CHRYSANTHEMUM VARIETIES 



Many Have Arisen from Bud Variations — List of Four Hundred Varieties 



Originating from Bud Sports Compiled — ^Plant Has Been 



Cultivated for Hundreds of Years 



A. D. Shamel, Riverside, Calif. 



THE Chrysanthemum is one of the 

 t^arden plants in- which the great- 

 est number of bud variations has 

 been observed. Accordinj^ to 

 Prof. J. S. Cramer,^ a great part of the 

 present cultivated varieties originated in 

 this wav. A list of about four hundred 



varieties of chrysanthemums originating 

 from bud sports has been collected by 

 Professor Cramer. A few of these 

 varieties, the approximate date of their 

 origin, the parent variety, and the 

 pulDlished authority, are shown in the 

 following table : 



Parent variety 



Bud sport variety 



Published authority^ 



Alcester (Lord), 1882, from Em- 

 press of India. Inflected, bi:t- 

 ter-yellow. 



John Lambert, 1886. Inflected, 

 cream white with nink tinge. 



G. C. 89, II, 733 

 T. G. 89, I, 92 

 T. G. 90, I, 279 



Alcester (Lord), 1882, from Em- 

 press of India. Inflected, but- 

 ter-yellow. 



Mr. Robert Mudie, 1888 (John 

 Doughty) . Inflected, salmon 

 pink. 



T. G. 90, I, 145 



Alfred (Prince), 1863. Inflected, 

 violet red. 



Lord Wolseley, 1883. Inflected. 



T. G. 89, I, 123 

 G. C. 82. II, 659 



Amsden (Ethel), Japanese. Green 

 Viviand Morel. 



Small white tufts. Form like that 

 of Viv. Morel. 



G. C. 94, II, 700 



Anderson (Marie), Single. Light 

 red. 



Miss A. Holden, 1895, yellow. 



T. G. 96, I, 130 



Argentine. Small white pompon. 



Large yellow loose flower clusters. 



Pr. et fix, p. 34 



Audiguier (Edward), 1886, Jap. 

 Brown, purple, silver back. 



Mrs. Wilham Walters, 1887, Jap. 

 Carmine, bronze-gold back. 



T. G. 88, II, 498. 



Aurore boreale. Pomp., brown- 

 yellow. 



Golden Aurore. Pomp., gold-yel- 

 low. 



d. M., I, 34 



Australia. Inflected, gold yellow. 



Madame Heerewege, 1900. Droop- 

 ing flowers. Center white, tufts 

 yellow or pink. 



G. C. 01, II, 343 

 G. C. 02, I, 51 



Automne (L') 1887, Jap. In- 

 flected, salmon-red. 



Mademoiselle Marie Mawet, 1890, 

 Jap. Orange gold. 



d. M., I, 62 



Avalanche, 1887, Jap. Snow white. 



Edw. Beckett, 1892, Jap. Dark 

 gold-3^ellow. 



d. M., I, 



Baco (Madame), 1886, Jap. vSil- 

 very pink. 



Mrs. A. Jacobs, 1893, Jap. Dull 

 pink. 



d. M., II, 49 



^ Cramer, Prof. J. S., 1907. Kritische Uebersucht der bekannten Felle von Knospenvariation- 

 * The periodicals are indicated by their initials: G. C. is Gardener's Chronicle; J.R.H.S., is 



Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society; d. M., a published list by De Meulenaese; T. G., The 



Garden. 



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