XXIV 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



HE Chrysanthemum is, 

 next to the Geranium, the 

 most popular flower of the 

 present day, without doubt. 

 Its popularity was a sort 

 of fad at the beginning, 

 when the florists exhibited 

 blossoms nearly a foot across, but the flower 

 has won its way to the friendship of flower- 

 loving people everywhere by its many merits, 

 and we continue to grow it from more com- 

 mendable motives than those which actuated 

 us to its cultivation at the beginning of its 

 career. It is a flower that appeals to all classes, 

 because of its wonderful range of color, its 

 beauty of form, and the ease with which it is 

 grown. Also because it comes to us at a time 

 when we have few other flowers in the window. 

 Coming, as it does, in October and November, 

 it has pretty nearly everything its own way. 



Let it be understood, in the first place, that 

 the Chrysanthemum is a plant requiring a 



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