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and wonderful things it is trying to do in the present, and I 

 trust it may survive for very, very many years to come to be the 

 pioneer of horticulture in this country. I refrain from touching 

 upon subjects which have been so ably treated of already this 

 afternoon, but I may say, as an illustration of what might pro- 

 bably be done in the development of the Chrysanthemum, that 

 500 varieties are known to botanists, but of these only two or 

 three have as yet been utilised by the hybridist and gardener. 



