THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



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Fig. 2757. Mrs. H. Cannell. 



Philadelphia. JudgeHoitt. 



Gladys Spaulding. Mrs. Geo. Glenny. 



JoRA. Enfant des Deux Mondes. 



Joey Hill. Louis Boehmer. 



sowing- seed, but, as a rule, they are hardly 

 worth while cultivating. 



The Anemones have only one or t\\ o rows 

 of ray flowers, which may be wide spread- 

 ing or drooping. The centre florets are 

 usually the same color as the rays, but are 

 quilled and very much shorter. Judg'e 

 Hoitt is a typical variety of this class. 



The Chinese Chrysanthemums are charac- 

 terized in the typical forms by the regular 

 globular form of the flower, and the evenly 

 imbricated petals of medium width. In the 

 incurved section the petals arch gracefully 

 inwards towards the centre, while in the re- 

 flexed section the petals are curved back- 

 wards. A few of the best I have tried of 

 this class are : Ivory, an early, pure white, 

 of dwarf habit ; Mrs. L. C. Maderia, a sym- 

 metrical, compact globe, of bright orange 



color, and Mrs. George Glenny, a profuse 

 bloomer, bearing medium sized flowers of a 

 pale sulphur yellow color, a beauty when 

 loaded with bloom. 



The Japanese Chrysanthemums, and the 

 numerous hybrid forms which have ema- 

 nated from them, make up the majority of 

 our large flowered varieties. Some have 

 flat petals, in others they are fluted, quilled 

 or twisted. Some are broad and short, 

 others are long and slender, almost thread- 

 like. In some the petals are incurved over 

 the centre, in others they are reflexed. 



The petals of the hairy varieties are cov- 

 ered with hair-like granular growths. This 

 type is one of the most recent introductions, 

 and already includes many choice varieties. 

 An extensive list of grand Japanese varieties 

 might be given. In our collection at the 



Fig. 2758. Helen Bloodgood. 



Pitcher and Manda. Harry Balsey. Good Gracious. 

 Mrs. G. a. Magee. ♦ C. H. McCormick. F. L. Ames. 



L. B. Bird. 



