HISTORY AND CLASSIFICATION. 
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Pompons are a type of more or less dwarf growth, with 
small, flat, or nearly globular blooms, and short, flat, or 
quilled florets. Suitable for beds or margins of borders ; 
taller sorts for pot culture. Flowering period, July to 
November. 
The Anemone-flowered type consists of three distinct 
sections — the Large-flowered, the Japanese, and the 
Pompon-flowered. The first have large blooms with 
high, neatly-formed centres, and quilled or flat ray 
florets. The varieties are of dwarf to medium growth, 
and bloom from October to mid-November. The second 
section has a raised central disc, with twisted, curled, 
narrow, or broad florets, some of which are of a droop- 
ing character. Flowering period, October and Novem- 
ber. Suitable for pot culture. The third section has 
small blooms, with a central disc of quilled florets and 
flat ray florets. Flowering period, October to Decem- 
ber. Of dwarf to tall growth. Suitable for pot culture. 
Early-flowering Chrysanthemums belong to the 
Japanese type. They have small to medium-sized blooms, 
which are produced in profusion from early August to 
November, and vary in growth from dwarf to medium or 
tall. Excellent plants for massing in beds or borders. 
Blooms may be allowed to develop naturally, or be dis- 
budded in an early stage to produce larger flowers. Quite 
hardy. 
Feathery, Spidery, and Thread-like Chrysanthemums 
are Japanese varieties with narrow, twisted, curled, or 
thread-like drooping florets. A quaintly-flowered type 
for pot culture in the greenhouse. Require to be grown 
like the Decorative kinds. 
Hairy Chrysanthemums belong to the Japanese section; 
have very large blooms with incurving florets, furnished 
on the reverse side with short, glandular hairs. First 
introduced in 1890, and but seldom grown nowadays. 
Flowering period, November. Requires similar culture 
to the Large-flowered Japanese varieties. 
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