92 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



each appears is the most important point to 

 be considered, and the earliest date on which 

 crown buds may be taken and produce sat- 

 isfactory blooms will depend largely upon 

 latitude and local conditions. A general 

 principle that may be used as a guide is that 

 cool, dry weather conditions tend to hasten 

 the formation of buds, and vice versa. In 

 the northern hemisphere the chrysanthemum 

 generally forms its buds during the months 

 of August and September. In the southern 

 hemisphere they would be formed in February 

 and March. In the vicinity of the fortieth 

 degree of north latitude, and in the eastern 

 part of the United States, the earliest date 

 on which crown buds of the best mid-season 

 or late exhibition varieties may be taken with 

 reasonable assurance that they will develop 

 good blooms is August I5th, and only a very 

 few varieties will develop satisfactory blooms 

 from buds taken before the 2Oth. Crown 

 buds of early-flowering varieties may be 

 taken as early as August 1st with reasonable 

 assurance of producing good blooms. 

 Farther north, or when grown at a high alti- 

 tude, they might possibly be taken a few 

 days earlier; while farther south they could 



