l80 CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



These produce flowers from one to two inches 

 across, having a yellow centre composed 

 of the normal, perfect flowers, or florets, as 

 they are called. While not always 

 strictly single, they all have the effect of 

 being so, and are so styled. The large 

 single forms are similar to the small, 

 but have flowers from four to five inches 



across. 



THE ANEMONE TYPE 



These are somewhat similar to the single 

 type, but instead of the centre being com- 

 posed of normal florets, the tubes of the 

 florets are elongated, quilled, and enlarged 

 at the ends, producing a high, rounded 

 centre. The small anemones, known as 

 "pompon anemones," have flowers about 

 two inches across, with straight, short ray 

 florets. Like the true pompons, they are 

 quite hardy and may be grown outdoors. 

 The large anemones are similar to the pom- 

 pon anemones, but larger, the flowers being 

 three to four inches across. The Japanese 

 anemones are quite large, from four to six 

 inches across, and irregular in form, the ray 

 florets often being quite numerous and the 



