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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
There isrro more 
popular flower at 
the present day 
than theChrysan- a 
themum. There 
is more interest %. 
manifested in its cirl- 
ture than any other 
flower we cultivate ; 
even the Rose, the- all acknowl- 
edged “Queen of Flowers," has 
to take a second place during the season 
the Chrysanthemums are in bloom. 
Through the month of November, go- 
where you will, you will find in almost 
any city or town that has any pre- 
tentions to culture and refinement, a 
Chrysanthemum show, it is not more 
than eight years ago since the first dis- 
play of this kind was held in New Lilian b. Bird. 
York, and now they are widespread over the land. These shows do much to> 
advance the interest in this class of plants, and if the interest continues to* 
increase wit hin the next few years as it has done for some years past, it is diffi- 
cult to say what may he obtained, as each season- sees some improvement over 
the past in some of the new varieties that are- continually coming forth, and 
the old ones known to our grandmothers have well nigh vanished from the 
scene. 
OUR CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. 
-V number of ladies of this city have formed themselves into an organization- 
known as “The Ladies' Confederate Monumental Association,” their worthy 
object being to raise sufficient funds to erect a monument in our city in memory 
of the Confederate soldiers killed in the late war, many of whom lie buried in 
this vicinity. To assist in this laudable work, as soon as our Chrysanthemums 
were in hloom we turned our entire place over to the ladies interested for » 
period of two weeks. They had full charge of the entire place, and charged an 
