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EVERGREEN LODGE. 
all the charms of Niphetos. It lias always held the lead as being the most elegant 
of white Roses. The budson well-grown specimens measure four inches in length, 
and are produced in the greatest profusion. Price 50 Cents Each. 
CHR YSANTHMMUMS. 
ROM almost pre-historic times the in- 
habitants of China and Japan have 
cultivated this famous flower. It is 
not many years since American flor- 
ists have adopted it as a special object 
for their care, and during this brief 
time their progress has been so great, 
that they have outstripped the older 
countries that hud centuries of expe- 
rience. and where Chrysanthemums 
were grown long before Columbus 
had thought of adding a new world 
to the old. There is not to be found 
in the annals of Floriculture to-day 
a parallel to the wonderful develop- 
ment of the Chrysanthemum under 
The climate of the South is in every 
way adapted to its proper development, as we have demonstrated here, and in all 
portions of the South they grow and bloom with wonderful satisfaction. We have 
seen blooms grown in the open air in Texas, Mississippi, North and South Carolina 
and Alabama that were as fine as can be produced under glass in the Northern 
States. For this reason the South should excel in the culture of this now all popu- 
lar flower. Why is it neeessary to go North to see fine Chrysanthemums when 
every facility for producing them can be found in the door yard of every cottager 
and artisan in the South? Let the past state of things be changed. Let every 
amateur and professional florist give a portion of their time to the highest devel- 
opment of the Chrysanthemum, and let the Northern growers henceforth turn 
their eyes Southward when fine Chrysanthemums are desired. It can be done, 
and it is not now too late to make a start. The future of the Chrysanthemum is 
.yet. long and brilliant; the meridian of its fame has not yet been reached. Its 
future may he predicted to this extent, that when distinctive forms no longer 
appear it will then have reached the meridian of its fame. From the new and 
striking varieties that each season brings into our plant commerce, it looks as if 
its resources had no ending, and consequently the great demand for them is likely 
to go on with renewed vigor for many years. 
We have been eminently successful with the Chrysanthemum here, as have 
also the hundreds of growers throughout the South that have followed our in- 
structions, and the collection that we offer has no equal in any catalogue of the 
present time. While our list may not be as lengthy as some, you may rest assured 
it contains all that is worthy of growing. If a customer should look through our 
list for a variety they want and cannot find it. they may feel assured that it was 
dropped from our list, and a variety of more recent introduction that has supassed 
it is to be found in its place. The National Chrysanthemum Society of England 
catalogues nearly four thousand varieties at the present time in cultivation. 
What a bewildering list this would be for a person of only a limited knowledge of 
the varieties of Chrysanthemums to select a few dozen plants from. In order to 
simplify the task of selecting a few varieties, we have made our list of varieties as 
brief as it is possible to do, and retain all varieties of merit of recent introduction. 
Many old varieties are dropped from our lists forever, because they have been 
