well grown Chrysanthemums in November? Not all the Roses in 
Oakley or Forest Glen; not t lie finest array that slaughter or May 
could produce. The denizens of the Rose houses of Summit, of 
Madison, of Niles Center or Flushing must yield the palm to the 
Autumn Queen in November. The Camellias of Mobile and the 
Jassamlns an d Azaleas of Charleston, in which the mocking birds 
sing at eventide, though beautiful are not to be compared to the 
gay Chrysanthemum. The Orchids of Sebright, of Croning, of 
Breckenridge or Short Hills cannot reflect one iota of their beauty. 
The Dahlias of Saul, the Carnations of Swayne, or the Lilies of 
Iberson, pale into insignificance before a well arranged display of 
Chrysanthemums. The Summer glory of South Park, of Fail-mount, 
of Alleghany or Central Parks, with all the beauty of their geomet- 
rical designs, with hundreds of thousands of bedding plants in all 
theii prismatic, brilliant, flaunting colors, cannot equal the gorgeous 
hues or purity of the Chrysanthemum, or rival the splendor that 
gleams through their glossy foliage, of which the eye never wearies. 
I he diversity is great, but the harmony is good. Each variety is 
queen in her sphere with no borrowed beauty. No chalk, no rouge, 
no pencilled eyebrows, no disposition but to please, and no aspira- 
tions but to grow and blossom in that location in which it has 
pleased its cultivator to place it. Such a flower as this has great 
claims upon our affection, and ere another decade shall mark its 
milestone to eternity the Chrysanthemum will be found in the 
hearts and homes of all people in America. 
CULTURAL NOTES. 
The many purposes for which the Chrysanthemum is grown requires 
each a special treatment, so as to obtain the best results in each par- 
ticular style of culture ; thus, to grow large blooms for exhibition pur- 
poses, standards, bush plants for conservatory decoration, single stem 
plants for exhibition purposes, plants for ordinary garden decoration, 
for cut flowers for commercial purposes, single stem and single flower 
plants, all require a special cultivation that we have not the space to do 
justice to in this Catalogue. We, however, have pleasure in recom- 
mending to all lovers of the Chrysanthemum in the United States, “A 
Book About Chrysanthemums” that contains all the information pos- 
sible to accumulate regarding this now all popular plant. Is is written 
by Mr. Morton, the Manager of our establishment, and published by the 
Rural Publishing Company, of New York. It is rich, rare and racy, 
practical, historical and scientific, the first book ever written in the 
United States on the Chrysanthemum, and contains a vast fund of infor- 
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