CHRYSANTHEMUMS : CROWN AND TERMINAL BUDS. 



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say, about August 15th in the south. Other late-flowering varieties, including Golden 

 Gate, Etoile de Lyon, Mrs. J. Shrimpton, Madame Carnot, and Mrs. W. H. Lees, are 

 not, as a rule, presentable from the "first crown" bud, but if topped on about April 

 10th, the "second crown" bud ought to be secured, by the timely removal of axillary 

 growths, about August 25th. In the case of the more precocious varieties, such as 

 Viviand Morel and its sports, which are apt to show buds much earlier than is desirable, 

 extra good cuttings should be selected and rooted during January ; and if a portion of 



Fig. 155. Growths and Blooms of Chrysanthemums. 



References. — o, Eesult of not disbudding terminal (W. H. Lincoln) ; b, effect of disbudding ; c, natural break 

 (Madame Paul Lacroix) ; d, July break ; e, bloom, second crown bud " taken " in August ; /, topped plant (March) 

 of C. H. Curtis ; g, July break ; h, h, blooms from second crown buds ; i, bloom from terminal bud (crown bud 

 r emoved at g) . 



the plants be grown without topping and the rest topped in March, "second crown" 

 buds ought to be plentiful about August 30th, when they may safely be taken. 



Training. 



E ach shoot ought to be secured early to a light stake ; taller stakes will be needed 

 subsequently — one to each growth. Eor this purpose bamboos are suitable and last 

 several seasons. A few stout uprights, with one or two wires strained from them, are 



