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ful flowering of the “Pyrethrom Aureum” or Golden Feather, 
“Anthemis Coronorium ,, or summer Chrysanthemum, “Arctotis 
Grandis” or African Daisy and the many, many varieties of Pom¬ 
poms, besides other members of the Compositae. 
Japanese folklore lends to the “Queen of the Autumn” an inter¬ 
esting legend of its origin which surrounds it with an atmosphere 
of romance. One beautiful moonlight night a young girl, wander¬ 
ing in a garden, gathered a blossom and began to pull off the petals 
one by one to see whether her lover cared for her or not. Suddenly 
a little elf stood before her and, after assuring her that she was 
passionately adored, he added, “Your love will become your hus¬ 
band and will live as many years as the flower you may choose has 
petals.” He then disappeared and the maiden began her search for 
a flower which should have the greatest number of petals. At 
length she picked a Persian Carnation and with a gold hair pin she 
separated each petal into two or three parts. Soon her deft fingers 
had increased the number of folioles of the corolla to three times 
the original number and she wept with joy to think of the happi¬ 
ness she had been the means of assuring her future husband. And so 
the Ki-Ku, as the Japanese call it, was created hundreds of years 
ago in a garden with the moon shining over the flowers, the streams 
and the little bamboo bridges. 
Minnie L. Marcus. 
CASCADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
A most interesting effect can be gained by training a certain 
type of Chrysanthemum to grow downward, making a shower 
effect, and forming what is called Cascade Chrysanthemums. There 
are a number of varieties susceptible of being trained in this man¬ 
ner, particularly those with small daisy-like blossoms, for it is the 
multitude of blossoms that create the shower effect. 
Among these Takamakie, yellow; Shoji, red; Sakurogari, laven¬ 
der; Momo-Nonaka, pinky salmon; Mikageyema, white; make 
The 
Japanese 
Legend 
of the 
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anthemum 
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