such a subject. He gives the early and later history of 

 the two plants under their botanical and horticultural 

 aspects, differentiating them much as Mr. Henry has since 

 done, but apparently restricting the wild G. morifolium to 

 narrower geographical limits, though these include the 

 Luchu Islands for a typical form. He also gives a very 

 full synonymy and list of references to works in which the 

 species are described, figured, or noticed. This latter 

 appears to me to be so judiciously compiled that I have 

 not hesitated to copy it for G. indicum, adding to it a very 

 few later and omitted references. 



It is much to be desired that a series of plates illus- 

 trating the forms of these Chrysanthemums as contained in 

 the Kew Herbarium should be published, for by no other 

 means could they be recognized. It remains to add that 

 the two figures entitled G. indicum on tabs. 327 and 2042 

 of this work are both referable to G. morifolium, Kam., 

 and that G. indicum in a wild state is common from 

 Canton and Hong Kong to Pekin, and in Manchuria. 



The specimen here figured is from a plant raised in a 

 greenhouse of the Royal Gardens, Kew, from seed pre- 

 sented by Col. Birch, of Rickmansworth. They were 

 collected by Mr. Grant Birch in the Yangtze Valley above 

 the rapids. They differ from the specimen of G. indlcum 

 figured in the Gardeners' Chronicle, in having larger flower- 

 heads, and in wanting the orbicular three-lobed stipules. — 

 J. IK II. 



Fig. 1, forked hairs from the stem ; 2, ray -floret ; 3, disk -floret ; 4, stamens : 

 — all enlarged. 



