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ours ; more than twenty years since we cultivated upwards of 

 fifty varieties, and since then a large part of the new seed- 

 lings of English and French origin have been added to our 

 collection. They display their flowers at a period when there 

 are few other gay blossoms, and the ease with which the 

 plants are raised, the profusion in which the flowers are dis- 

 played, and the length of time they remain in perfection ren- 

 der them the most desirable ornaments of the greenhouse, the 

 conservatory or parlor. 



15. THE POMPONE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



In England they have become the most conspicuous ob- 

 jects at the fall exhibitions, and societies have been formed 

 for the especial purpose of increasing the taste for their cul- 

 ture by the exhibition of superior specimens ; consequently 

 their cultivation is carried to the very highest condition, as the 

 accompanying engraving [fig. 15) will show, which is a fair 

 representation of a plant exhibited by Mr. J. Robinson, one 

 of the best cultivators in the vicinity of London. The plant 



