A DAISY WHICH RIVALS 

 THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN DAISIES 



THE story of the origin of the Shasta daisy 

 was told in an earlier volume. 

 It will be recalled that this new flower, 

 differing so widely in size and form and appear- 

 ance from any daisy hitherto known, is in effect 

 a new species produced by the combination of 

 three species (and a fourth variety) that came 

 respectively from Europe, from the eastern United 

 States, and from Japan. 



The long series of experiments through which 

 the European and American species were first 

 hybridized, and the Japanese species subsequently 

 brought into the combination, followed by new 

 crossings and selections season after season 

 through a long term of years, has been told in 

 detail. Here it seems desirable to refer to more 

 recent modifications of the Shasta, giving some 

 specific hints as to its cultivation, and to review 



[VOLUME IX CHAPTER V] 



