

THK 



ciiKiclian 4^T()rticultUpist 



Vol. XII. 



APRIL, 1889. 



No. 4- 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The Buttercups and Pansies will have all 

 been laid to rest, 



The Tulips and Carnations all be gathered to 

 earth's breast, 



The Roses and the Lilies will have lost their 

 sweet perfume 



Before to cheer the lonely earth. Chrysan- 

 themums will bloom. 



— Dar/ Foi'honi'' . 



CHRYSANTHEMUM In- 

 dicuni, "the India plant," 

 has, from time immemo- 

 rial, been cultivated in 

 India, China and Japan; 

 and in these coimtries this flower, so 

 free to flower, so easily cultivated, 

 and so varied in its forms, has been 

 a particular favorite. The Chinese 

 and the Japanese have been compe- 

 ting with each other in the production 

 of new varieties, and their success 

 proves \hat the florist's art is by no 

 means neglected in those distant 

 countries. The Japanese have in- 

 vested it with especial importance, 

 and regard it as a sacred flower 

 possessed of peculiar religious s^ni- 

 bolism. This plant, introduced to 

 America by some traveler, has now 

 become one of our most popular 

 flowers, and is produced by our 

 florists in such infinite variety that 

 none but a specialist could make any 

 pretension to being posted on the 



endless named varieties that have 

 been catalogued. 



So great has become the rage for 

 this flower that at least a million 

 plants were sold by the florists of 

 America last Spring, and probably a 

 larger number, still, will be sold this 

 season. Chrysanthemimi shows, of 

 two or three days each, are the order 

 of the day in Autumn both in Europe 

 and America, and are attended by 

 thousands of people. 



It is deservedly thus popular, for 

 what compeer has it among our late 

 Autumn flowering plants, thriving as 

 it does equall}' well in the small city 

 lot, or the ample area about the 

 suburban or country residence. 



The three principal classes of 

 Chrysanthemimis are thus described 

 by Mr. Jas. Vick, Rochester: Chi- 

 nese, bearing a large, loose, graceful 

 flower ; the Pompon, with small and 

 perfectly double flower in great 

 abundance ; the Japanese, with rag- 

 ged fringe-like flowers, like the Chi- 

 nese, only more so, and the Anemone, 

 flowered or quilled. Our colored 

 plate represents several choice varie- 

 ties, which group together in a 

 charming bouquet, viz.: (i ) Pompons, 

 Perfection, reddish brown ; and Model 



