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March, 1889. 
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Peach Yellows. 
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Florida, specially reported for Orchard 
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It is a wise thing in planning for this 
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best adapted for local sale, and whether it 
will not be possible to dispose of a large 
portion of the crop nearer home, instead of 
shipping (o the large cities. A persistent 
supply of fine fruit will eventually create a 
large demand, even though none now ex- 
ists. This has been our experience and it 
is well worthy of note. 
Tlie Advancement of Horticultural 
Taste. 
One cannot fail to notice that a deep in- 
terest in the cultivation and development 
of ornamental trees and shrubs is widely 
spreading among the people of to-day, and 
when we glance over the large number of 
handsome and well arranged catalogues is- 
sued by the enterprising nurserymen, florists 
and seedsmen, and whilst so many practical 
and intelligent men are devoting their best 
energies to the production of “novelties” 
and to the discovery of “sports of nature,” 
we cannot fail to be strongly impressed by 
the fact that the horticultural world moves. 
And yet it is necessary for us to draw the 
line very distinctly between those novelties 
of a meritorious nature introduced as much 
to benefit mankind as to recompense the in- 
troducer for his time and labor, and those 
shams put forth solely for profit and gain. 
Fortunately, the latter class seldom survive 
a season. Introduced with extravagant 
claims, they finally prove utterly worthless, 
and in many cases old, discarded sorts. 
Very beautiful things are being produced 
from time to time, that are not noted in the 
popular mind so well as they should be. In 
our ornamental trees and shrubs, evergreen 
and deciduous, we now have varieties of leaf 
both yellow and white, and in some cases, 
tricolors, whilst in habit of growth, we have 
sports that grow persistently so contrary to 
the usual habit as tq appear at first sight, 
actual deformities, until judicious planting 
by men of skill and taste reveals their unique 
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Introduction of tlie Chrysanthemum. 
In Orchard and Garden for January 
1889, p. G, it is stated that a Chrysanthemum 
shown at Mass. Hort. Society, 1831, by J. 
M. Ives of Salem, was probably the first ex- 
hibited in this country. 
I incline to think it has been grown much 
further back than that, as I very distinctly 
remember that my grandmother had a Dou- 
ble Red one, in Ohio, when I was a very 
small boy. I do not certainly remember 
