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are finely effective. But, like Alexander, they 

 must reign alone ; for their colours crush any 

 more clear and delicate ones in a room. 



Of the immense value of the early flowering 

 border Chrysanthemums for Autumn decora- 

 tion, we become more keenly aware each year ; 

 for each year shows fresh fine varieties added to 

 the long list. Not only are the white, yellow, 

 bronze, and crimson shades wondrous beautiful ; 

 but the new large-flowered Japanese varieties 

 such, for instance, as Horace Martin among 

 yellows, Go acker's Crimson and Crimson Masse 

 among red-bronze, and scores more grow so 

 abundantly that a single spray will suffice to 

 fill a jar, lending itself to the most graceful and 

 effective decoration. And even if our flowers 

 fail, when 



" The clouds in Autumn crack," 



and the Oaks turn to copper and the Elms to 

 gold, when the copses are full of hazel-nuts, 

 and the passer-by breaks down our fences for 

 blackberries, and the great Agarics glow 

 scarlet under the Fir trees as the russet-coated 



