Chrysanthemum Shows and Organizations. 



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EYE OF THE SERPENT, OR MEDUSA A JAPANESE FANCY. 



her, 1886, their total receipts being $3,300, leaving the Society 

 a net profit of $2,000 for its three days exhibition. 



Since that time chrysanthemum shows have become more 

 general, and once started, they have grown rapidly in public 

 favor, so that their abandonment or retrogradation in a single 

 instance has yet to be chronicled. Philadelphia held its first 

 annual exhibition in 1880, and the shows under the auspices 

 of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society have now acquired 

 a national reputation. In 1887, Chicago had its first chrysan- 

 themum show, under the auspices of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club. Their second show was in the form of a floral fete, 



