CROWX AND TERMINAL BUDS 41 



that follows after the bud has been taken will only 

 be sufficient to give the developed flower the proper 

 poise above the column of heavy foliage. A few inches 

 of stem between leaf and flower shows the flower to 

 better advantage than when it appears sitting right 

 on the leaves. Others assert that the crown bud, with 

 them, fails to open properly. This may be a result 

 of error in ^fter treatment, often of temperature, and 

 is explained in another chapter. Certain varieties 

 show marked variations in color according to the buds 

 taken, and in some of these the crown bud must be 

 avoided; these are exceptions to the general rule only. 

 Some of the pink and red varieties come into this 

 category, as, for example, Yiviand Morel, worthless 

 on an early bud, and H. J. Jones, which is greatly 

 enhanced in color beauty upon late buds, but at the 

 expense - of size. Experience alone can teach the 

 grower, but if he want the finest Chrysanthemums 

 nothing will compensate him for, and no after skill 

 enable him to overcome, any neglect to secure crown 

 buds throughout the general collection of varieties. 

 The relative difference in hights of plants with first 

 and second crown buds is seen in Fig. 13. 



