A DAISY WHICH RIVALS THE 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM 



AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN DAISIES 



THE story of the origin of the Shasta daisy 

 was told in an earlier volume. 



It will be recalled that this new flower, 

 differing so widely in size and form and appear- 

 ance from any daisy hitherto known, is in effect 

 a new species produced by the combination of 

 three species of wild Chrysanthemums (and a 

 fourth variety) that came respectively from 

 Europe, from the eastern United States, and 

 from Japan. 



The long series of experiments through which 

 the European and American species were first 

 hybridized, and the Japanese species subse- 

 quently brought into the combination, followed 

 by new crossings and selections season after sea- 

 son through a long term of years, has been told 

 in detail. Here it seems desirable to refer to 

 more recent modifications of the Shasta, giving 

 some specific hints as to its cultivation, and to 



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