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with fine green pencilings at the ribs and veins, with edges 

 shading towards white, precisely as this species colors in the 

 autumn ; Clematis Davidiana, a species from China, half 

 shrubby, very strong grower, flowers blue in whorls of 10 to 20, 

 with very sweet odor, the leaves when ripe, or when dried, 

 emitting a strong and delightful scent of "new mown hay," 

 and are used in bags for permanently scenting the house, or 

 clothing chest ; Pinus strobus zebrina, a variety of the white 

 pine, having white bars of half an inch in breadth across the 

 needles ; Robinia pseudacacia mimoscefolia, a variety with very 

 small foliage, in effect as fine as a tree fern ; Cytisus 

 Laburnum pendulum, a weeping form of the Scotch Labur- 

 num, of much beauty ; Salix vitelina var. Britzensis, a neat 

 growing willow having the bark on new growth of a bright 

 orange crimson, during winter and spring, the most effec- 

 tive of all willows for winter effect ; Hydrangea vestita, a new 

 hardy hydrangea, which forms a large bush six to seven feet 

 high, with flat, round cymes, as large as those of Otaksa, 

 with white blossoms, and blooming two months earlier than 

 Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, very showy. 



2. Chrysanthemums. 



§ I. BRIEF HISTORY. 



The centenary of the introduction of the chrysanthemum 

 into Europe was celebrated in England early in November. 

 Already the most popular of flowers, this celebration has 

 served to still further popularize the chrysanthemum, and to 

 stimulate exhibitions in all parts of the world. A collocation of 

 all the records of chrysanthmum culture has shown that 

 wonderful progress has been made in varieties, that virtually 

 in a half century a comparatively unpromising plant has 

 given rise to variations of most unusual character and of 

 surprising usefulness. 



"It is proper to observe," writes C. Harman Payne, in 

 the Gardeners' Magazine, "that when we speak of the cen- 

 tenary of the chrysanthemum the intention is to refer to the 

 importation of the first of the large flowering species. Long 

 before this event took place we possessed tolerably accurate 

 accounts of the existence of such a flower, and it is reasonably 

 conjectured that a small-flowering variety was in cultivation 



