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There is sucli a thing as " dressing " flowers, in 

 order that all incurved Chrysanthemums should he 

 presented as even and regular in shape and size as 

 possible. Such finely-shaped flowers as Mrs. Geo. 



and they can he removed to prevent a little undue 

 roughness in appearance. Nothing must he added ta 

 the flowers ; but superfluous and injured or imper- 

 fect petals may he removed. 



Pompon (Model of Perfection). 

 Incurved (Mrs. Geo. Bundle). 



Japanese Incurved (Lord Beaconsfleld). 



Cbkysamtbdmdms. 



liundle do not require any dressing, but in others 

 there maj' be some deformity of petal, or they may 

 be a little irregular, and the tweezers soon make it 

 ritht when used by a practised hand. It sometimes 

 happens that more petals are produced than required, 



The Pompon or small-flowered Chrj'santhemums 

 are cultivated in much the same way as the large- 

 flowered varieties, but it is not necessary that dis- 

 budding be carried on to the same extent. The 

 Pompon varieties are often grown as standards, and 



