THE ADVANTAGES AND EVILS OF SIZE IN FLOWERS &c. 419 



hand dessert Apples if too large are not always of the best quality, and 

 Pears also. 



" There is far too much tendency to mere size in flowers. Take 

 Chrysanthemums, for instance : these are, in many cases, far too coarse, 

 and there is then a loss of quality. The same tendency prevails in other 

 things. I think the beauty of the Carnation is lost when one bloom is 

 grown on a plant that should carry a dozen." 



Fig. 109.— O-doxtoglossum cikrhosum, ' Pitt's variety.' (Journal of Horticulture.) 



(See p. lxxxviii) 



