Chrysanthemum Culture/S.C. Dey. New Delhi, Abhinav Pub., 2002, 154 p., figs., plates, $17. ISBN 81-7017-413-9.

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. History of chrysanthemum. 2. Botanical features. 3. Classification. 4. Soil. 5. Soil reaction. 6. Soil reaction and nutrient availability. 7. Manures and fertilizers. 8. Propagation. 9. Potting compost. 10. Shifting. 11. Shape and size of the pots. 12. Potting. 13. Staking. 14. Watering. 15. Stopping and timing. 16. Disbudding. 17. Desuckering. 18. Mulching. 19. Soil aeration. 20. Height control by chemicals. 21. Sufficiency vs deficiency of nutrients and feeding. 22. Protection from rains. 23. Large exhibition mums on single-stem system. 24. Multi-stemmed standards. 25. Pot-mums. 26. Mini-mums. 27. Thousand blooms per plant. 28. Growing cascades. 29. Pompons. 30. Care of blooms. 31. Care of stools. 32. Growing in ground. 33. Chrysanthemum sports. 34. Technique of cross breeding. 35. Exhibiting. 36. General rules for judging the quality of blooms. 37. Soil sterilization. 38. Pest and disease control. 39. Cultural calendar. Appendices. Index.

"The culture of chrysanthemum, as a hobby or for commercial purpose, provides an extensive field for pleasure and study. No other cultivated flower can be compared with chrysanthemum with regard to the delicacy of lasting beauties. The range of colour is so wide, variety of forms is so great and the multitude of novelties is rushing so fast that a sensible grower can well satisfy his thirst for beauty, longing for variation and craze for the new.

"The primary purpose of this book is to help growers understand the principle and procedure for raising blooms of an improved quality. The professionally advanced people will have the major portion of the text written in details analysing the horticultural principle based on the latest developments in this field." (jacket)

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