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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
CHAPTER V. 
SINQLE-FLOWERED VARIETIES. 
Ix Chapter I. only a very brief reference is made to the 
single-flowered varieties. As they now embrace so many 
really beautiful flowers and are represented by several dis- 
tinct types, a duty is imposed on the writer of calling 
especial attention to their excellent qualities. It is only 
in more recent years that real interest has been evinced in 
the single-flowered chrysanthemums. At one time, in 
earlier days, chrysanthemum enthusiasts came to regard 
late November and December as the period of flowering 
of the singles, as they were only exhibited at that period 
of the year. When growers began to appreciate their 
true decorative worth, new varieties of improved quality 
quickly came into notice, so that in the course of a few 
years we found quite a large number of pretty single 
flowers available for our decorations indoors from early 
November onwards. Now, we have an abundant supply 
of beautiful flowers, borne on dainty sprays, in colours and 
forms that are charmingly diverse. Immense improvement 
has taken place, in consequence of which fact the singles 
bid fair to out-rival the Japanese blooms for many of the 
less imposing decorations of both a private and public 
nature. This is good cause for congratulation, and should 
be a further inducement to those who know but little of 
these single-flowered kinds to take in hand the cultivation 
of just a few plants as a beginning. 
We have now what are known as Semi-early-flowering 
Singles, that flower throughout October. They are at 
their best after about the first week in that month, and are 
very welcome for conserv’atory displavs. They bridge over 
