THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



favor and esteem of thousands of its votaries of today 

 is essentially a modern type developed under changed 

 conditions/ in new environments. Its development 

 along the lines that characterize it today began in 

 Europe, later in America and more recently in 

 Australia and New Zealand. 



There are many Chrysanthemums in cultivation 

 today that do not in any material degree differ from 

 the early type of centuries ago; simple, modest, easily- 

 grown flowers, suggesting nothing of their long and 

 distinguished lineage. The present era of Chrysanthe- 

 mum popularity has helped to bring these into greater 

 prominence. They have a wide sphere of usefulness 

 and adaptability. The essential purpose of this book, 

 however, is to assist and direct the efforts of those who 

 would grow and excel in the production of large flowers, 

 such as are seen at the exhibitions and in the flower 

 stores each recurring season. 



It is undoubtedly the large Chrysanthemum that 

 has given the impetus to culture and won for it a 

 position of promising permanence. It is inconceivable 

 that a flower so great, yet withal so graceful, enliven- 

 ing the waning year, can ever come into marked 

 disfavor, especially having regard to its inherent 

 variability which insures continuity of interest in the 

 expectation of new creations. The stamp of public 

 approval is upon the flower. The aim of this work is 

 to enhance and enlarge its cultivation by describing 

 in proper sequence, ways and means. 



The successful grower may find herein nothing 

 new, nothing he did not already know. The endeavor 

 has been to show that not in secret arts and practices, 

 but. in a plain course of procedure, as herein set forth, 

 are -attained the results as demonstrated. 



