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culture and great popularity of the Antirrhinum 

 at the present time. One other influence also 

 must be recognised. In our great public parks, 

 and notably in the Royal Botanic Gardens at 

 Kew, the Antirrhinum has in recent years been 

 used in a masterly way. Glorious long continued 

 effects have been obtained by the use of this 

 simple, easily cultivated plant. In America, the 

 Antirrhinum has attained a popularity as a cut 

 flower for market, etc., that it has never obtained 

 in Britain, but its day may possibly come here 

 also. In America, special strains are grown 

 and selected for under-glass culture. The same 

 could be done in Britain if there was a demand 

 for them. It is only within the last few years 

 that Antirrhinums have been well shown in London, 

 and my own firm has led the way, obtaining a 

 gold medal from the Royal Horticultural Society 

 for a very fine group in 1914. Those who know 

 the standard of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 will at once realize that a group of cut snapdragons 

 must have been exceptionally good to obtain the 

 highest award of that distinguished Society. 



The Royal Horticultural Society has carried 

 out several trials of Antirrhinums in their gardens 

 at Wisley. One in 1913 was an exceedingly 

 large and fine trial, over two hundred stocks being 



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