304 



CHRVSANTHEMUM 



BB. Fls. large. 

 0. Blossoms hairi/. 



7. The Hairy Type. -A\so called "Ostrich Plume" 

 and "Japanese Hairy." The famous prototype is the 

 variety Mrs. Alpheus Hardy, pictured in Gn. 35, p. 307. 

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

 American craze. White fls. with long hairs are very deli- 

 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 Incurved 

 type". 



cc. Blos.ioms not hairy. 

 I). Ifays reflexed. 



8. Th, h'.ll.r,,! Tfipe.—Also called "Recurved.' 

 Fig. 4.'il. I'hi r. il. \.'l forms can be easily broken up 

 into thr.M t\|H-, i.(i tlie small and regular, (6) the 

 large and r.-iilar. and i.i the large and irregular types. 

 Lately the irregular kinds have been removed by the 

 N. C. S. from a section called "Japanese Reflexed ' 

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

 under No. 11, means little more than "miscellaneous." 



DD. Says incuri'ed. 

 E. Form absolutely regular. 



9. T7ie/ij('Hrrerfriypp. — Fig.452 shows the general icU-ii. 

 but such a flower would hardly win a prize at an Eng- 

 lish show, where anything short of absolute regularity 

 is relegated to the "Japanese Incurved" section (No. 

 10). This type is by far the most clear-cut ideal of any 

 of these types, and for many years this ideal of the 

 florists has so completely dominated the English Chry- 

 santhemum shows that the incurved section has come to 

 be known there as the "exhibition" or "show type." In 

 Amer. the Japanese types, which are less formal and 

 fanciful, prevail, but in England this is the most im- 

 portant section of all. The N.C.S. Cat. for 1896 says: 

 "The distinguishing characteristics of the incurved va- 

 rieties are the globular form and regular outline of the 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



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

 graceful curve. They ought to be regularly arranged, 

 1,-1 ]^p ^ hollow 





Type of Pompon 

 Chrysanthemum. 



outdoors, with i 



<i should be as nearly a 

 5 an important point in < 



vumm 



451 The reflexed types 



of Chrysanthemum | 



Small '»nd regulir large ind regular large irregular 



promment eve is a serious defect, as also are a rough 

 nes^ in tin 1>1 > iiu^ or un(.\eniiess m outline and a 

 » I I 111 li II t' II I il i.ts A perfect pic 



t I lie seen in Ltn 9 p 



I II ssed with tweezers 



II I V i; I II I ilier m perfect order 



L I h il \ 1 1^ li «u ^i-i 11 it.rU iwthout foliage, while 

 the prevailing AmeriLdu idea in exhibition is a mass 

 effect with a vase of 12 or more long stemmed fls , usu 

 ally of the same varietv 



EE J'oim mote or les^ ittegulat 



10 The Japanese liuuiied Type —Fig 452 would 

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

 with all of the man\ other forms that are not globular 

 and entirely regular This sh. ti. n ind the next art the 

 most important in Americ 1 III i ir ni iij\ i anations 

 of this type It often hayi-i i n tli it tlj iit. i 4 or 'j se 

 ries of rays gradually bei in i tl \i 1 ! ut if most of 

 the ra\ s are incurved, the Tnnt\ lu i\ In ixhibited m 

 this section 



DDD Bays of tanous shapes forms tarwiis 



11 The Japanese Typet -Plate VI The word 'Japa 

 nese was origmalh used tn des,<.„atp the Hrffp fld 



Jipui 111 1 I- It li , n \ 1 I n 1 tn t i t \ II ties 



s"pcilmf!s, u .d'.n'tl'n «? 't''iii'« I'l'l V t M 'l i!'^il 

 florists fls in England were relatively fnrmil and 

 small The informal, loose, fantastic Japanese Chry 

 santhemums, introduced by Fortune in 18b2, broke up 

 the formal t i i iml tin crize for large specimen blooms 



which I 

 reached 

 the Natl 

 more tli 



the 



(orld 

 of 



blooms. The incurved blc 

 globe as possible, as ' depth 

 tfanating its value; the florets should be broad, smooth, now included 



teh dehned but the 

 undefaned to include 

 and quilled sorts are 

 though formerly kept distinct. 



