CHRYSANTHEMUM 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



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446. The small and 

 reeular type. 



examples of each type, see N. C 



the whole genus 

 S. catalogues. 



A. Single forms : rays in 1 series, or few series : disk 



low and flat. 



1. The Small Single Type. -Fig, U5. Fls. about 2 in. 

 across, star-like, i.e., with the rays arranged in one se- 

 ries around the yellow disk. "Single," however, is a 

 relative term, and in Fig. 445 there are really several 

 series of rays, but they do not destroy the "singleness " 

 of effect. All fls. are either single, semi-double, or 

 double, but all the intermediate forms between the two 

 extremes of singlene'^s and doubleness tend to disap 

 pear, as people usuallj do not like them 



2. The Large Singh Tjj e — 

 Like Fig. 445, but the fls 4 m 

 or more across, and fewer The 

 difference between the large 

 and small single types is ad 

 mirably shown in C n 3 ^56 

 These types are practically 

 never grown outdoors and 

 are best suited for pot cul 

 ture, each specimen bear 

 ing 20-80 fls. 



AA. Anemone-fld. fornf^ 

 rays as above, d sk 

 high and rounded 



B. Fls. small, mimero s 



regular. 



3. The Small Anemone 

 Type.— Commonly called 

 "Pompon Anemone." Fig 

 446. Fls. 2 or 3 inches 

 across, and usually more 

 numerous than in the large 

 anemone type. All the anemone 

 forms are essentially single but 

 the raised disk, with it elon 

 gated, tubular fls., usually yel 

 low but often of other colors, 

 gives them a distinct artistic 

 effect, and they are, therefore, 

 treated as intermediates in 

 character between the single 

 and double forms. Like the 



single forms they are less popular than the double 



kinds and the varieties are therefore, less numerous 



and more subject to the capriceb of fashion. 



BB Fh large feuet regular. 



4 The Latge Anemone Type —Fig. 447. Fls. 4 in. or 



more across and fewer Gn 9 p 13. 



BBB. FU. large, few, 

 irregular. 

 5. Hie Japanese 

 Anemone Type. — Figs. 

 448, 449. Fls. 4 in. or 

 more across, and irreg- 

 ular in outline. H. 

 Ri ler Haggard is an 

 excellent example. Gn. 

 47 p. 161; 31:601. 



\AA. Double 'fid. forms: 

 rays in many se- 

 ries: disk absent or 

 nearly so. 

 B Fls. small : rays 

 short. 

 b. TJie Pompon Type, 

 -Fig. 450. Fls. 1-2 in. 

 across. The outdoor 

 kinds are likely to be 

 N nail, flat and button- 

 like, while those cult, 

 m loors are usually 

 larger and nearly globular. Fig. 

 430 shows the former condition. 

 It is from one of the okl hardy 

 kinds long cultivated in the gar- 

 dens as " Chinese" or " small-flowered" Chrysanthemums, 

 and generally supposed to be the product of C. In- 

 dicum, as opposed to the "Japanese" or "large-flow- 

 ered" kinds introduced in 1862, which marked a new 

 era by being less formal and more fanciful than any of 

 the preceding kinds. Pompons are little cult, under 

 glass in Amer. The Pompon section of the N.C S. Cat. 

 1896 refers to indoor types, and a separate section was 

 made for the outdoor types under the name of "Earlies," 

 with two subgroups, "Pompons" and "Japanese," refer- 

 ring to the old small-flowered, hardy race, and the new 

 large-flowered Japanese kinds, which are grown to per- 

 fection only under glass but are sometimes grown out 

 door though they are usuall} less hardy 



448. The large and irregular type 

 An early stage. 



449. The large and irregular type. 

 At a later stage of development. 



