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Annals of Horticulture. 



FIG. I. KIKU, THE ORIGINAL LARGE-FLOWERED CHRYSANTHEMUM, 1789. 



in this country [England] some few years previous to the in- 

 troduction of the one from which we date the uninterrupted 

 history of this popular autumn favorite. * * * * The 

 year 1789 is a memorable one in the history of France, and 



