CLARKSVILLE, TEEN. 
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admission fee for enter- 
ing the large conserva- 
tory where the display 
■of Chrysanthemums was 
held, ami were allowed 
also a commission on all 
the sales of plants, bulbs 
.and flowers they were in- 
.-strumental in making. 
The result was that for 
two weeks our gardens 
were in gala attire, and 
visited daily by hundreds 
•of people, many of whom 
■came long distances to 
.•see them, and all went 
away surprised and de- 
lighted at (he beauty of 
the display, having little 
idea before coming that 
theChrysanthemum con- 
tained such a vast array 
•of color and wonderful 
diversity of formation. 
The entire vocabulary of 
adjectives would be ex- 
hausted before they got 
■one-fourth the way through the house. We are confident no exhibition of this 
kind in the country attracted such widespread interest as ours, and nowhere 
could a liner assortment be found. We only wished that all our customers had 
an opportunity to see them, as a scene of this kind cannot he properly des- 
cribed, but must be seen to be believed. The press of the country around us 
was full of it, and we append but a few of the notices: 
Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky. 
A chrysanthemum show is being held in 
Clarksville under the auspices of the Ladies 
Confederate Monumental Association. The 
display of flowers is the finest in the country, 
and is visited by hundreds daily. 
Palmers Home Journal, Louisville, Ky. 
Judging from the fact that excursion trains 
are being run to Clarksville to convey large 
crowds to the chrysanthemum show, now be- 
ing held there, and such a great amount of 
Interest manifested in the cultureof this par- 
ticular plant that we think it ought to lie 
adopted as our national flower. 
Bowling Green, Ky. Democrat. 
M r. W. C. Alexander visited the chrysanthe- 
mum show at Clarksville yesterday, and was 
charmed with the endless variety and ex- 
quisite beouty of the display. He advises all 
his friends to go and see, they will never re- 
gret It. 
A young lady writing to the Princeton, Ky. 
Banner, sayst “I have never seen any chrys- 
anthemums except the common ones that 
every one liaa, so I could hardly believe my 
eyes when I entered the room devoted to 
them and saw the superb mass of colors. Mr. 
Morton, the head gardener, told me they have 
three hundred varieties. They are of every 
color, sizeand shape, and I wish I could give 
you even a faint idea of their beauty. There 
are pure white and deep cream, pale lemon 
and deep yellow, pink, magenta, garnet and 
purple. There were some so curley that they 
looked like they were made of crimpled paper 
and others with sharp pointed petals like 
porcupine quills. Some I noticed bad long 
outside leaves and the centers were filled with 
what looked like hundreds of the tiniest 
blossoms, each one perfect in itself. The most 
beautiful ones of all were a white one with 
leaves at least three inches long, having 
irregular stripes of lavender, and another 
equally as large, having the upper sides of Its 
leaves bright yellow and the under sides dark- 
red.” 
“1 heard a gentleman say yesterday : ‘Oh, 
chrysanthemums don’t amount to anything ; 
my mother has a dozen varieties in her yard.' 
If lie could once see these he would change 
his mind.” 
Dally Tribune, Rome, Ga. 
Yesterday afternoon Mr. o. H. McWilliams 
brought to The Tribune office a large basket 
containing 28 chrysanthemum blossoms, dis- 
played a glorious perfection. They were 
especially noted for their size, as they were 
the largest ever seen in Rome. Among them 
were rich cream, velvet red, golden brown, 
white lilacs, and other brilliant blossoms 
making a delicious harmony in color. This' 
elegant collection was sent to Mr. McWil- 
liams by J, J. crusman, of Clarksville, Tenn. 
The basket of blossoms will be on exhibition 
at Rra/.er A Tanner’s book store to-day until 
noon. They are well worth a visit to see. 
Owensboro, Ky. Messenger. 
Last summer some of the ladies of Clarks- 
ville, Tenn.. with Mrs. Clark at their head, 
organized Sn association for the purpose of 
making money to erect a monument in hon- 
or of the Confederate soldiers who are buried 
there. Capt. J. J. Crusman, owner of ever- 
green Lodge, a greenhouse, offered the ladies 
the use of Ills greenhouse for a chrysanthe- 
mum fair, as during November his chrysan- 
themums are at their best. During the past 
week different railroads gave reduced rates. 
