Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13

Solomon in all his glory has been out
done by mere chrysanthemum.
In the spacious greenhouses Of the
Hamilton Nick. Twombly estate at
doWer was seen arrayed Ia such gor
geous attire that even Its own little
daisy ancestor would never recognize
this magnificent monarch. Although
only the cream of chry santhemum SO
! ciety has ever been allowed to break
into bloom IN the recherche circles of
the Twombly hothouseS, this year
new and more marvellous bud will
make her debut, one that Is destined
to make even the aristocratic and prize
winning dowagers lift up their swelled
| heads and marvel, for the debutante
| chrysanthemum. though an infant of
only nine months. has already acqulr-
ed 500 blossoms to her slim young stalk
and boasts q diameter of twenty feet.
SO that when travelling about on exhi-
bition she needs must have a whole
| private car Of her own.
| TO meet this Brobdingnagian speed
men face to face a New York Evening
World reporter journeyed out to Madi-
son the other day. and there surround
ed by an admirlng throng of sister
chrysanthemums. the 800 header stood.
The more the merrier seemed to be the
motto of this fat young thing. for bulg-
ing blossoms burst from every availa-
Bile space. Five hundred good sized
golden heads. all gayly nodding ac-
acknowledgement Of the wondering gaze.
proudly challenged the flower world to
match their charms with hers
But none dared come too close to the
naughty though corpulent debutante.
for her burdened branches, stretching
out ten feet on all sides, made admira-
tion permissible only at long distance.
While this stupendous specimen Of the
japanese flower is the long of 1t in
width, 1t must be confessed she is
Icertainly the short of 1t in height, for,
standing in solitary splendor upon q
shelf all her own, she only reaches the
three foot mark when stretc hing. to
her utmost
But lack Of inches doesn't disturb the
vanity Of the youthful debutante for,
lifting her yellow heads to the admir-
ing gaze Of the beholder. she scorn-
fully seems to say to her dollhouse
companions, Bear me II you can"
And there isn't chrysanthemum
III the world that can beat this young
beauty" proudly said Arthur Harring-
ton, head gardener Of the eighteen
greenhouses which stand on the
Twombley place and who for nine
months has raised this latest floral
wonder with the tenderness Of q IA
ther.
I'VE planted her last February, Just
la little shoot from one Of the other
lchry santhemums, and she has respond
ed to my care just as If she were a
human being. When we grow more
than one blossom On a branch we
pinch out each little shoot and in that
way start another bud growing, while
with the tall one blossom flower we
train all the stray shoots In Well, l
never saw chrysanthemum grow SO
many shoots as this golden headed one
did. They simply sprouted out by the
AASANASN", ohO CNSiy Ody Weu uuu
dozen or more blossoms to greet US.
She just started in to beat the record,
and she has certainly succeeded, for
there probably isn't another flower OF
, this kind In the world which can boast
, Of 500 blossoms.
Shes the pet Of the greenhouses
and there isn't anything fine enough
for her. we think OF course shell
have private car when we take he1
to the Chicago flower show, for she
couldn't get In with any others, she's
r such a size.
/ And she isn't pampered or petted
, flower either. This little beauty didn't
need any certain temperature or other
cares like the orchid or numerous
flowers Of delicate constitution. She's
hardy girl With a fine sand setting
ana nothing short Of cyclone will
mar her beauty. It's one best bel
to say she's the finest chrysanthemum
, In the world"
Although the 500 header is the &C.
knowledged beauty Of the place, chrys-
anthemums Of other varieties run her
q close second for wondrous beauty.