The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-20
CHRYSANTHElILLNEX INFAIRN0NT
IVES WITH THOsEZN BIG CITIES OFNATYON
More Than 5000 chrysanthe-
NUNS in Full Bloom at
Hauge Greenhouse.
IN NUMEROUS C0LoRS
Flowers Will Sell at Price of
rs Cents Instead Of so
in Nation This Year.

Ut NdIIon ms rear.
With more than 5000 Chrysau.
themums in full bloom, tho Haugs
Flower and Plant House in Ridge.
ly avenue equals any Chrysanthe-
mum exhibit Of city florists. Five
dollhouse benches OF these white.
yellow, bronze, orchid and red balls
nod regally and casually accept
homage from admiring visitors.
The chrysanthemum exhibitions
have already begun. From the most
modest OF the tight little pompon0
to the broadcast spreading blooms,
the flowers are shown In c0>Speti-
tion for the prizes to the won BY
the finest OF the familiar spec
mems or the newest types. Gar
deners have been tireless in their
patient efforts to change and to
improve the flower which has un.
dergone so many transformations
through the years. The Chrysan.
thcmum Society Of America has
made a list of three thousand va.
rieties.
One Of the blooms exhibited this
fall is named In honor OF the
Princess Nagako, who is soon to
marry the Crown Prince of Japan.
One special reason why the bios.
som should have this title is that
no other country has done so much
to show Its appreciation OF this
flower OF autumn. The chrysan.
themum has place on tho seal
Of the Japanese Emperor. although
more or less conventiona!ized, and
in this same form 1t may be seen
oil other state symbols. One OF
the medieval rulers even set aside
day for its special veneration.
The name Chrysanthemum was
given to the flower by the old
Creeks, In whose language 1t meant
Gold Flower While It is prI.
marily q flower OF the east and
occupies the same position in the
Orient that the Rose does here its
popularity is founded on the same
ground In every country In the
world, for 1t comes when other
flowers are scarce. or have alto,
gether disappeared, and 1t alone
serves the decorative purposes
which in summer have tho entire
garden to depend on.
The love- for 1t amounts to a
passion In the hearts OF the Japa.
neso end the ninth month in the
Japanese calendar, the month when
the flower reaches Its greatest di :
pay, is called "Kiku dzuki' In hon.
or Of 1t, as It's japanese name Is
KIku. O.kiku San Is common
name among Japanese women, H.
being a tribute to the loved flower.
The Chrysanthemum Is a native
Of China, being cultivated there
more than 2400 years ago and 1t
enjoys the same popularity there
that II enjoys in Japan. Korea Inns
even adopted It as the natiuna.
floral emblem.
The cultivation OF tho wild type
was probably started by the Chi.
nese. II is said that the wild plant
found other uses in China In add
ton to It's ornamental value and
some botanists claim that an In.
toXicating liquor was distilled from
the flowers Of the Chrysanthemum
and that the dried florets were
powdered and so used as posi-.
Bile cure for habItual intemperance.
From China the beautiful plant
was introduced into Japan during
the latter part Of the eighth cen
tury. That the flower was vel.
coined in the Hermit Kingdom Is
fully attested to by the manner in
which It permeated the literature
and art OF the country. Tho plant
first entered Europe about two
hundred years ago aud since then
1t has made rapid strides as a ia.
vorite flower OF the first rank, its
popularity being worldwide and
especially marked in the United
States. No flower has been moro
highly cultivated than tho Chrysal.
themum and as an exhibition plant
1t occupies first place.
Its popularity seems to be d.
vided between two fields. the green
house and the garden. The green
house flower, which Is probably
tho most elaborate Of all the green.
house products, is especially val.
ued for exhibition purposes, and
there the zenith OF all that is gorge
GUS in cultivated plants seems t.
have been attained. Equally at.
tractive, but in a different way, are
the hardly blooms Of the garden.
Though more modest in appear
ance, they form a fitting climax to
the display OF exquisite garden
plants which enliven the floral sea-
son.
The universal love for the
flower, whether 1t be the handsome
exhibition plant Of the greenhouse
or the old.fashioned Pompon o:
the garden creates an interest N
the origin Of the flower. Both types
trace their ancestry to the same
tore.tather. Growing wild in Chi
ma and Japan, are two Chrysanthe.
NUNS Of unpretentious appear
ance, which scientists have linked
with such sames as Chrysanthe.
mum indlcum (lndian) and Chry.
santhemum sinense (Chinese).
The two species were crossed
and from this cross has come all
the gorgeous varieties, now mum.