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lto-giku (the name is derived from its petals being like threads) 

 includes two varieties : one has upright petals and the other drooping 

 petals. 



(1) Saga-giku. — Its petals are like fine threads and stand upright, and 

 are capable of being as grotesquely curved as those of the Chu-giku. This 

 kind is chiefly cultivated in Kyoto. 



(2) Ise-giku. — Though its petals are quite as delicate as those of Saga- 

 giku, they do not change their shape nor bend downward. A kind given 



Fig. 4. 



in Nicholson's " Dictionary " as the ' Golden Shower ' is identical with 

 this flower and, as the name indicates, it is cultivated in the Ise county. 



Ko-giku, known here as pompons, is divided as follows : 



Nanako. — The flowers are quilled like the improved double daisy and 

 are identical with the quilled pompon chrysanthemum given in the 

 " Dictionary " already quoted, as the ' Model of Perfection.' 



The petals of some kinds are an inch and a half long, while others 

 are only half an inch in length. There are one hundred varieties, which 

 are mainly cultivated in Nagoya. 



Azami (thistle) is like Carduus crispus, and there are some ten 

 varieties. 



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