing key to a better 

 puldic- appreciation- of 

 (lur exhilutions. by mak- 

 ing appeal through har- 

 numious decorative use 

 of the material at com- 

 mand rather than exclu- 

 sively through '"scale of 

 points" rivalry «"itli indi- 

 vidual blooms. This is only possilde through a 

 free use of naturally-grown masses, singles, and pom- 

 pons. Tables of specimen blooms are all right and in- 

 dispensable as a feature, but as the whole show they 

 carry less and less weight with the public each 

 \-ear. We have shown the people the wa}- of pro- 

 ducing flowers: let ns now show them how we can ?«e 

 them. 



rilKYSAXniEMlMS AT CENTRAL TaRK, XEW YORK. 



