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and clothing the branches up to the flower, while the flower 

 itself should be of good substance, well formed, and of a 

 pleasing color. The colors which are yet to be obtained are 

 a fine clear orange, a clear bright red, and the long sought for 

 blue. 



In an interesting letter from Dr. Walcott, of Cambridge, 

 Mass., on the subject of seedlings, he says: " Not one or 

 two years are sufficient to test the claims of a seedling chrys- 

 anthemum for a leading place. When a new chrysanthemum 

 has survived its fifth year it may be regarded as established, 

 and not before, and I am sorry to find that so few stand the 

 test. Jardin des Plantes is still unsurpassed in form and 

 color, and has been for more than thirty years." 



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