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Commercial Gardening 



low, the plants flower so long and so freely that they yield a very fair 

 return. There are many fine seedling forms in cultivation, some being- 

 earlier than others one of the 

 best early ones being Mrs. 

 Charles Lothian Bell. King 

 Edward VII and Robinsoni 

 are other good forms. They 

 are all easily increased by divi- 

 sion in autumn. A grower 

 who is fond of crossing and 



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hybridizing will find 0. maxi- 

 mum and its varieties a source 

 capable of producing some fine 

 garden plants. 



Other species of Chrysan- 

 themum more or less popular 

 for cut flowers are C. sero- 

 tinum (or Pyrethrum uligi- 

 nosum), the Great Ox-eye 

 Daisy, about 6 ft. high, that 



Fig. I8tt. Chrysanthemum coronanum 



produces its large flower heads from September to 

 November, and sometimes realizes good prices in 

 market. C. lacustre and C. Leucanthemum (the 

 British Ox-eye Daisy), C. latifolium, and C. nip- 

 ponicum, all with white flowers, are worth a place 

 with the market grower. The " Shasta Daisies ", 

 so called, are supposed to have originated by cross- 

 ing forms of LeucantJiemum, maximum, and nip- 

 ponicum, and are also worth growing. 



Chrysobactron (Bulbinella) Hookeri. A pretty 

 little Asphodelus-like plant suitable for marshy 

 places or cool moist spots in the border. It has 

 tapering spikes of yellow flowers in summer, and 

 grows about 2 ft. high. 



Cimieifug'a. Graceful hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials 2-4 ft. high, with divided leaves, and long erect trusses of white 

 and yellowish flowers useful for cutting during the summer months, albeit 



Fig. 190. Cimicifvga racemosa 



