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mum, then, is not a double flower, but rather a number of 

 flowers crowded together, and it is the same in the case of 

 asters, daisies, dahlias, and all apparently double flowers that 

 are known as composites, and grouped by botanists under the 

 natural order Composite. It is repeated, therefore, that perfectly 

 double flowers do not produce seeds. 



Q. A question or two on raising fruit trees and bushes, please. 

 Cannot they be raised from seeds ? 



A. Certainly ; but seedlings are long in coming into bearing, 

 and after all the waiting not one in fifty may be equal to the 

 parent, while the majority will not be worth the ground they 

 occupy. It is far better to bud or graft them as advised in the 

 lecture. The best fruit trees are, however, prepared by nursery 

 men, and it is really cheaper for amateurs to buy trees that com- 

 mence bearing soon after they are planted, than to raise their 

 own and wait several years for fruit. 



