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so long as all the pot-hunters, who shoot at everything 

 from a humming-bird up, are allowed to carry a gun. 



How can we best teach some respect for the rights 

 of plants and flowers ? Perhaps our schools might 

 teach a knowledge of plants far more useful than a 

 smattering of botanical science ; a real love of nature 



which would make wanton destruction a crime. Assur- 

 edly that will be a botanical millenium — if it ever 

 arrives, and every real flower lover can do something 

 for this reform, just as' the Audubon Society directed 

 attention to the wrongs of our song-birds. 



Emily Louise Taplin. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS. 



street was as usual a success, 

 for the number of exhibitors 



last year (i8go) was very large. 



This year there will be another 

 chrysanthemum exhibition ; 

 the exhibitors will no doubt be 

 still more numerous, and the 

 confusion that will result may already be imagined. 

 It cannot be denied that the hall in Grenelle 

 street, even with the additions now existing, is too 

 small for future exhibitions. Even this year the 

 plants had to be squeezed together, so that all 

 could be received, and it was hard to tell whether 

 certain flowers belong to one exhibitor or another, 

 and it was only by having raised benches that room 

 could be made to receive all the plants, which num- 

 bered over a thousand. 



The collection of Mr. Forgeot was perhaps the largest. 

 For others than horticulturists, a large collection is 

 rather unsatisfactory ; for in looking after the arrange- 

 ment of the whole, individual plants are necessarily 

 neglected to a certain extent, and cannot be seen at 

 their best. Among the older varieties that received par- 

 ticular mention at the exposition are the following ■ 



Baronne de Frailly, anemone, rose-lilac; M. Ducasse, ' 

 clear rose ; Le Cygne, white, tinged with rose ; Pelican, 

 incurved, pure white ; M. Cannell, yellow. The rays 

 of this variety are interlaced in such a manner that the 

 flowers have a very peculiar appearance. Comte de 

 Germiny, incurved, of two colors ; the inner surface of 

 the rays is purple and the outer are burnt sienna. L' Au- 

 tomne, incurved, yellow amber, superb. 



Among the novelties, I found the following in a col- 

 lection from Grenoble. I have forgotten the name of 

 the grower ; 



Etienne Recourat, mahogany ; a Japanese variety 

 having the rays straight and revolute. Marie Recourat, 

 pure white. The head is enormous, with anemone rays, 

 hooked at their free extremities. 



The following are in the collection of M. de Reydelet : 

 Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. This variety, about which there 

 has been so much discussion, now descends to the level 

 of ordinary varieties. It is a white, incurved chrysan- 

 themum. The rays are furnished with fine, scarcely 

 perceptible hairs, rather widely separated on the larger 



flowers. The chrysanthemum is a weak plant, due 

 probably to the fact of its forced propagation. 



Suzaka Sakake. This chrysanthemum is half double, 

 the rays being very large, long, supple and slightly re- 

 volute. Their color is a pale yellow, tinged with rose. 

 It is probably the most original flower in the exhibition, 

 and the gaudy abundance of its rays gives it a magnifi- 

 cent appearance. The novelties ticketed as 949,678, and 

 789, also deserve mention. 



The permanent exposition of the Jardin des Plantes 

 was held in the open air, and consequently possessed de- 

 cided advantages in regard to light, space and ticketing, 

 and observers could easily see all parts of any plant, 

 and judge of its characteristics, its carriage, height, vi- 

 gor, power of resisting cold and rain, etc. 



The following varieties are interesting both on ac- 

 count of their merits and their origin : 



Admiranda. Incurved, pale rose : it is a sport of 

 Empress of India, which has white flowers. 



Golden Empress of India. Pale yellow ; this is 

 another sport of Empress of India and sometimes par- 

 tially returns to the parent form. The plant in the 

 museum bore a pure white flower by the side of the 

 yellow ones. 



Panache de Henri IV Precoce. This variety is a 

 sport of Panache de Henri IV, and was discovered by 

 Mr. Henry, superintendent of the gardens at the 

 museum. It flowers two weeks before the parent form. 



One of the most interesting customs at the Jardin des 

 Plantes is the employment of hardy chrysanthemums for 

 the fall decoration of flower beds. The following var- 

 ieties are the ones principally used. Most of them be- 

 long to the pompone section : 



Julia I.agravere deep purple. 



Rose Tavernier lilac. 



iMarguerie yellow. 



Mont d'Or mahogany, tinged 



with yellow. 



Leopard mahogany. 



Riquiqui yellow. 



Inez white. 



Samson bright yellow. 



These chrysanthemums are at first grown in beds, 

 but when almost ready to flower, they are transplanted 

 to the desired position, with as large a ball of earth as 

 possible ; their growth is scarcely checked when treated 

 in this manner. 



The city authorities would do well to have the parks 

 and boulevards also decorated with these late autumn 

 flowers. — G. B., in Le Jardin. 



