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another, and the result is something new. There is au 

 intense fascination in watching the various changes 

 wrought, and to see the bewitching loveliness of some 

 of the new arrivals. If one could sort out some of 

 these and name and describe them, he could give some 

 rare treasures to the floral w^orld. By this process you 

 would have the pleasure of forming new acquaintances 

 whom no one else has yet met. 



Let us take a look at some of these before us. That 

 tall one, so striking in appearance, is the Chrysantha, 

 the golden. Tlie color is yellow, and not only that, 

 there is a good deal of it. It is intense, as though the 

 flower had secured all it could and had packed and 

 pressed it together in the most lovely form imaginable. 

 What long and delicate spurs it has ! We saw it grow- 

 ing wild in the Yellowstone [N'ational Park. There 

 it was small and comparatively insignificant; but 

 transported to our rich prairie soil, with good cultiva- 

 tion, it gives grateful response to our kindly attention. 

 A flower does not blush as well unseen, while it ^Vastes 

 its fragrance on the desert air,'' as when there are 

 admirers to appreciate its beauty. Many a flower, 

 comparatively unattractive in its wild state, will bloom 

 in a i^rodigality of loveliness under the influence of 

 cultivation, and where it can be seen and enjoyed. The 

 Picea Punges, the king of beauty among the conifers, 

 nowhere in all the mountains does as well as when trans- 

 planted in the rich soil of the prairie, or the eastern 

 states, and receives the attention it deserves. Then the 



