Cornell University, \ 



Ithaca, IS"". Y., April 20, 1895. j 



The Honorohle Cominissioner of Agrioulture^ Albany : 



Sir. — The sudden popularization of the chrysaTithemum is one 

 of the marvels of recent horticultural enterprise. Tiie commercial 

 interest in chrysanthemum growing in this State is now very large, 

 and there are many features of the industry which demand atten- 

 tion from experimenters. As a beginning towards the solution of 

 some of the perplexities which beset the growers of the plant, and 

 for the purpose of still further popularizing a worthy industry, we 

 have made a careful test of the leading varieties upon the market in 

 1894, and have here given an account of the behavior of the most 

 prominent ones. Our collection numbered over 200 kinds. The 

 report is written from the point of view of the florist, rather than 

 the amateur. I submit the paper as a bulletin under^ Chapter 230 

 of the Laws of 1895. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



