CONTENTS 



FACE 



THE CHRYSANTHEMUM, ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS . . i 



CULTURE . . . . . . . .11 



SELECTING THE BUDS ...... 26 



HOUSING AND WINTERING or PLANTS . . . .29 



INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES . . . . 3 1 



STIMULANTS %....... 38 



HYBRIDISING ANL- RAISING OF NEW VARIETIES . . .40 



RAISING NEW KINDS FROM SPORTS . . . .45 



PREPARING BLOOMS FOR EXHIBITION . . . .47 



RETARDING BLOOMS . . . . . .52 



JUDGING ........ 55 



THE GROUPING OF PLANTS . . . . -57 



BUSH AND TRAINED SPECIMEN PLANTS . . . -59 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS FOR MARKET . . . .61 



SUMMER OR EARLY FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS . . 65 



FIFTY JAPANESE EXHIBITION VARIETIES . . . .74 



INCURVED VARIETIES SUITABLE FOR EXHIBITION . . .78 



REFLEXED VARIETIES . . . . . .81 



LIST OF DECORATIVE VARIETIES . . . . .82 



LIST OF SINGLE FLOWERING CHRYSANTHEMUMS . . .84 



LARGE ANEMONE FLOWERING ..... 87 



POMPONS ........ 88 



NOVEL VARIETIES ....... 89 



OLD FAVOURITES ....... 91 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN ROOMS . . . . 93 



CONCLUSION ....... 95 



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