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free to all. Boston may well feel a just pride in the efforts of 

 the growers who have made it possible to give to us such a regal 

 show as they did the past season. 



To the public a debt of gratitude is also due. Nowhere in the 

 world do the people pay, and willingly, so high a price for a fine 

 Chrysanthemum as the residents of the great and good old city 

 of Boston. It is these elements that contribute to bring about 

 such grand results, which Avould be impossible but for them. 



In drawing to a close, permit me to say that I regard the future 

 of the Chrysanthemum as assured. The advances made in its 

 improvement have added greatly to the grace and beauty of the 

 liower, and popularized it until it has won a permanent abiding 

 place in all hearts. It will, indeed, be a bold flower which will 

 be able to disj)lace it, or even disturb its queenly hold upon us. 

 The public, in time to come, will undoubtedly require, for the 

 embellishment of the home, flowers of a smaller type, but of 

 equal finish and color with the larger and more regal varieties, 

 yet both Avill hold their proper place, and will equally delight 

 and gratify our taste for this most attractive flower. 



At the present time we stand simply on the threshold of its 

 future, great as its advance has been in the past decade only. 

 We have a right to anticipate those improvements which techni- 

 cal schools of chemistry, electricity, and kindred science are sure 

 to bring. There should be no hesitancy in pressing on. The 

 goal of ultimate success is already in view, and when that is 

 reached there can be no further doubt of the established value of 

 the Chrysanthemum in a mercantile sense, while sesthetically in 

 bringing it to its highest pitch of perfection and beauty you will 

 have succeeded in making it a joy forever. 



Discussion. 



Kennetli Finlayson asked. How can we bring specimens here 

 without staking ? 



Mr. Wood answered, By almost any method but that used here- 

 tofore ; they can be trained to wire supports. 



Mr. Finlayson Still thought that they could not be brought 

 here without staking. 



Mr. Wood thought that wire frames would be effectual, but he 

 had not looked into the subject. 



