The Latest floral Wonder , ch " SHAST L A DA f h IES " H h ., , 
qj v (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum Hybndum) 
URING the past few years when "Shasta Daisies" were being bred and educated 
\\ up to their present state more admiration has been bestowed upon them by 
]} = l) visitors than upon any other flowering plant growing on my grounds, and with 
good reason, for today no other flower can compare in extent of usefulness. Their first 
qualification is hardiness. They can be grown out of doors by everybody where it is 
not cold enough to kill oak trees. Second, they are perennial, blooming better and more 
abundantly each season. Third, they can be multiplied rapidly by simple division and 
they are not particular as to soil. Fourth, they bloom for several months — in California 
nearly all the year. Fifth, the flowers are extremely large and graceful — averaging 
about a foot — often more — in circumference, with three or more rows of petals of the 
purest glistening whiteness, on single, strong, stiff, wiry stems, nearly two feet in 
length. This peculiar grace and remarkable whiteness cannot, of course, be shown on 
paper. These "Shasta Daisies" should not be confounded with the coarse Chrysanthe- 
mum lacustre of the Catalogues or the common "American field daisy." 
The "Shasta Daisies" have been produced by first combining the weedy, but free 
flowering American species with the rather large, but coarse, European species and the 
Japanese species (Nipponicum) , after which rigid selection through a series of years 
produced the present wonderfully useful and beautiful strain. "Shasta" is only the first 
of the new type, some of which were for the first time exhibited in the window of a 
prominent San Francisco florist. Crowds of people visited the establishment to inquire 
about the latest floral wonder. The blooms when cut remain perfectly fresh and in 
good condition for two weeks or more. Think, if you can, what other flower possesses 
all the above qualities. Many new and graceful forms have lately appeared among the 
"Shasta Daisies" and well marked colors are now appearing in a flower which was never 
before seen except in white. Some are almost perpetual bloomers and lately some per- 
fectly double ones have appeared. 
