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another begins. The usual classification takes into 

 account the shape of the florets and the appearance of 

 the blooms, and divides the chrysanthemums into In- 

 curved, Reflexed, Japanese, Anemone, Japanese Anemone, 

 Pompon and Pompon Anemone. 



The incurved class is made up largely of Chinese 

 varieties, which have broad, strap-shaped florets that are 

 curved inward, and give the bloom a spherical or globu- 

 lar form. As a rule, the florets are regularly arranged, 

 and make a symmetrical bloom. The reflex class differs 

 from the above in that the florets curve outward, and 

 thus show only their inner face. A perfect flower of 

 this group should have broad florets, a full center, and 

 an even, symmetrical arrangement. As a rule, the florets 

 overlap so closely that the blooms are quite flat. Cul- 

 lingfordii may be taken as an example of this class. 



In the Japanese, the short tubular florets found in 

 the incurved group are replaced by others that may be 

 of almost any shape, length or size, flat, quilled, or 

 fluted, short or long, straight or twisted, thread-like or 

 ribbon-like. The group includes such sorts as Major 

 Bonnaffon and Kioto, classed as Japanese incurved, and 

 Vi viand Morel as Japanese reflexed. 



The Anemone flowered class have in their disc or 

 center, short quill-like florets, surrounded by rows of 

 broad, flat florets forming a horizontal border. A Jap- 

 anese section of this class has about the same variation 

 in the character of the ray flowers as is found in the 

 Japanese class itself. The Pompon group contains 

 plants with small and regular, but quite close, blooms, 

 that flower profusely. The florets are all the same, and 

 form a globular bloom from one to two inches in diam- 

 eter. They are quite barfly, and are among the best for 

 the amateur. The Anemone Fompon class differs in 

 having disc flowers that are quilled like those of the 

 Anemone group. 



