My 9. Ai y? EN grotesque. I confess to an absence of enthu- 

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siasm over the blue rose, and 1 certainly 



have no desire to possess a "green carnation." 

 The modern chrysanthemum exhibition inter- 

 ests me, but it does not give me unmixed pleas- 

 ure. Chrysanthemums, to be seen only on the 

 tables of exhibitors, consisting of one huge 

 flower upon one single stem, are, no doubt, 

 proofs of great skill in the breeder, but to me 

 such a plant, beside the graceful Chrysan- 

 themums of the garden, is positively grotesque. 

 I sympathize with Miss Jekyll, and with the 

 plant, when she says, "To me the plant seems 

 always in protest against abuse." 



I recently read an article on " Flowers of the 

 Future," in which are foreshadowed some 

 marvels. The calceolaria is to be developed 

 into "an excellent representation of a tiger's 

 head." We are to have dwarf-growing holly- 

 hocks and a giant lily-of-the-valley. Think of 

 that sweet flower " two feet high " ! The colum- 

 bine is to be developed into a marvelous 

 "spider flower." 



The writer of the article refers to the little 

 veronica and says, "the devout religionist of 



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