80 THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 



method of training is the best to use for standards. 

 They may be grown to any hight from three to six 

 feet. At whatever hight you wish the lower branches 

 to break, there pinch out the leader. Several shoots 

 will then start which should be pinched the same as for 

 bush plants. With the exception of growing to a single 

 stem, the general care for standard Chrysanthemums is 

 the same as for the specimen bush plants. 



"Some of the best varieties grown for exhibition 

 flowers are not adapted to specimen plant culture, while 

 old varieties that have been superseded or discarded 

 through lack of size make admirable plants, in fact, 

 their adaptability to this culture has been the chief 

 reason for their remaining in cultivation." 



A suitable and comprehensive selection of varieties 

 is given in another chapter. Special mention might be 

 made of the Anemone and Pornpon varieties as there 

 recommended. As specimen plants they have a dis- 

 tinctive, graceful beauty, as seen in Fig. 20. 



