CHAPTER IX. 



Classification. 



VERY chrysanthemum grower is well aware that the 

 large flowering varieties have for many years past 

 been divided into certain well marked distinctive sec- 

 tions, and that more recently they have been classified 

 under the heading of Incurved, Reflexed, Anemone, Japanese, 

 Japanese Reflexed, and Japanese Anemone. The first attempt 

 to classify the chrysanthemum was by Haworth, in 1833, at 

 which time there were included only forty-eight varieties, 

 which were divided into six sections as follows : 



Ranuculus-flowered, Marigold-flowered, 



Ranuculus-flowered, incurved, Tassel-flowered, 



China-Aster-flowered. Tassel-flowered, double. 



In 1836 another writer contributed a new arrangement or 

 classification of the chrysanthemum, the basis of which was 

 to group varieties in classes of the same color. Twelve 

 divisions are given, and it appears to be of value only from 

 the fact of its containing a table of fifty-nine sorts, which 

 were all those in cultivation at the close of the preceding 

 year. 



The classification of the chrysanthemum at the present day 

 is a matter of no small difficulty. The hybridizers have 

 worked much improvement in the different classes, owing to 



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