Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1900 — A Japanese Industry. [ARTICLE]

A Japanese Industry.

The cultivation of numerous varieties of chrysanthemums may be classified ns an Industry among tlie Japanese, who have succeeded in producing blossoms of tlie plant In two hundred nnd seventy different colors aud shades. White, yellow, purple, pink nnd ml iu diversified shades are predominant. Another Interesting occupation of the Japanese is the production of dwarf trees and shrubs, some of the trees they grow attaining only six Inches in height, and yet being perfect In every respect, tlie fruit trees even bearing blossoms and fruit. Naturally, towering trees such ns oaks and elms, when reared by these clever people, reach their full dimensions when only fourteen inches high, and will lTve and flourish for years with as much vigor u under ordinary condition*