io8 HARDY PERENNIALS 
Chrysanthemum. — We used to speak of herbaceous 
Chrysanthemums and indoor Chrysanthemums, the 
former being taken to designate the marguerite- 
flowered maximum, leucanthemum, uHginosum, etc., 
and the latter the various types and groups of 
C. indicum, the double shaggy-petalled or neatly 
incurved Japanese forms that have for years been the 
special care of the National Chrysanthemum Society. 
Latterly, however, we have evolved an early-flower- 
ing section of this latter group, and so rich and 
varied are its many varieties that they have become 
quite indispensable, and are among our very finest 
of hardy garden flowers. It would therefore be 
misleading and practically speaking inaccurate 
simply to write that the common names of the 
Chrysanthemum are Ox-Eye Daisy, Shasta Daisy, 
and Marguerite, for these are names applied only 
to the one section which we will first pass briefly 
in review. 
The most popular of the purely herbaceous 
perennial Ox-Eye or Moon Daisies is C. maximum, 
of which we have a number of large-flowered named 
varieties grown in immense quantities for cutting 
as well as for garden decoration in beds and her- 
baceous borders. 
Until quite recent years the original type was 
usually grown, but its natural grace, long straight 
stems, and remarkable lasting qualities led raisers 
to devote attention to the production of new varieties, 
and so vastly has the plant been improved that the 
