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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



they do not make one particle of 

 growth, and are only being prepared 

 for planting at their proper season, for 

 winter blooming. The next mode, a 



very simple one, is to tie them up in a 

 bag, and hang them in a dry place in 

 the cellar, avoiding dampness, which 

 causes decav. 



CHIXESK CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



The Chrysanthemum craze is not 

 on the wane. At least Peter Hender- 

 son, a noted florist, declares in Popular 

 Gardening that the oj)posite is the case. 

 He thinks it has come to stay for many 

 years. He says further : " No plant is 

 so easy of culture ; in no family of 

 plants have we such variety of contrast- 

 ing colours, or such symmetry and yet 

 eccentricity of form. It comes in a 

 season when nearly all other flowers are 

 gone ; it is hardy, so that it can be 

 gi'own by the most humble owner of a 

 cottage, yet gorgeous enough to make 

 splendid the conserv^atory or thd draw- 

 ing room." 



By favor of Mr. Yick we present 

 a cut of Japanese Chrysanthemums. 

 And for contrast we show also a cut of 



a Chinese variety. It will be observed 

 that both are large, loose gi-aceful 

 flowers, but that the former is more 

 ragged or fringe like in habit than the 

 latter. 



We cannot better inti'oduce this 

 flower to those who are thus far unac- 

 quainted with it, than by giving the 

 following condensed report of Dr. T. 

 Sterry Hunt's remarks on this flower, 

 in his address on flowers before the Mon- 

 treal Horticultural Society, last March : 



" And first about Chrysanthemums. 

 To many people, the name is compara- 

 tively new, and the flower itself is new. 

 He had been surprised to see how few 

 are cultivated in Canada. That, how- 

 ever, is due in part to the conditions of 

 climate. All present knew the family 



