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CHRYSANTHEMUM indicum; var. 14. 
Pink Quilled Indian Chrysanthemum. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANE A. 
Nat. ord. COMPOSITE. Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CORYMBIFERA. Jussieu gen. 177. Div. III. Receptaculum 
nudum. Semen nudum seu non papposum. Flores radiati. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM. Supra vol. 1. fol. 4. 
Chrysanthemum indicum. Character speciei cum synonymis supra vol. 1. 
fol. 4. videndus. 
Chrysanthemum indicum. Sabine in trans. hortic. soc. 4. 326—354. tables 
12. 13. 14. 
Quilled pink Chrysanthemum. Id. loc. cit. 350. 
* Since the publication of the variety à (superbum) of 
this popular species (see back, vol. 6. fol. 455), many 
others have been added to our collections. The present is 
one of the latest importations from China, and, in regard 
to the blossom, certainly one of the finest; but then this is 
produced late in the season and rather sparingly, which 
may be considered as a drawback on the value of the plant." 
* Introduced by the Horticultural Society in August 
1819, and flowered in their garden the following year. Mr. 
Sabine has noticed it in a paper published in the Trans- 
actions of the Horticultural Society, where he enume- 
rates and describes all the then known Chinese CHRYSANTHE- 
mums. The society, desirous that so fine a plant should be 
as speedily and generally distributed among the public as 
possible, have presented suckers and cuttings to the principal 
nurserymen in the neighbourhood of London, as well as to 
most of the collectors of curious plants within reach." 
„The drawing was taken from a sample exhibited at a 
meeting of the society in December last by Mr. Wells, and 
came from his garden at Redleaf, near Tunbridge." 
The present variety is remarkable for the incurved 
form of its florets, which shorten regularly and gradually 
towards the centre, forming a brilliantly pink full flower 
of about four inches in diameter." 
