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petals should curve inward as shown in fig. 4, and the ends of the petals 

 should neither divide nor be developed grotesquely. Even more necessary 

 in a good plant than this curving of the petals, is what I may be allowed 

 to call a refined appearance of dignity and simple grandeur, without 

 which, however large and brilliant a llower may be, it appears to us to be 

 inclined to vulgarity and ostentation, and as such is regarded as an 

 inferior plant. It is naturally extremely difficult for me to explain the 

 meaning I wish to convey in making use of such words as dignity or 

 vulgarity when applied to a plant. But I feel sure that you have 



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experienced the same feelings yourselves. For instance, supposing any one 

 of you were to live in a room in which were two plants, one of a graceful 

 yet splendid nature, and the other of a splendid yet assertive nature, 

 surely I am not wrong in considering that after some time you would 

 prefer the former to its equally splendid but more assertive neighbour : 

 and as a child's character is moulded by its surroundings, so, we con- 

 sider, in order to obtain the best results we must take an equal care in 

 fostering the good and noble characteristics of young plants. 



The localities where this fiat-petaled variety is grown are Osaka, 

 Kanasawa, Nagoya, Sendai, Aomori, and a part of Kyoto. 



