Chrysanthemum 



( 210) 



Chrysanthemum 



Earwigs are troublesome pests during the grow- 

 ing period, and when the blooms are expanding. 

 Frequently examining the plants and destroying 

 the earwigs constitute the best remedy. 



Leaf Magyot. Sometimes the foliage is dis- 

 figured by a small leaf-mining maggot. It is 

 easily traced by the white lines it makes between 

 the leaf tissues, and by pinching the pest between 

 the thumb and finger it is destroyed. 



Aneaume-floirered. There are large- and small- 

 flowered varieties in this division, winch have long 

 ray florets. The disc florets are tubular, and 

 closely packed in the centre of the flower like a 

 cushion. 



liejiexed or Recurved. Having florets pointing 

 outwards and downwards. 



Pompon,. Small flowers, freely produced, some 

 of which are compact, with reflexing florets, and 



Photo: Uawcll it CUIHJKH/IJ, Ltd. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM WHITE THREAD. (Seep. 211.) 



Classification of Varieties. The numerous varie- 

 ties are grouped in different sections according to 

 the shape and form of the flower. 



Japanese. This is the largest and most popular 

 division. The varieties are numerous, and the 

 flowers are large and loose, having long, and in 

 some cases twisted, florets, mostly curving out- 

 wards. The introduction of varieties with incurv- 

 ing florets in this section has led to the formation 

 of a subdivision known as Incurved Japanese. 

 Another subdivision is formed of the thread petal 

 varieties, which are of the Japanese character, but 

 have long, wiry-looking, thread-like florets. 



Incurred. The flowers are globular in shape, 

 and compact, with strap-like florets curving in- 

 wards towards the centre. 



Hairy. So called on account of the peculiar 

 hairy threads that are produced on the face of the 

 florets. 



others resembling the Anemone-flowered vari- 

 eties. 



Single. A free-flowering class, producing single 

 blooms not unlike Pyrethrums. 



A Selection of Japanese (Exhibition Varieties): 

 Australie. rosy amaranth. Julia Scaramanga, terra- 

 cotta. 



Lady Hanham, dark ro. 

 Le Grand Dragon, red- 

 dish or. 

 Lily Mountford, rosy pink 



(see p. 208). 

 Madame Caniot, wh. 

 Madeline Davis, wh., 



tinted vio. 



Marie Calvat, soft ro. 

 Miss Edith Pilkington, 



CharlesDavis, yel., shaded 



bronze. 

 Edwin Molyneux, crim., 



gold reverse. 

 Ella Curtis, yel. 

 Elthorne Beauty, ro. 

 Emily Towers, ro. pk. 

 Fair Maid, pk., silver 



reverse. 



Florence Molyneux, wh. 

 G. J. Warren, canary. 

 Henry Weeks, rosy crim., 



flushed car. 

 H. J. Jones, crim. 

 J. E. Upton, yel. 





yel., bron/e. 

 Miss Nellie Pockett, 



creamy wh. [buff. 



M. Cht'uon do Li'clic', rosy 



