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are admitted to competition as Japanese but not as 

 Incurved. 



REFLEXED JAPANESE. A title often used as descrip- 

 tive of those Japanese varieties that have comparatively 

 short reflexing florets, but which are too large and 

 irregular to be classed as true Reflexed. 



REFLEXED. Flowers of medium size and neat form, 

 with rather stiff reflexing florets. 



POMPONS. Varieties having small, more or less 

 globular flowers, with neat, short, and regular florets. 



POMPON ANEMONES. Small flowered varieties with 

 high centre and regular guard florets. 



JAPANESE ANEMONES. Varieties with large cushion- 

 like centre and long guard florets. 



LARGE ANEMONES. Varieties with high regular 

 centre, and regular guard florets. 



SINGLES. These must have not more than two rows 

 of ray florets, and they are subdivided into Large Singles 

 and Small Singles. 



To the uninitiated the language of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum grower is hopelessly unintelligible. "Stopping," 

 "Timing," "First Break," "Second Break," "First 

 Crown," " Second Crown," " Terminal Bud," and " Tak- 

 ing the Bud," are all phrases ever on the lips of the keen 

 competitor. " Stopping " is the removal of the growing 

 point to induce the formation of several growths or 

 "breaks." The " First Break " is the plant's effort to 

 produce more than one stem. The "Second Break" 

 denotes growth made around the first Crown bud. A 

 "Crown Bud" is a flower bud that has growths directly 

 below it, and if either the "First Crown" or "Second 

 Crown" is to produce the flower then the growths 

 under it must be suppressed. The Second Crown bud 

 is of the same character as the First Crown bud, but 

 formed on the growth allowed to extend when the 

 " First Crown " flower bud was removed. A " Terminal 



