THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



BY H, L. HUTT, B.S.A., ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, GUELPH. 



(concluded) 



flexed, Japanese Incurved, Japanese Re- 

 flexed and Hairy Japanese. But with all 

 the crossing and re-crossing, which has pro- 

 duced so many intermediate varieties, is is 

 often difficult to say to what class any par- 

 ticular variety belongs to. The list of varie- 

 ties, too, has become so long that only a few 

 of the best of each class need be mentioned. 



The Pompons bear small button-like blos- 

 soms, an inch or an inch and a half in 

 diameter, of a great variety of colors. The 

 plants are of dwarf habit, hardy and very 

 free flowering. Rose Travena is the most 

 desirable variety of this class I have tried. 



The Single Chrysanthemum is built on 

 the same plan as the Ox-eye Daisy. An 

 endless variety of these may be obtained by 



Fig. 2755. RoHALLiON. 



Another popular way of growing chrys- 

 anthemums is what is known as " single 

 blooms in five-inch pots." The beauty of 

 these is the dwarf size of the plant and the 

 large size of the bloom, although I think the 

 beauty of the plant as a whole is improved 

 by allowing three or four blooms to a plant. 

 To obtain such plants it is necessary to start 

 the cutting in May, pack the soil in which 

 they are grown very firm, keep in small pots, 

 and pinch back lateral buds as required. 



Classification and Varieties. — Any 

 classification of chrysanthemums nowadays 

 is a difficult matter and very unsatisfactory. 

 The best classification, and the one usually 

 adopted, is as follows : Pompons, Singles, 

 Anemones, Chinese Incurved, Chinese Re- 



FiG. 2756. Infant des deux Mondes. 



