304 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



BB. Fls. large. 

 C. Blossomn hairy. 



7. The Hairy Ti/pe.— Also called "Ostrich Plume 

 and "Japanese Hairy." The famous prototype is the 

 variety Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, pictured in Gn tip 307 

 which was sold for $1,500 in 1888, and started the 

 American craze. White fi.s. with long hairs are \ erj dcli 

 cate and pretty, but the hairs are often minute and on 

 many of the colored fls. they are considered more cu 

 rious and interesting than beautiful. So far nearly all 

 hairy Chrysanthemums are of the Japanese Incurred 

 type. 



00. Slossoms not hairy. 

 D. Bays reflexed. 



8. The Beflexed Type. -Also called ' Ktcur\cd 

 Fig. 451. The reflexed forms can be easily brok( n iii 

 into three types, (a) the .small and regular (1) ti 

 large and regular, and (c) the large and irregular i 

 Lately the irregular kinds have been removed 1 



N. C. S. from a section called "Japanese Retl 

 into the "Japanese " section, which section, as expl 

 under No. 11, means little more than "miscellaneou 

 DD. Says incurved. 

 E. Form absolutely regular. 



9. The Incurved Type. — Fig.i52 shows the gtnt r il idc a 

 but such a flower would hardly win a prize it m 1 ng 

 lish show, where anything short of absohitt io^ularit\ 

 is relegated to the "Japanese Incurved" sr t n (No 

 10). This type is by far the most rlr^irciit 1 I nnj 

 of these types, and for many yi:ii'^ tlii- i tho 

 florists has so completely dominat' ^l iIm i;i 1 n 

 santhemum shows that the incurv 1 1 1 - . . t i .. 1 1 to 

 be known there as the "exhibition " •■v ">]>'■ In 

 Amer. the Japanese types, which are less t ini 1 ind 

 fanciful, prevail, but in England this is the mo'-t im 

 portant section of all. The N.C.S. Cat. for 180b sivs 

 "The distinguishing characteristics of the in<urv(d va 



■ ! the globular form and regular outline ot the 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 

 round at the tip, and of sufficient length to form a 



450. Type ol Pompon 

 Chrysanthemum. 



;rown outdoors, with i 

 special care. 



blooms. The incurved bloom should be as nearly a 

 globe as possible, as ' depth ' is an important point in es- 

 timating its value; the florets should be broad, smooth. 



.11 -N'v 



451. The reflexed types :^ 



of Chrysanthemum. ^ 



Small and regular; large and regula 



egula 



prominent eve is a serious defect as also are a rough- 

 ness m the blooms or unevenness in outline, and a 

 «ant of frc hnt s in the outer florets." A perfect pic- 

 ture of thi ide il of the fliri ts niiy be seen in Gn. 9, p. 

 MJ or \ 1 J ^u( h 1 1 m are dressed" with tweezers 

 so th it th I \ 11 \ il I lie another in perfect order. 

 Euhflw I I 1 I 1 1 .tely without foliage, while 

 tht prev ulii \i ) Il i m exhibition is a mass 



effect with i\ t 1 i mire long-stemmed fls., usu- 



lUy of the same vine t\ 



EE Iioim moie ot less irregular. 



10 The Japaneit Incut led Type. — Fig. 452 would 

 be referred to thi t\ pe b\ the English florists, together 

 with all of the mau\ ithir forms that are not globular 

 and entireh ret,ulir This stction and the next are the 

 most important in Ameriia There are many variations 

 of this tjpe. It often ha]i.pen.s that the outer 4 or 5 se- 

 ries of rays gradually become reflexed, but if most of 

 the rays are incurved, the variety may be exhibited in 

 this section. 



DDD. Bays of various shapes: forms various. 



11. The Jajxniese Types. -Plate VI. The word"Japa- 

 nese" was originally used to designate the large-fld. 

 fantastic kinds, introduced by Robert Fortune from 

 Japan in 18112. It has never been restricted to varieties 

 imported directly from Japan, but has always included 

 seedlings raised in the western world. Before 18112, all 

 florists' fls. in England were relatively formal and 

 small. The informal, loose, fantastic, Japanese Chry- 

 santhemums, introduced by Fortune in 1862, broke up 

 the formal era, and the craze for large specimen blooms 

 which resulted in flower-shows all over the world 

 reached America in 1889. The "Japanese '^section" of 

 the National Chrysanthemum Society now means little 

 more than miscellaneous. The 10 types previously 

 mentioned can be rather accurately defined, bat the 

 Japanese section is purposely left undefined to include 

 everything else. All the tubular and quilled sorts are 

 now included in it, though formerly kept distinct. 



