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case of 30° and not above 5° in the other ; but if the air is heavily, 
charged with moisture, no room or structure in which Chrysanthemum 
blooms are kept should get so co'.d and chilly as to give one a shudder, 
Thus, as Professor Johnston has said, “in the cool of a summer’s 
evening the grass plot is wet, while the gravel walk is dry, and the 
thirsty pasture and every green leaf are drinking in the descending 
Fw. 49.—KINGSTON CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW (See page 387). 
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but fire heat must be employed for preventing the condensation of 
moisture on the plants and blooms. The surfaces of these are colder 
than the stages are on which the pots stand, or of exposed soil. 
moisture, while the naked land and the barren highway are still un¬ 
conscious of its fall.” No person who is the least observant can deny 
that, and if Chrysanthemum blooms get too cold, or much colder than 
