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makes up in size, as shown in Photo 153. Bushes of this plant 

 that are not sufficiently pruned will have a great many flowers, 

 but small ; when by severe pruning they would be as big as one's 

 hat. 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Among the charming fall flowers that I remember in boy- 

 hood's days in Old England was the Chrysanthemum ; but to 

 see one measuring more than three inches in diameter was a 

 wonder. Mr. David McFarlane (Photo 157) showed me a speci- 

 men last fall measuring twenty-three inches. The improvements 

 that have been made are infallibly prophetic that there are great 

 possibilities ahead ; "improvements," perhaps, of such superior 

 character, of which the mind has scarcely dreamed. The Chrys- 

 anthemum, alone, would be a "witness" to this fact. 



In Photo 154 you have a view, to the left, of the "bush- 

 grown" Chrysanthemum that took the prize at the flower-show, 

 at Tarrytown, N. Y. This is a partial view of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum-house at Mr. Wm. Rockefeller's, Rockwood Hall. You 



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Photo 154 

 Prize winner, Flower Show, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



