56 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



chrysanthemums in London gardens being spared frost, fog, 

 and heavy rain, made a wondrous display, and compelled all 

 observers to note the exceeding rarity of such a November 

 festival. Then we saw the colours of the flowers in their 

 highest perfection, far exceeding in depth, purity, and 

 brilliancy the best specimens as seen in exhibitions, for 

 these last are necessarily flowered under glass. The 

 severest winters do not indeed kill the plants, hut one or 

 two days of " dirty weather " in November may damage 

 the bloom so far as to deprive it of all beauty. 



