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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
thereof, went forward by leaps and bounds, innumerable 
societies were formed specially devoted to the cult of the 
flower, and various treatises thereon written and pub- 
lished. 
Classification. — The present race of chrysanthemums 
consists of the following distinct types : Large-flowered 
Japanese, Decorative, Incurved, Single-flowered, Pom- 
pons, Anemone-flowered, Feathery, Spidery, and Thread- 
like, Early-flowering, and the Hairy -flowered. 
The Large-flowered Japanese type are noteworthy for 
the immense size of their flowers, which are grown one 
on a stem for exhibition purposes. Some have twisted 
petals, others flat, quilled, reflexed, curled, etc. These 
flower mainly in November, and, of course, have to be 
grown in pots, have their shoots specially “ stopped,” 
the flowers produced on ‘‘First Crown,” “Second 
Crown,” or ‘‘ Terminal Buds,” and be grown in a green- 
house whilst in bloom. 
The Incurved type have large globular, regularly- 
formed flowers, with broad, smooth, and regularly 
arranged florets. They also flower chiefly in November, 
and are grown for producing exhibition blooms. ‘‘ Stop- 
ping ” the shoots, etc., has to be practised in their case, 
precisely as advised for the Japanese. 
Decorative Chrysanthemums are varieties of the 
Japanese type, but with smaller flowers. They are usually 
grown as bush plants, with a number of shoots and many 
blooms. As plants they make attractive decorative sub- 
jects for greenhouse or conservatory decoration in 
autumn and winter. The flowers, moreover, are invalu- 
able for cutting for indoor decoration. 
The Single-flowered type embraces two classes, the 
Early-flowering, which produce their flowers from August 
to November, and may be grown outdoors, and the late- 
flowering, which bloom in November and December, and 
have to be grown in pots. They are suitable as green- 
house decorative plants, or for yielding flowers for cutting. 
