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seedlings that annually comes marching on; also to veto 
the spurious sorts from commerce with as much vigilance 
as the natienal government excludes their original culti- 
vators from our shores. It has been customary in Eng- 
land fer generations past to hold large displays every 
Autumn of this favorite flower, and handsome and 
valuable prizes are offered each year for the best grown 
plants and the finest cut blooms; so much so, that it is 
immensely popular over there, and thousands fiock te 
see these displays each season with as much avidity as a 
Kentucian would a State fair or race meeting. The peo- 
ple on this side of the Atlantic have now fully caught on 
and Chrysanthemum shows are new all the fashion. 
Each year brings the news of exhibitions of these plants 
being held in cities for the first time, and once inaugu- 
rated, they grow and become more attractive each year. 
The shows now held in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, 
Chicago, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, compare favorably 
with any of the great exhibitions of the Old World. We 
are also glad te note that many of the Southern cities are 
falling into line, and the ‘Autumn Queen”? is given a 
well appointed reception each seasen as they open in all 
their beauty, with the ripening of the golden orange in 
the soft sunny days of our Indian Summer. Nashville, 
Memphis and Clarksville, Tenn., Charleston, S. C., At- 
lanta and Macon, Ga., Dallas, Texas, and many other 
cities, have their annuai displays, and we trust ere long 
every city in the South will have its display, as these 
displays are indicative of good taste, and where this is se 
inherent among all whe love flowers in the South, we 
cannot have to wait long for thisattainment. The public 
has a desire to see the best the gardeners and florists car 
do in this line, and it is only by means of these displays 
that this can be accomplished, as well as extending the 
