CHRYSANTHEMUM 



CHRYSANTHEMUM 



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single forms, they are less popular than the double 

 kinds, and the varieties are, therefore, less numerous 

 and more subject to the caprices of fashion. 

 Fls. largCj fewer, regular. 

 4. The Large Anemone Type.— Fig. 447. Fls. 4 in. or 

 more across and fewer. Gn. 9, p. 33. 



Fls. large, few. 



446-449, The anemone-flowered 

 types of Chrysanthemums. 



446. The small and 

 reeular type. 



the whole genus. For examples of each type, see N. C. 

 S. catalogues. 



A. Single forms : rays in 1 series, or few series : disk 

 low and flat. 



1. The Small Single Type.— Fig. ii5. Pis. about 2 in. 

 across, star-like, i.e., with the rays arranged in one se- 

 ries around the yellow disk. "Single," however, is a 

 relative term, and in Fig. 445 there are really several 

 series of rays, but they do not destroy the "singleness" 

 of effect. All fls. are either single, semi-double, or 

 double, but all the intermediate forms between the two 

 extremes of singleness and doubleness tend to disap- 

 pear, as people usually do not like them. 



2. The Large Single Type.— 

 Iiike Fig. 445, but the fls. 4 in. 

 or more across, and fewer. The 

 difference between the large 

 and small single types is ad- 

 mirably shown in Gn. 37:756. 

 These types are practically 

 never grown outdoors and 

 are best suited for pot cul- 

 ture, each specimen bear- 

 ing 20-80 fls. 



AA. Anem^ne-fld. forms: 



rays as above: disk <i 



high and rounded. '-A^r; 

 E. Fls. small, numerous, •■,^. 

 regular. 



3. The Small Anemone 

 Type.— Commonly called 

 ■"Pompon Anemone." Fig. 

 446. Fls. 2 or 3 inches '; 

 across, and usually more 

 numerous than in the large 

 iinemone type. All the anemone 

 forms are essentially single, but 

 the raised disk, with its elon- 

 gated, tubular fls., usually yel- 

 Jow but often of other colors, 

 gives them a distinct artistic 

 effect, and they are, therefore, 

 treated as intermediates in 

 character between the single 

 and double forms. Like the 



BBB. 



irregular. 

 5. The Japanese 

 Anemone Type.— Figs. 

 448, 449. Fls. 4 in. or 

 more across, and irreg- 

 ular in outline. H. 

 Rider Haggard is an 

 excellent example. Gn. 

 47, p. 161; 31:601. 



AAA. Double-f Id. forms: 

 rays in many se- 

 ries: disk absent or 

 nearly so. 

 B. Fls. small: rays 

 short. 



6. The Pompon Type. 

 -Pig. 450. Fls. 1-2 in. 

 across. The outdoor 

 kinds are likely to be 

 small, flat and button- 

 like, while those cult, 

 indoors are usually 

 larger and nearly globular. Fig. 

 450 shows the former condition. 

 It is from one of the old hardy 

 kinds long cultivated in the gar- 

 dens as "Chinese" or "small-flowered" Chrysanthemums, 

 and generally supposed to be the product of G. In- 

 dicum, as opposed to the "Japanese" or "large-flow- 

 ered" kinds introduced in 1862, which marked a new 

 era by being less formal and more fanciful than any of 

 the preceding kinds. Pompons are little cult, under 

 glass in Amer. The Pompon section of the N.C. S. Cat. 

 1896 refers to indoor types, and a separate section was 

 made for the outdoor types under the name of "Earlies," 

 with two subgroups, "Pompons" and "Japanese," refer- 

 ring to the old small-flowered, hardy race, and the new 

 large-flowered Japanese kinds, which are grown to per- 

 fection only under glass, but are sometimes grown out- 

 doors, though they are usually less hardy. 



448. The large and irree:ular type. 



An early stage. 



449. The largre and irregular type. 



At a later stage of development. 



