THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 85 



There is no kind of floral decoration for which 

 the Chrysanthemum, in one form or another, is 

 not perfectly suited, as the flowers range in size 

 from the tiny " Snowdrop" no bigger than a 

 bachelor's button, to those gigantic blooms on 

 stems a yard long and measuring fifteen to even 

 eighteen inches in diameter. It gives to decora- 

 tive florists the most perfectly graduated and 

 invaluable range of yellow, bronze, copper, chest- 

 nut, terra-cotta, and brown shades ; we also get 

 from it the purest whites, and every conceivable 

 hue of lilac, mauve, grey, crimson, claret, and rose. 

 Many of them, by the way, are described in cata- 

 logues as " pink," but it has never yet fallen to my 

 lot to see a true pink Chrysanthemum. However, 

 the term has been so long in use that custom has 

 sanctioned the error ; indeed, I often find myself 

 thus describing it, notwithstanding the fact that I 

 know it to be incorrect. 



BEST DECORATIVE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The decorative section is placed first on my 

 list, as they are really more important from a 

 florist's point of view than all the rest put together. 

 Those with an asterisk are probably the best in 



