The Book of Annuals 45 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (SUMMER) 

 Chrysanthemum carinatum 



The commonest of the few annual members of the 

 splendid chrysanthemum family. There is also a 

 strain known as C. Burridgeanum showing a ring of 

 red on the rays, adding a fourth color to this re- 

 markably brilliant, though to some tastes rather 

 gaudy, flower. 



Start seeds indoors in April, or outdoors after dan- 

 ger of frost is past. 



Colob: white rays with a yellow ring at base and 



dark purple disc. 

 Height: two feet, bushy. 

 Period of Bloom : midsummer to frost. 

 Location : rich sandy loam ; sun. 



