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should be clear, are removed. Sometimes the petals are 

 too numerous for regular arrangement, and then 

 superfluous ones are removed. Having arranged the 

 outer row, the next row or ring of petals is similarly 

 dealt with, the aim being to make it as regular as the first. 

 The centre of a fine flower should consist of three broad 

 petals. Ivory tweezers are used in the manipulation of 

 the flowers, but when they are used too freely or too 

 roughly the flower suffers both in appearance and in 

 duration. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



As almost every successful exhibitor of Chrysanthe- 

 mums has written a book detailing his practice as a 

 cultivator and competitor, the necessity for dwelling at 

 any great length on the latter part of the subject does not 

 exist. However, Chrysanthemums cannot be omitted. 

 Their beauty and usefulness need no further eulogy 

 from me, but the future of Chrysanthemums for Flower 

 Show purposes lies, I believe, in a better appreciation of 

 the grace and elegance of the flowers and in the provi- 

 sion of classes which will bring into greater prominence 

 their great and varied decorative value. 



Competitors should pay careful attention to the defini- 

 tions of the various types or groups of Chrysanthemums. 

 The principal types used for exhibition purposes are : 



INCURVED. Rounded flowers with florets that incurve 

 toward the centre ; the florets may be pointed or 

 rounded. 



JAPANESE. Large, elegant flowers with long, narrow, 

 drooping florets that may be regular or irregular. 



INCURVED JAPANESE. Japanese flowers with loosely 

 incurving florets ; intermediate between true Japanese 

 and true incurved ; they are frequently described as 

 Japanese Incurved, but this is a misnomer as the flowers 



