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White. June to September; ij feet. White buttons in loosely 

 branched panicles. Very pretty growing or cut. Best free-flower 

 ing white flower of summer. , FALSE (Boltoma I ati squama). 



See NATIVE PLANTS, p. 89. 



CHRISTMAS ROSE (Helleborus niger). White, fading pinkish. Decem 

 ber, January; I foot. The only permanent border plant with ever 

 green foliage that flowers in winter blooming even under the 

 snow. Plant near the house where it can be seen. Get old, estab 

 lished stock in September. Often takes some time to become 

 settled, not flowering well till the second or third year. Moist 

 well-drained, rather open soil, in partial shade. Cut flowers make 

 excellent table decorations if taken young; they become speckled 

 with age. Individual flowers 2 inches across. Foliage very dark. 

 Var. altifolius is the earliest flowering. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM, HARDY (C. Indicum and morifoliitm). Practically 

 all colours except blue and scarlet. September to November; 2 to 3 

 feet. Unquestionably the most important late-blooming plants of 

 the garden, flowering profusely till frost. Always plant in spring; 

 cuttings can be made from growing shoots all the year. (See OLD- 

 FASHIONED FLOWERS, p. 57.) Great diversity of form, but ranging 

 into several well-defined types: (0) Single, resembling a daisy, with 

 rays surrounding a conspicuous disc. Excellent for cutting. Mary 

 Anderson is a popular kind, (b) Double quilled, with rosette 

 of involute petals. Example, Little Bob. (c) Double, with 

 expanded rays. Example, Soeur Melaine. (d) Anemone-flowered. 

 Like the single, but with tubular disc florets, much enlarged, form 

 ing a distinct cushion. Not offered by name in the American trade. 

 (e) Reflexed. Double, with flat rays distinctly arched back toward 

 the stalk. Example, Jules Lagravere. The large-flowered chrysan 

 themums, usually grown in greenhouses, are similarly classified, 

 most popular types being: (a) Incurved. Long petals regularly 

 curved toward the centre. Example, Colonel D. Appleton. (&) Jap 

 anese. Long petals, variously formed. Loosely and irregularly 

 twisted more or less. The most popular decorative kinds. Exam 

 ples, Golden Wedding, Glory of the Pacific, Madam Carnot. 

 (c) Reflexed. Very rarely grown. Example, Cullingfordi. (d) Large 

 anemone. Well-developed tubular disc florets, surrounded by ex 

 panded ray florets. Example, Garza. 



