CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. 



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CHRONOI^OGICAL LIST OF THE ROYAL LINE OF THE REMONTANT 

 HOUSE OF DIO ANTHOS. 



♦Astoria was the first carnation plant grown in America, from seed cross-fertilized in 

 France. Artifical fecundation was not practiced on carnations in America for eleven years, 

 during which period not a carnation is recorded on the roster of merit. Charles Starr 

 was the first to practice the art, and in 1875 turned out the first carnation from seed, arti- 

 fically fertilized, in America, which has been followed by a swelling tide of grand 

 acquisitions. 



