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The enormous flowers seen at tlie fall shows are 

 secured by sacrificing all the buds on each shoot except 

 the ones which seem to possess the most vigor. (Fig 

 28.) The flowers thus produced are interesting as 



curiosities, but they are not as beautiful as the .smaller 

 ones, of which we may have great ([uantities on each 

 branch if we allow all the buds to grow which form 

 there. (Fig 29.) A plant covered with these smaller, 





