Chrysanthemum plant named Volunteer

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ramat., hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name Volunteer.

#Volunteer is a product of a planned breeding program which had the objective of creating new Chrysanthemum cultivars having the characteristics of free branching, compact growth habit, anemone flower type, clear white ray floret color with yellow-green disc florets, and suitability for production in 41/2 pots or as a garden mum. Such traits in combinataion were not present or needed improvement in previously available commercial cultivars.

#Volunteer was originated from a hybridization made in a controlled breeding program in Westfield-Woking, England by Leonard H. Shoesmith in 1980. The male and female parents are unknown at this time. Volunteer was discovered and selected as one flowering plant within the progeny of the stated parentage by Leonard H. Shoesmith in November 1981 in a controlled environment in Parrish, Fla.

#The accompanying photographic drawing shows in perspective view typical inflorescence and foliage characteristics of Volunteer. The photograph is in black and white, with the white ray florets closely corresponding in color to the actual white ray floret color. Several disc florets have been colored to depict immature and mature disc floret color.

#In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart. The color values were determined at approximately 2:00 p.m. in September 1986 under fluorescent light at Parrish, Fla.

#Classification:

#Botanical.--Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ramat., cv Volunteer.