

Vol. VI. 



82.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 15, 1897. 



Single Copy 

 10 Cents. 



No. 125. 



VHW IN THE UPPER TTAT.T. AT THE BOSTON CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 



Chrysanthemums. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM EXHIBITIONS. 



The Queen of Autumn has again held 

 her annual court, and her subjects seems 

 to be more numerous than ever in spite 

 of the numerous predictions that the 

 "chrysanthemum fad" had almost ex- 

 hausted itself. In no less than twenty- 

 four of the larger cities throughout the 

 country regular "chrysanthemum shows" 

 were held during the past month, in which 

 giant blooms and skillfully -grown plants 

 competed for liberal prizes. At many of 

 these exhibitions the attendance was 

 larger than ever before, showing increased 

 interest on the part of the general public. 

 It should be added, though, that there is 



an increasing tendency to broaden these 

 exhibitions and that other flowers appear 

 more prominently each year. This is as 

 it should be. While the chrysanthemum 

 is necessary to give the great variety of 

 color and form essential in a large exhibi- 

 tion, all other flowers in season should 

 be effectively displayed in as great variety 

 as possible. 



The progress made of late years in the 

 growing of exhibition blooms of the 

 chrysanthemum is trulv remarkable A few 

 vears ago it seemed as though the limit had 

 surely been reached, but each year the 

 record of the previous season has been 

 beaten. In plants the progress has not 

 been so marked, and it would appear that 

 the skillful gardener can go no further in 

 that direction. 



In this issue we present some engrav- 



ings from photographs of several leading 

 exhibitions during the past month. Bos- 

 ton is still well to the front in both speci- 

 men plants and blooms, and we are 

 pleased to be able to give several views of 

 this important exhibition. Philadelphia 

 .and New York both held excellent exhibi- 

 tions, and Chicago was not behind. We 

 also present several views of the Chicago 

 show, which in size probably exceeded 

 that of any other exhibition in the coun- 

 try. 



Of the new varieties exhibited for th e 

 first time this year the immense white 

 Frank Hardy attracted the most atten- 

 tion from professional growers. An en- 

 graving from a photograph of a single 

 flower appears in this issue. This was 

 shown at all the large exhibitions by Mr. 

 A. Herrington, Madison, N.J. 



