The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-06


S2 in plants from Sc to 81. Cut or
chds receive as high an award as $40.
Miscellaneous plants and decorations
range from S75 To SO. Roses are rated
lower than the fashionable chrysanthe-
num- receiving from S12 10 81 For the
best dozen Of the queen of the green-
house never before exhibited in Amer
| lea the society offers a silver Gun VAL
ued at S25. For the floral arrangement
| Of a dinner table the winner receives
| Sl25, the second gaining prize OF 500.
| The awards for carnations range from
| 80 10 -. with the same scale OF judg-
ment for the little modest blossoms
that Herrck says bring I'm the spring"
| but i'm the present day the violet is the
! harbinger OF the Thanksgiving turkey.
Pittsburg likewise is going TO have a
| flower show, to give the inhabitants OF
the Smoky City a chance to see what
new thing under the sun-and glass.
has been accomplished i'm the way of
| chrysanthemums.
The chrysanthemum is older than the
! civilization of America thousands OF
years older. It grew i'm the far east of
| the older continent centuries before the
| Spanish ships carried the Genoese nav
| igator to the portal of a western world.
IL raised it's shaggy head In faroff
China and Japan i'm days too remote to
reckon the blossoming OF the first seed.
1t is the national symbol OF the Chinese.
the Japanese and the Siamese. and has
twisted It's inquistive petals around the
life. the art and the literature of the
orient. Every year imperial garden
parties are announced TO honor the glo-
ries Of the chrysanthemum and master
and slave, noble and plebeian. the ex-
| altpd and thoca n low dac,raa p.,, hon,
age to the blossom that has watched
the rise and fall OF countless worlds
and has carved its image on the his
torical tablets Of succeeding genera
tions.
The chrysanthemum is first mention
ed in the floral lore OF England in 1854.
when IL was introduced by Chinese
traders and nurtured by the famous
horticulturist. Miller OF Chelsea. The
| flower however. did not thrive in it's
transplanted home and apparently left
no traces OF it's early efforts at dissem-
ination. for 80 years later IL was rein
troduced into the British islands
through French channels. The blossom
that came from Marseilles revived no
memory OF the earlier Chinese flower in
English minds. A discussion arose as
to it's name and botanical antecedents.
/ anu Aiit ltHuit was Nnt IluSiGal tltlc OF
chrysanthemum. the Greel gold
| flower"
The beautiful, Jagged blossom soon
grew disconnected with the limited soil
of the older world and longed for fresh
conquests with the ardor of the boyish
emperor of an earlier time. IL inveigled
its seed into the stock that filed the
hulls of trading ships i'm the preliminary
quarter OF the present century and soon
thrust its gorgeous head haughtily
above the quieter buds OF the old fash
toned gardens that bloomed in stately
elegance i'm the days when Madison was
president
The soil OF America is particularly
adap ptable for the production of NAM
| moth chrysanthemums, and it easily
stands first among the nations. even OF
the orient in its successful growth OF
the large flower. Seeds speedily ripen
i'm the dry, clear atmosphere of autumn
and the blossoms frequently measure 10
inches i'm diameter. So rapidly did the
chrysanthemum grow into popular fa-
vor in the United States that it be-
came necessary i'm 1889 to organize ma
tional society for the study and propa-
CATION OF the fascinating blossom. The
association aims ''to supervise the dis
semination of new varieties of chrysan-
themums, 10 prevent the Introduction
to commerce OF poor or worthless speci-
! mems TO insure correct nomenclature.
To stimulate the formation Of local So
cieties and to encourage better methods
OF culture" There is also affiliated with
the National Chrysanthemum society
national rose as well as national car
nation organization.
The chrysanthemum has been made
| 10 show such an infinite variety OF at
tributes. ranging from profound. unre-
| deemed ugliness TO extreme beauty,
that all tastes can be suited in such an
exhibit Nature. having deprived this
flower of fragrance supplies compen-
satory traits in bestowing extraordina-
w size. wonderful coloring and an ag-
| rrcssiveness and self assertion that
win regard.
There are some chrysanthemums that
are really the most impudent looking
objects I'm the floral kingdom. The head
of 81 burly football player or a Skye ter
rier is less impudent. But this sort or
| thing wins. even In "A flower. and the
chrysanthemum is sought for by many
because II is the very opposite of the
daisy II may be yellower than small
nox flag or the yellow kid" or more IN
solently red than a brick yet IL Is
bought and paid for and taken home
and cared for II Is at its best when
its counterpart the head of the football
player is most i'm evidence, and the
dover and the athlete share public APP
proval together
To grow these flowers employs the
services of an army and ere they reach
tho buver's hands many others find em'
plovnent. So that the absence OF seen
and delicate beauty may be pardoneo
the chrysanthemum. Its effectiveness
az a show flower cannot be denied In
masses IL simply awes the masses ana
il is worth while to go 10 noWer snow
simply for the purpose OIL nearing me
Iamations and remarks made by the
astonished visitors.
Depended on Her.